Abstract: The present invention provides a feature game facility operated purely at a system level in a linked system of EGMs. The feature game controller operates common features in such a way that each EGM is ‘unaware’ of the feature being played. EGMs 11 include a secondary display 12, in addition to the main EGM display 17 linked to a common site controller 13 via a communications network or link 14 and a common uni-directional communications protocol. The site controller 13 is responsible for operating and monitoring the feature games, and the display of the outcome is downloaded from the site controller 13 to the secondary displays 12 within the applicable EGMs II on the link 14.

Abstract: A slot machine is provided in which the symbols or indicia to be displayed are selected by using a random number generating technique to generate a random number for each display position, the random number being selected from a range of numbers corresponding to the number of possible indicia for that position with each number corresponding uniquely to one of the indicia. A two step random number selection technique is used wherein the first step comprises selecting one of a plurality of sub-ranges of said range of numbers, one of the sub-ranges being the full range of numbers, and the second step comprises randomly selecting a number from the selected sub-range of numbers and displaying the corresponding indicia.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for reducing trees to firewood. The apparatus has an angle iron frame supported by at least two wheels and a plurality of upright yoke supports spacedly positioned along the angle iron frame for holding tree logs to be cut between any pair of contiguous yoke supports by a chain saw. The method includes placing the logs on the yoke supports for cutting.