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A plurality of electronic gaming machines 10 are connected to a network 11, to which a mystery jackpot controller 12 and display means 13 are also connected. Each of the electronic gaming machines 10 are provided with a network interface arranged to provide a signal onto the network 11 on each occur

A plurality of electronic gaming machines 10 are connected to a network 11, to which a mystery jackpot controller 12 and display means 13 are also connected. Each of the electronic gaming machines 10 are provided with a network interface arranged to provide a signal onto the network 11 on each occurrence of an operation of a respective machine and the jackpot controller 12 is arranged to receive each of the machine operation signals and to generate and award a random jackpot prize on the occurrence of one of these operation signals.

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[ I claim:] [1.] A random prize awarding system associated with one or more gaming consoles each of which includes signal output means arranged to produce an output signal in response to operation of the respective console, the system including means to generate and store a pool of numbers, random s

[ I claim:] [1.] A random prize awarding system associated with one or more gaming consoles each of which includes signal output means arranged to produce an output signal in response to operation of the respective console, the system including means to generate and store a pool of numbers, random selection means arranged to select a prize winning number from the pool of numbers, means responsive to the signals received from each associated console to randomly select from the pool a number corresponding to each said received signal, the signal responsive means being arranged to remove the selected number from the pool and to compare that number with the randomly selected prize winning number, recording means being arranged to record the identity of a console associated with the selected number when it equates to the randomly selected prize winning number and indicator means arranged to indicate details of the console associated with the prize winning number as a prize winning console and the prize awarded.