WO2007146791A3 - Server based gaming system and method for selectively providing one or more different tournaments - Google Patents
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- WO2007146791A3 WO2007146791A3 PCT/US2007/070740 US2007070740W WO2007146791A3 WO 2007146791 A3 WO2007146791 A3 WO 2007146791A3 US 2007070740 W US2007070740 W US 2007070740W WO 2007146791 A3 WO2007146791 A3 WO 2007146791A3
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- gaming system
- server based
- selectively providing
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- different tournaments
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Abstract
A gaming system (10) includes a central server (12) operable to communicate a plurality of different commands to a plurality of gamin machines (14) to provide non-tournament game play (120) and to provide tournament game play (100) on the same machines (14).
Priority Applications (2)
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CA2655095A CA2655095C (en) | 2006-06-13 | 2007-06-08 | Server based gaming system and method for selectively providing one or more different tournaments |
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WO2007146791A2 WO2007146791A2 (en) | 2007-12-21 |
WO2007146791A3 true WO2007146791A3 (en) | 2008-12-11 |
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