Patent ID: 8808092
Filing Date: 2014-08-19
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A method of multi-player regulated gaming on a network of gaming machines, the method comprising the steps of: enabling game play of a same game at each of a selected first to N maintaining game performance meters at each of the selected first to N consolidating the game performance meters by adding together the maintained game performance meters from the first to Nth gaming machines; dividing the consolidated game performance meters by N to generate respective regulatory meters for each of the first to Nth gaming machines and reporting the N regulatory meters to a central system coupled to the network; removing a gaming machine from the virtual combined gamine machine whenever the game performance meters of the gaming machine reaches zero; carrying out one of: continuing game play and returning to the removing step until only a single one of the first to N awarding any remaining regulatory meters to a player of the single remaining gaming machine.