Patent ID: 7980954
Filing Date: 2011-07-19
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A gaming system for playing a community event in which a plurality of player terminals may be eligible to participate, the plurality of player terminals playing respective underlying wagering games when the community event is not in session, the system comprising: at least one community-event client included in at least one of the plurality of player terminals, the community-event client being operative to initiate a session of the community event, and randomly determine a community-event outcome; and a community-event coordinator distinct from the community event client and operative to in response to initiation of the session, send invitations to at least two of the plurality of player terminals for participating in the session, receive the community-event outcome from the community-event client, and share the community-event outcome with any participating ones of the plurality of player terminals; wherein the at least one community-event client includes first and second community-event clients in respective first and second player terminals of the plurality of player terminals, the first community-event client being operative to initiate the session and the second community-event client being operative to randomly determine the community-event outcome.