| 摘要 |
A gaming system and a method provide primary and secondary games to players using a plurality of linked gaming machines. Each gaming machine includes a display. For each gaming machine, an associated player is allowed to make a wager on a primary game, an outcome of the primary game is randomly selected, and if the outcome of the primary game is a winning outcome, awarding the associated player a primary award as a function of the outcome, the wager made by the player, and a predetermined paytable. If a triggering conditioning occurred in one of the primary games and a secondary game is initiated. The secondary game is a video slot game including a plurality of video reels. Each video reel is displayed on a respective display of one of the gaming machines. |
| 主权项 |
1. A method of providing primary and secondary games to players, including the steps of:
providing a plurality of gaming machines, each gaming machine including a display, a controller, and an input device; for at least one of the gaming machines:
allowing an associated player, through the input device, to initiate a primary game;randomly selecting, though the controller, an outcome of the primary game; determining, through the controller, if a triggering conditioning occurred in the primary game; and initiating, through the controller, a secondary game, the secondary game being a video slot game including at least one horizontal video reel, the at least one horizontal video reel configured to spin about a vertical axis and form a grid including at least one vertical payline, the vertical payline positioned adjacent to the at least one display of at least two of the gaming machines. |
