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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120129593 | Wagering Game System With Networked Gaming Devices A method of operating a plurality of wagering game tournaments on a plurality of gaming machines includes receiving a wager from a player to play a wagering game on a gaming machine of the plurality of gaming machines. The method further includes providing an option, at... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120129590 | System and Method for Interactive Location-Based Gameplay Disclosed is a system comprising a location engine for detecting the location of the system, an attraction engine for identifying an attraction proximate to the system, a gameplay engine for enabling gameplay of a user to earn virtual credits based on the proximity, and... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120129592 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A TIME BASED AWARD A method is provided for providing payments at a gaming device, where the payments may occur at predictable times and are of predictable amounts. In one or more embodiments, a gaming device may provide a guaranteed payment every hour on the hour, so long as a player mee... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120129591 | CLIENT ACCOUNT MANAGING ARRANGEMENT ON AN ONLINE GAMING SYSTEM A client account managing arrangement on an online gaming system includes a game server system (20) having at least one game logic (G1, G2) managing clients (P1-P5) participating in at least one game session (GAME1, GAME2... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120108320 | GAMING NOTIFICATIONS AGGREGATOR A system and method for aggregating and consolidating game notifications is described. In one aspect, game related notifications of different types, from different game sessions, from different games, and from different gaming platforms are aggregated and further consol... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120108321 | WAGERING GAME CONTROL OF A MOTION CAPABLE CHAIR Systems described herein include wagering game systems having a motion capable chair. The disclosure addresses example systems and methods to control the motion capable chair, including utilization of user preferences, applying output of a physic engine, and monitoring ... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120108319 | GAMING SYSTEM, GAMING DEVICE AND METHOD INCLUDING A COMMUNITY TRAIL GAME In various embodiments, the gaming system, gaming device, and gaming method disclosed herein provides a community game having a trail or path. The community game enables a plurality of players to each simultaneously pick one or more directions of movement along the trai... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120108322 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BONUS ROUND PLAY Methods and apparatus are provided for enabling a player to take a tour of a secondary game at a game machine. In one embodiment, a method is provided that includes offering to enable entry of a player into a bonus round of a game machine in exchange for a fee, receivin... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120083331 | CONVERTIBLE IN-REVENUE AND OUT-OF-REVENUE GAMING SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH A REAL-TIME STREAMING VIDEO FEED AND DISPLAY A convertible in-revenue and out-of-revenue gaming system is disclosed that includes a server connected to automatically convert operating modes and control in-revenue and out-of-revenue operation of one or more banks of gaming machines. Additionally disclosed are gamin... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120083332 | System and a Method for an On-Line Betting Game A system and a method for an on-line betting game comprise clients being configured for obtaining registration information from users and obtaining bets from registered users in which each bet at least comprises a user choosing a determined amount of numbers chosen from... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120083333 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR GAMING NETWORK MANAGEMENT The present invention provides novel method and devices for managing gaming machine networks. In some implementations, switches report the gaming machines that are currently connected to the switch. The report may be made periodically, in response to a query and/or in r... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120071233 | HIGH GRANULARITY PROMOTION-BASED AWARDS AND USE IN GAMING ENVIRONMENTS A method is shown for enhancing game play on a gaming machine. In one embodiment, the gaming machine may include a processor, a memory, and program logic stored in the memory that may be executable to play a base game in exchange for a wager. The method includes receivi... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120071234 | Late Bet Baccarat Among other things, enabling late bets in a game of Baccarat includes accepting a first bet from one or more participants. Two cards are dealt to each of a player position and a bank position. A player position score and a bank position score are determined based on the... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120071232 | GAMING SYSTEM, GAMING DEVICE AND METHOD OF PROVIDING SELECTION GAME WITH INTERDEPENDENT AWARD DISTRIBUTION The disclosed gaming system, gaming device and method provide a selection game having a plurality of selectable positions and a plurality of awards interdependently distributed or associated with the selectable positions. For one, a plurality, or all the selectable posi... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120071231 | GAMING SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF GAMING A method of gaming comprising: determining a wagering threshold to apply to play of at least one gaming device during a current gaming session based on an amount wagered in at least one prior gaming session; and triggering an event upon reaching the wagering threshold i... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120071223 | System and Method for Generating and Placing Combination Bets A method and system for generating and receiving a combination bet may include presenting a plurality of betting events in a display resembling a slot machine. In one embodiment, the user may place a total wager for a combination bet prior to knowing what the betting ev... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120071226 | Wagering Game System with Community Gaming System A method of conducting a wagering game on a gaming system, the method including receiving an indication of a wager and displaying outcomes of wagering games on at least one display device in response to a wager indication being received, the displayed outcomes being ran... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120071219 | FANTASY SPORT AUCTION DRAFT APPLICATION ROSTER PREVIEW GRID Methods and system for presenting a plurality of attributes of a plurality of players from a plurality of teams that are part of a league includes obtaining a plurality of attributes of the plurality of players and the plurality of teams. The plurality of attributes of ... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120071245 | Method and Apparatus for Gaming Reward Platforms Method and systems for providing online gaming to a plurality of players through a network, such as the Internet is disclosed. A server enables the plurality of players on remote terminals to access a game application in the memory in the server through the network. A p... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120052939 | AUTOMATIC GAME PLAY In various embodiments a gaming device may play games automatically without input from a player.... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120052936 | Method to Drive an Auxiliary Wagering Game Using a Reeled Slot Machine A method, apparatus, and computer readable storage to drive an auxiliary game using resultant reel stops on a slot machine. Reel stops can have an action or property associated with them which affects the auxiliary game. When a player spins reels on the slot machine, th... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120052940 | GAMING SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF GAMING A gaming system comprising a plurality of linked gaming devices each individually operable to play a main game and a group game, whereby the group game is played by at least two teams of players of the linked gaming devices; and a group game controller arranged to condu... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120049455 | Gaming Table Aspects of this disclosure relate to a gaming table which may include a surface upon which elements of a particular casino game may be placed and a player device configured to provide one or more services to a player at the gaming table. The player device may include a ... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120052935 | CONFIGURATION FOR ITERATIVE BONUS GAME WITH SYMBOL TRANSFORMATION A reel based bonus game with a predetermined quantity of iterations that is initiated based upon a predetermined bonus game entry criterion in a reel based base game being met is established. The predetermined bonus game entry criterion is a predetermined arrangement of... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120046096 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALLOWING REMOTE WAGERS (BOTH FOR REAL WAGERS AND FOR FUN/POINTS/PRIZES) BY CONFIRMING PLAYER LOCATION USING NETWORK GENERATED AND/OR NETWORK CENTRIC DATA A system and method allowing wager(s) to be placed over a wireless network using a remote device by authenticating an established user account, and validating the location of the player using network centric data. The player utilizes the remote device, which may be a ce... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120046087 | GAMING SYSTEM AND A GAMING METHOD A gaming system with a free play mode. The gaming system has a game controller configured to process game play instructions in accordance with game rules to produce game outcomes. A credit meter is under the control of the game controller, the credit meter incremented o... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120046094 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENABLING REMOTE DEVICE USERS TO WAGER ON MICRO EVENTS OF GAMES IN A DATA NETWORK ACCESSIBLE GAMING ENVIRONMENT A method and system for micro-betting. A control function can be designated for managing a series of micro-bets with respect to one or more events. The control function can be configured to determine when said series of micro-bets are set and when no more micro-bets amo... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120046097 | METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING LARGE PAYOUTS WITH MINIMAL INTERRUPTION OF A GAMING SESSION Apparatus and methods for administering payouts in gaming machines are disclosed. More particularly, improved techniques for distributing large payouts with minimal interruption of a gaming session at a gaming apparatus are disclosed.... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120046095 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENABLING REMOTE DEVICE USERS TO WAGER ON MICRO EVENTS OF GAMES IN A DATA NETWORK ACCESSIBLE GAMING ENVIRONMENT A method and system for micro-betting. One or more micro-bets can be electronically placed with respect to one or more micro-events associated with an event during a round of micro-betting. One or more wages with respect to the micro-bet(s) can be managed and controlled... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120040743 | GAME-BASED INCENTIVES FOR LOCATION-BASED ACTIONS In a method and system of providing in-game assets for location-based actions, an indication of a performance of a location-based action by a player of a computer-implemented game is received. A virtual item is provided based on the receiving of the indication of the pe... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120040741 | System For Providing Simulated Betting And Kiosk For Same A system for simulated betting on a sporting event comprising a main control application having, at least one database, and an operator interface control application in communication with each database; at least one betting kiosk located in at least one venue, each kios... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120040744 | MULTI-DIMENSIONAL PLAYER LOYALTY REWARDS SYSTEM AND METHOD Certain embodiments provide a multi-dimensional player loyalty rewards system and method. Certain embodiments of the method include dynamically defining rewards based on at least one of player activity and historical data, and assigning values to the rewards based on at... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120040742 | System For Providing Simulated Betting And Kiosk For Same A system for simulated betting on a sporting event comprising a main control application having, at least one database, and an operator interface control application in communication with each database; at least one betting kiosk located in at least one venue, each kios... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120040745 | GAME-BASED INCENTIVES FOR LOCATION-BASED ACTIONS The present disclosure generally relates to systems and methods for providing game-based incentives to users of online games as a reward for performing actions at physical locations.... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120040749 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING REAL TIME SPORTS BETTING INFORMATION The present invention is directed toward a method and system for providing sports betting information, in real time, utilizing a standard Internet connection on a computer to display the odds from a plurality of sports books. The system provides its users with a line se... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120040750 | GAMING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EMPLOYING NEGATIVE OUTCOMES Systems and methods are provided for providing a negative outcome at a gaming device. The system determines that a player of a gaming device has equity which may be debited. An outcome of the gaming device is determined, and it is also determined that the outcome is a n... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120040746 | GAME-BASED INCENTIVES FOR LOCATION-BASED ACTIONS The present disclosure generally relates to systems and methods for providing game-based incentives to users of online games as a reward for performing actions at physical locations.... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120040747 | GAME-BASED INCENTIVES FOR LOCATION-BASED ACTIONS The present disclosure generally relates to systems and methods for providing game-based incentives to users of online games as a reward for performing actions at physical locations.... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120040748 | CHARGE PAYMENT SYSTEM USING VIRTUAL MONEY There is provided a system where usage charge of a facility can be paid by virtual money. A card ID and a consumption amount of virtual money are transmitted from a game terminal as charging-target terminal apparatus, the card ID being recorded in a card possessed by a ... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120040733 | BINGO SYSTEM WITH DOWNLOADABLE COMMON PATTERNS Novel methods, devices and systems are described for mapping a variety of Class III game outcomes to a common set of bingo patterns. Each game theme may have a different entertaining display, based upon a corresponding Class III game. Preferably, each game theme will of... | 02/16/2012 |
