| 摘要 |
A multi-use gaming machine (100) is switchable between playing a game native to the machine ( 106) and for interactive play of a game taking place at a remote location (Fig. 2) has a common video display ( 10) for displaying the results of the game being played by a player at the machine. The machine includes a touch screen ( 1 30) corresponding to a betting grid of the game taking place at the remote location by which wagers can be placed on the remote game and a computer ( 148) that determines winning and losing wagers and maintains a running account balance for the machine. The machine also can be used for tournament play (Fig. 3) with a number of machines ( 100) where there is a data processor manager (310), a counter that sets a predetermined number of games for the tournament, a communication link (300) by which the data processor obtains and stores the running account balances of all of the machines after completion of a game, the data processor determining the tournament winner based on only one machine having a running account with a positive balance prior to the completion of the predetermined number of games or the machine having the highest balance after completion of the predetermined number of games. Data of the machine having the highest account balance is also provided (310, 300) to all of the machines after each game. |
