Patent ID: 6375569
Filing Date: 2002-04-23
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
A method for awarding a bonus prize in the play of a plurality of gaming machines, the gaming machines being linked to a central processor having a data memory, the method comprising the steps of:transmitting, on play of any one gaming machine, a play signal therefrom to said central processor, said signal identifying the transmitting gaming machine; registering each said play signal as an entry in said memory; executing a first prize accumulation phase during which a value is accumulated with an initial value for each said play signal up to a level where the accumulatedg value equals a prize value that will be awarded to one of the linked gaming machines; and thereafter executing a prize awarding phase during which said accumulated value remains frozen, and subsequent plays of one or more of the gaming machines are separately counted for their occurrence, and a play of a gaming machine causing the count to equal a prize win count value results in that gaming machine be awarded said prize value.