Patent ID: 6210275
Filing Date: 2001-04-03
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
A casino race bonus game for an underlying set of eligible gaming machines in a system of linked gaming machines comprising the steps of:starting the casino race bonus game,playing a plurality of bonus rounds in the casino race bonus game with a number of displayed race icons in response to the step of starting, each bonus round comprising the steps of:(a) displaying a set of randomly selected sweepstakes tickets at each eligible gaming machine;(b) racing the number of displayed race icons on a displayed race track to a random finish;(c) awarding each eligible gaming machine having at least one displayed sweepstakes ticket corresponding to the random finish of the displayed race icons and ending the bonus game,(d) when no award occurs in aforesaid step, reducing the number of displayed race icons by at least one and repeating steps (a) through (c).