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Method and apparatus for making a drink hop along a bar or counter
A method for generating a drink which appears to hop from a remote spot on the bar or counter and take one or more leaps, before landing in a patron's glass.
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| 7300058 | Rewarding detection of notable nonrandom patterns in games Tools and techniques are provided for creating nonrandom notable patterns in elements of games of chance which are traditionally random and hence lack such patterns. Players are notified of the existence of such patterns. When a player detects a pattern, the player ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7297058 | Gaming machine with integrated display A gaming apparatus for conducting a wagering game comprises a video screen for displaying a dynamic video image and a structure for displaying non-video artwork. The video and non-video artworks are visually linked to form an integrated image associated with the wag... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7294055 | Gaming device having a multi-characteristic matching game including selection indicators A gaming device having a game with a plurality of selections, where each selection has at least two characteristics. The gaming device is controlled by at least one processor to display a plurality of the selections; display an indication of one of the selections fu... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7294056 | Enhanced gaming system An enhanced gaming system through which a variety of games of chance and/or games of skill can be made available to players. The gaming system separates game outcomes from game themes and game payout/buy-in information, thereby enhancing game flexibility. The gaming... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7296004 | Electronic bill payment system with merchant identification A computer implemented system and method for payment remittance receives a payor's payment information, processes this payment information, other than a received zip code, to identify an eleven digit zip code for a payee. The system and method then accesses a databa... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7293705 | Radio frequency identification method and system of distributing products A method and system for vending products from a defined area, such as a micro-warehouse with a door. The method includes fitting each product with a radio frequency identification tag, positioning the plurality of products in a micro-warehouse, sensing opening and c... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7291068 | Gaming machine with loyalty bonus A gaming machine is provided, which awards loyalty points to players playing the game who have identified themselves to the machine. The machine is arranged to award loyalty points to the player and to play two game means wherein, the first or base game may be provi... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7291069 | Central determination gaming system with a game outcome generated by a gaming terminal and approved by a central controller A central determination gaming system including a plurality of gaming terminals in communication with a central controller. In one embodiment, upon initiation of a game at one of the gaming terminals, the gaming terminal randomly generates a proposed game outcome. T... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7292990 | System and method for software development This invention relates to a method and apparatus for developing software. In one embodiment, a method for facilitating the distributed development of software components includes providing a skill rating for software developers, communicating specifications for a so... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7291066 | Bonus game displaying and awarding randomly selected values Various bonus games for being played on a gaming machine are described. In one embodiment, a base game and bonus game are played on a video screen. The base game may consist of the random selection and display of a 5×3 matrix of symbols, although any size array of ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7288024 | Gaming machine, server and program for card game A gaming machine, with which a plurality of players who join a game from the beginning can enjoy the game by the end of the game, is provided. The gaming machine is equipped with a rank determination means and a win/loss determination means to provide the gaming mac... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7288027 | Cheater detection in a multi-player gaming environment A first instance of a game application is executed on a first computing system. The first computing system is coupled to communicate with a second computing system executing a second instance of the game application. Execution of the second instance of the game appl... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7285045 | Off-line remote system for lotteries and games of skill An off-line remote lottery system which enables players to purchase instant-type lottery game outcomes from a randomized prize data stream in a central computer, and view the outcomes on remotely disposed gaming computers which do not require an on-line connection d... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7285048 | Restricted multimedia episode distribution with synthetically generated random outcomes to players with intra-episode biometric image based authentication Remote-player virtual gaming is provided, off-site or on-site casino premises, using randomly selected entertaining multimedia gaming episodes, with randomly generated gaming outcomes. The randomly selected gaming episodes could be from a database or from randomly s... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7285050 | Gaming system In a gaming system provided with a plurality of terminals operable by the respective plurality of the players; and a gaming server communicating with the plurality of the terminals, the gaming server comprises a controller executing a computer program and controllin... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7287099 | System for support of remote console by emulation of local console with multipath data flow structure Numerous shortcomings exist in prior generation adapter cards for supporting remote consoles for multipartition computer systems. Emulation using memory in the adapter card supports some remote functions so that they appear to be resident on the host computer system... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7285049 | Universal overlay games in an electronic gaming environment A new method and system for displaying winning and non-winning game results in a traditional gaming environment is disclosed. The system of the present invention uses an overlay game to present an entertaining display to a player upon the occurrence of a win or trig... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7284696 | Change card A transaction card allows for retail purchases involving fractional dollar amounts to be completed without the use of coin currency. Change amounts involving less than one dollar can be either credited to or debited from a monetary value stored on a smart chip in th... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7281979 | Interactive keno gaming system and method The present invention includes an interactive keno game method that comprises receiving at least one player selected symbol from a player during a game session. The at least one player selected symbol is drawn from a set of game symbols. The method then proceeds to ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7281976 | Gaming machine A gaming machine comprises a game board 3 formed from a light-transparent member; a projecting device 42 for projecting a game medium onto the game board; a plurality of entrances 10 adapted to receive the game medium projected onto the game boa... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7281977 | Gaming device providing touch activated symbol information An apparatus and method for quickly and easily providing desired paytable information to a player of a gaming device. The invention utilizes the game's display device containing a plurality of game generated symbols as an index of symbols from which a player can cho... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7281980 | Gaming machine In order to provide a gaming machine which enables selective clear display of patterns of reels and performance images displayed on front side display means arranged in front of the reels as needed, a gaming machine comprises: variable display means for variably dis... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7281981 | Image generation method, program, and information storage medium Triangular relation is introduced such that a vertical-attribute attack B1 (first action) is more advantageous than a horizontal-attribute attack B2 (second action); the horizontal-attribute attack B2 is more advantageous than a movement action ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7278919 | Gaming device having multiple interrelated secondary games A gaming device and a method for operating the gaming device including interrelating bonus games in a bonus round by providing outcomes which transfer the player to one of the other interrelated bonus games. Each bonus game includes a different set of outcomes depen... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7278918 | Multi-station gaming system and method Gaming methods, apparatus, and program products prompt players to move between different gaming machines or player stations (103) included in a gaming system (100). One preferred method includes receiving a player input at a first player station (10... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7278917 | Slot reel controller as a peripheral device A disclosed slot reel peripheral has a slot reel, a drive mechanism and a peripheral controller. Using a standard communication protocol such as USB (Universal Serial Bus), the peripheral controller is configured to communicate with one or more master gaming control... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7278915 | Game machine A game machine includes a first display and a second display. The first display displays an image of a first game. The first game provides a plurality of symbols in either a moving condition or a stopping condition, and provides a state being advantageous to a playe... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7278638 | Gaming device having display with award reel and rotating and translating indicator therefore A display device for a gaming device which includes a symbol display operable to simultaneously display a plurality of symbols. A symbol indicator is positioned adjacent to the symbol display and is operable to translate substantially parallel with respect to the sy... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7278916 | Gaming machine having multi-ended pointer for quasi-deterministic play (“pick-a-prize”) When a special symbol appears during play of the gaming machine game, the secondary game is initiated. At initiation, a bonus prize is determined by the secondary game microcontroller by consulting a bonus game paytable stored therein where each bonus prize correspo... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7278914 | System and method of betting on a sporting event which awards pay outs based on the difference between the actual and predicted results (“Pay Per Point”) A system and method for sports betting that awards pay outs based upon the difference between the actual and predicted results (“Pay Per Point”). In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the Pay Per Point bettor may place any or all of three different bets: 1... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7275988 | Slot machine Each of a plurality of reels is provided with a plurality of symbols including at least one special symbol. At least one payline is extending across the reels. At least one electro-optical panel includes a first transparent substrate and a second transparent substra... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7275989 | Slot machine method with individual symbol respin A slot machine is provided with a plurality of slot symbols which results in a display matrix having a plurality of reel stop locations. A player makes a wager for each pay line on the slot machine that the player wishes to be active. Prior to the reels being spun, ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7275991 | Slot machine with ticket-in/ticket-out capability A gaming apparatus which comprises a slat machine capable of accepting either paper currency, preprinted coupons, or cash out slips. The slot machine also includes a printer that prints and dispenses cash out slips which include a bar code representing a unique iden... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7275994 | Game machine having wireless communication capability A video game machine is provided with wireless functionality. The wireless functionality may be built-into the video game machine or may be provided by a device that is removably attachable to the video game machine. The wireless functionality enables, among other t... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7273415 | Gaming device having a bonus scheme with multiple selection groups A gaming device having a bonus round with multiple selection groups is provided. The gaming device provides a plurality of selection groups including a final selection group. Each non-final selection group includes selections that yield awards and at least one selec... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7270603 | Reverse-order game play apparatus The invention is a method but particularly a system for the play of a game lying between a common-draw live game and an instant game. Furthermore, the same method and system may profit of the down time reserved to the sale of tickets in a live game. Accordingly, the... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7270331 | Method of playing a bonus A method of playing a game bonus triggered by the rank of the player hand. A plurality of bonus hands is provided and a value is assigned to each one. The player chooses one of the bonus hands, after which the value is revealed and the player is paid the correspondi... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7270604 | Gaming device with offer/acceptance game having offer chosen from multiple formed offers A primary or secondary game for a gaming device. In one embodiment, the player is provided up to three picks, i.e., picks three contestants. The first two contestants both form potential award offers. The game then provides the greater of the two potential award off... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7267615 | Video game A coin-operated video game machine has a VDU (4) and player controls, such as push buttons (9). In play of a game the screen shows a representation of coins rolling down a run (22) to fall through a fall zone (24), in which the trajectory... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7267611 | Bunco gaming device, method and bonus game A dice game is comprised of a plurality of stages. Each operation of the game begins with the operation of a first stage. In one embodiment, depending on the outcome of the first stage the game may be over, or there may be an operation of a second stage. ... | 09/11/2007 |
