Patent ID: 8905841
Filing Date: 2014-12-09
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A gaming machine operable in a group play operating mode, the gaming machine including: a processor; a memory including one or more games executable by the processor, at least one of the games comprising a group play game being playable in a group play operating mode; one or more displays operably connected to the processor; a user interface operable by a player to initiate play of the group play game; the group play game including a set of possible outcomes and a paytable, the set of possible outcomes including a set of possible winning outcomes, and the paytable including a set of awards corresponding to the possible winning outcomes; responsive to initiation of a play in the group play game, the processor being operable to obtain a randomly or pseudo-randomly determined game outcome and instruct a first of the one or more displays to display a game presentation for the group play game in accordance with the game outcome for the play in the group play game; in the event that the game outcome is one of the possible winning outcomes, the processor being operable to determine an award using the payable; and in the group play operating mode, the processor being operable to instruct the one or more displays to display a player dashboard on one of the one or more displays including player position information for a player at the gaming machine relative to position information for players playing simultaneously at other gaming machines in the group play game, the player dashboard being simultaneously viewable with the game presentation for the group play game.