Abstract: A method of awarding a prize to a user of an electronic gaming machine (EGM) in a network. The network includes a plurality of venues in which each venue includes at least one EGM. The method includes querying the EGMs to determine changes in win meters of the respective EGMs during a polling cycle. The change in the win meter representative of at least one of a number of wins or an amount won by the corresponding EGM over the cycle. The method also includes deciding to award the prize based on responses to the querying and selecting a winning venue from the network. The method also includes selecting a winning EGM at the winning venue, wherein probabilities of the respective EGMs being selected as the winning EGM are proportional to the changes in the win meters of the respective EGMs at the winning venue over the cycle.

Abstract: A method of awarding a prize in a network of electronic gaming machines in which the probability of a machine winning the prize is dependent upon a change in a win meter of the electronic gaming machine within a polling cycle.

Abstract: A game of chance playable by two or more players and a method of playing the game, the game of chance comprising a gaming ticket (2) including removable first portions (8) removable by a first player to reveal first indicia and removable second portions (10) removable by a second player to reveal second indicia, wherein the first and second players compete against each other by removing the respective removable first indicia until a winner of the game is determined.

Abstract: A game of chance playable by two or more players and a method of playing the game, the game of chance comprising a gaming ticket (2) including removable first portions (8) removable by a first player to reveal first indicia and removable second portions (10) removable by a second player to reveal second indicia, wherein the first and second players compete against each other by removing the respective removable first indicia until a winner of the game is determined.

Abstract: A method of and a system (10) for providing a jackpot award for a plurality of gaming machines (40) are disclosed. The system (10) gaming machines (40) linked by at least one venue jackpot controller (300) to a central jackpot controller. The method includes increasing a jackpot value by an amount corresponding to a predetermined percentage; randomly determining whether to award the jackpot value; and randomly awarding the jackpot value to a selected gaming machine (40) associated with a selected venue jackpot controller (300) when jackpot award conditions are met.