Patent ID: 9401066
Filing Date: 2016-07-26
CPC Classification: G07F

Claim Text:
1. A method of operating a gaming system, said method comprising: (a) for each of a plurality of gaming devices: (b) during each of a plurality of predetermined time intervals, each predetermined time interval having a first length, causing at least one server processor to execute a plurality of server instructions to make one of a plurality of community elements of the collection game currently available for collection; (c) for each player, if at least a designated period of time has elapsed since a community element has been collected for said player, a length of the designated period of time being different than the first length, enabling said player to provide a collect input; (d) for each received collect input, causing the at least one server processor to execute the plurality of server instructions to: (e) causing the at least one server processor to execute the plurality of server instructions to determine whether any player has collected a predetermined combination of the community elements; and (f) if one of the players has collected the predetermined combination of the community elements, causing the at least one server processor to execute the plurality of server instructions to cause a collection game] award to be provided to said player, the credit balance of said player being increasable by the collection game award.