Virtual banks for community group bonus games

摘要

#$%^&*AU2011202049A120120216.pdf#####100.146 ABSTRACT A wagering game system and its operations are described herein. In some embodiments, the operations can include initiating, at a wagering game server, a wagering game session for a player at a gaming machine. The operations can also include relating the wagering game session associated with the player to a virtual bank of related wagering games sessions associated with one or more additional players, where the virtual bank of related wagering game sessions is associated with a community group bonus game. The operations can further include determining when the community group bonus game is triggered for the virtual bank of related wagering game sessions, determining game results of the community group bonus game, and determining an award for the player and for each of the one or more additional players associated with the virtual bank based, at least in part, on the game results of the community group bonus game. 49G) DETERMINE C) RELATE THE GAME RESULTS PLAYER'S WAGERING OF COMMUNITY GAME SESSION TO A GROUP BONUS VIRTUAL BANK OF GAME RELATED WAGERING GAME SESSIONS E) DETERMINE ASSOCIATED WITH A WHEN THE PLURALITY OF COMMUNITY GROUP H) DETERMINE AWARD ADDITIONAL PLAYERS BONUS GAME IS FOR EACH OF THE AND THE COMMUNITY TRIGGERED FOR PLURALITY OF PLAYERS GROUP BONUS GAME THE VIRTUAL BANK BASED ON THE BONUS AND INITIATE THE GAME RESULTS AND A COMMUNITY GROUP MULTIPLIER EARNED BY BONUS GAME EACH PLAYER WHILE PLAYING THE BASE 100 WAGERING GAME 160 150 INFORMATIONTO TH GAMEG SESSION WAGRIN GAAME GRG MACNE SESSION FOR TH E GPVO' 1.55 PLAYER COMMUNICATIONS 1 60 NETWORK 1 60 157'' INTERNET 0 160 0 00 F) PRESENT THE CMUNITY GROUP BONUS GAME A) PROVIDE PLAYER D) PRESENT A GRAPHICAL LOGIN INFORMATION REPRESENTATION OF THE AND PLAYER GAME VIRTUAL BANK OF SELECTION RELATED WAGERING INFORMATION TO THE GAME SESSIONS WAGERING GAME INCLUDING THE BASE SERVER WAGERING GAME SELECTED BY THE PLAYER FIG. 1