Video gaming system with fixed pool of winning plays and global pool access.

A VIDEO GAME SYSTEM IS SUPPLIED (10) THAT INCLUDES A CENTRAL GAME PROCESSOR (12), A PLURALITY OF MASTER PROCESSING UNITS (14) AND A PLURALITY OF SLAVE TERMINALS (16) THAT CAN BE DRIVEN BY PLAYERS TO PLAY THE GAME . THE CENTRAL GAME PROCESSOR (12) COMMUNICATES WITH THE MASTER PROCESSING UNITS (14) AND SUPPLIES THE DIFFERENT GAMES AVAILABLE TO THE SYSTEM. THE MASTER PROCESSING UNITS (14) STORE AND ADMINISTER THE GAMES AS THEY ARE PLAYED IN THE SLAVE TERMINALS. A PREFERRED GAME INCLUDES A FIXED FUND OF GAME MATCHES AND A DEFAULT NUMBER OF WINNING MATCHES WITHIN EACH FUND. EACH PLAYER, THROUGH HIS SLAVE TERMINAL (16), CAN BUY GAMES IN EACH FIXED FUND STORED IN THE MASTER PROCESSING UNIT (14) TO WHICH THIS UNIT IS COUPLED. WHEN A PARTICULAR FUND IS SOLD OUT, FOR EXAMPLE, THROUGH THE ACQUISITION OF ALL THE MATCHES, THE CENTRAL GAME PROCESSOR (12) PROVIDES ANOTHER FIXED FUND OF PARTIES TO THAT MASTER PROCESSING UNIT TO MAKE A CONTINUED GAME POSSIBLE.