Patent ID: 8708801
Filing Date: 2014-04-29
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A method for conducting a community event in which a plurality of gaming machines may participate, the plurality of gaming machines displaying respective wagering games, the plurality of gaming machines including at least a first gaming machine and a second gaming machine, the second gaming machine being different than the first gaming machine, the method comprising: triggering, by one or more controllers, an occurrence of the community event in which at least the first gaming machine, but not the second gaming machine, is selected to participate; conducting the community event with at least the first gaming machine, but not the second gaming machine, participating; while the community event is being conducted with at least the first gaming machine, but not the second gaming machine, participating, triggering, by at least one of the one or more controllers, another occurrence of the community event in which at least the second gaming machine of the plurality of gaming machines is selected to participate; determining, by at least one of the one or more controllers, that the second gaming machine of the plurality of gaming machines cannot participate in the community event because the community event is already in progress; and in response to the second gaming machine not being able to participate in the community event already in progress, awarding, by at least one of the one or more controllers, an award to the second gaming machine instead of allowing entry in the community event already in progress.