Patent ID: 8974293
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A gaming machine-enabled method of using gaming machines having bonus games, comprising: providing one or more bonus servers that are connected to a physical game network; providing a plurality of gaming machines that are connected to the one or more bonus servers via the physical game network; using the one or more servers, designating two or more groups of gaming machines from the plurality of gaming machines; on a gaming machine, issuing one or more bonus points, using a processor, as a result of play of a non-bonus game within a first group of gaming machines; wherein the one or more bonus points are redeemable for play of a bonus game on a gaming machine within the first group of gaming machines and invalid for redemption for play of a bonus game on a gaming machine within a second group of gaming machines, wherein the bonus game within the first group of gaming machines is initiatable in a first mode and a second mode, the first mode including an occurrence of an event during play of the non-bonus game and the second mode including a redemption of the one or more bonus points; and upon redemption of one or more bonus points, initiating play of the bonus game, using the processor, on a gaming machine.