发明名称 Tournament gaming machine
摘要 Various embodiments disclosed herein are directed to methods, gaming machines, and gaming systems capable of simultaneously presenting two independent games for play. According to one embodiment, the gaming machine includes a cabinet for housing a display that simultaneously presents a first game that is independent from a second game. The first and second games are primary games, and a trigger event in either the first game or the second game initiates play of a tournament game. The gaming machine also includes a first set of player input devices for the first game and a second set of player input devices for the second game. The gaming machine also includes a player input device that allows a player to play both the first and second game simultaneously.
申请公布号 US9070255(B2) 申请公布日期 2015.06.30
申请号 US200812027097 申请日期 2008.02.06
申请人 Bally Gaming, Inc. 发明人 Christensen Erik
分类号 G06F17/00;G07F17/32 主分类号 G06F17/00
代理机构 代理人 Quist Brooke W.;Hein Marvin A.;Anderson Philip J.
主权项 1. A device-enabled gaming system comprising: a physical network that connects and enables communication between components in the gaming device-enabled gaming system; a server connected to the physical network, the server including one or more processors; and a gaming machine configured to present a game, wherein the gaming machine is in communication with the server through the physical network, and wherein the game has a two-player mode in which two players each concurrently play individual, separate and distinct, primary games that enable activation of a first head-to-head tournament game played against each other, and wherein the game has a one-player mode in which one player concurrently plays both primary games that enable activation of a second head-to-head tournament game, the gaming machine comprising: a cabinet housing a main display for simultaneously presenting a first primary game of the individual, separate and distinct, primary games that is independent from a second primary game of the individual, separate and distinct, primary games, wherein the first primary game and the second primary game do not share reels, and a trigger event in the first or second primary game initiates play of the first or second head-to-head tournament game on the same main display, wherein the two players swap corresponding primary games between each other before the initiation of the first or second head-to-head tournament game;a first set of player input devices for the first primary game and a second set of player input devices for the second primary game; anda single player input device that allows a player to play the first and second primary games simultaneously.
地址 Las Vegas NV US