Patent ID: 9472050
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: G07F

Claim Text:
1. A server arranged to be connected to a plurality of terminals and provide a community award distribution system which is arranged to distribute, between at least some of the terminals connected thereto, an award which has been contributed to by at least some of a plurality of terminals connected thereto, the server comprising: a processor; and a machine readable medium containing instructions which when read by the processor cause that server to: a) receive a request from a terminal that the terminal should connect to the server for the provision of the community award distribution system; b) download data to the terminal wishing to connect to the server for the provision of the community award distribution system, the data providing a trigger mechanism which includes a trigger point which causes the start of an award scheme and a delay between the trigger point and the start of the award scheme, such that there is typically more than a predetermined amount of time between occurrences of the award scheme; c) receive data from a terminal indicating inputs made to the trigger mechanism via an input mechanism of a terminal, the trigger mechanism provides a reel based game including more than one reel set; d) process the data received from a terminal and determine whether the trigger mechanism on that terminal has caused the trigger point to be reached; e) once the trigger point is determined to have been reached, determine whether an award scheme should be started; f) determine the completion of the award scheme and subsequently determine the award to be made to one or more terminals connected thereto using the formula: where CMA is a Community Multiplier Award, CD is a Community Stake, and BM is a Bonus Multiplier; the Bonus Multiplier for a particular user n is defined by the formula: where, n identifies the particular user; PAY_LINES(n) is the number of pay lines for the particular user; GTA(n) is the game time average for the particular user; and g) communicate the award to any terminal that has received an award.