Patent ID: 7736232
Filing Date: 2010-06-15
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a plurality of networked gaming machines, each of the plurality of networked gaming machines being configured to enable a same or a different primary game to be played, the method comprising the steps of: activating and enabling wagers to be placed on a secondary game on a selected first gaming machine of the plurality of networked gaming machines; displaying the activated secondary game on a display of the first gaming machine; gradually shifting the displayed secondary game out of view on the display of the first gaming machine toward a selected second gaming machine of the plurality of networked gaming machines and gradually shifting the secondary game into view on a display of the second gaming machine; activating and enabling wagers to be placed on the secondary game on the second gaming machine as soon as the secondary game begins to shift into view on the display of the second gaming machine, and deactivating and disallowing wagers from being placed on the secondary game on the first gaming machine when the secondary game has fully shifted out of view on the display of the first gaming machine.