Patent ID: 8016659
Filing Date: 2011-09-13
Classification: A63F,G07F

Abstract:
1. An apparatus, comprising: a gambling gaming system for playing one or more games involving multiple participants, the gambling gaming system including: at least one display to display information indicating at least some virtual symbols assigned to said participants; at least one processor to process and to assign virtual symbols to said participants, and to provide information for displaying on said at least one display, said at least one processor to assign said virtual symbols as is appropriate according to a gambling game being played and to exclude said virtual symbols which have been assigned to said participants from being subsequently reassigned to said participants during the gambling game being played; wherein said at least one processor assigns at least one complete participant symbol set to each participant, wherein each complete participant symbol set is functionally isolated; wherein a community symbol set is selected; and wherein additional instances of symbols in the selected community symbol set are removed from each of the complete participant symbol sets assigned to the multiple participants.