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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7341517 | Real-time interactive wagering on event outcomes Systems and methods for real-time interactive wagering on event outcomes are presented. Clients are first qualified and given wagering limits before being allowed to interactively wager on event outcomes. Event outcomes may be based on, for example, financial market... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7341519 | Embedded casino game A system and method are provided wherein a player of a casino game or an online casino game is provided one or more additional opportunities to place bets, or to consume information or content, or perform a variety of tasks, without the need to leave the casino game... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7341518 | Cashless slot machine and/or amusement device with special features A slot machine gaming device and method which targets a monetary ticket to operate in selected gaming devices. A video poker game can also provide a player with an improved paytable. The slot machine can also pay a player using a special ticket instead of cash. ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7341512 | Computer system communicable with one or more gaming devices having a matching game with multiple rounds A computer system operable to communicate with one or more gaming devices. The computer system has a processor and a data storage device. The data storage device stores instructions associated with a multi-round game. The instructions are executable to cause the gam... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7341511 | Gaming terminal having an element moveable along a nonlinear path for indicating a game outcome A gaming terminal for conducting a wagering game. The gaming terminal includes an input device for receiving a wager input from a player of the gaming terminal. A display is provided for displaying a game outcome randomly selected from a plurality of game outcomes i... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7338362 | Card game A wagering card game using a standard deck of playing cards with an objective of achieving a total hand value nearest to thirty-three (33) without going over is disclosed. Players play against a dealer in an attempt to reach a total hand value greater than the deale... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7338366 | Gaming device having a mechanical secondary display A gaming device having a mechanical display device for indicating selected symbols to a player. The mechanical display has a plurality of display plates which each display a symbol. In one embodiment, a first set of the display plates and a second set of the display... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7338367 | Gaming device having an accumulated award selection bonus scheme A gaming device having a bonus game, where one embodiment of the gaming device includes a display device; a processor that controls the display device; and several selections including awards and at least one accumulated award. The gaming device provides a player wi... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7338368 | Method, system, and program product for grouping game players by class Game play requests in a bingo gaming system are associated with different play characteristic classes and collected into different game play groups simultaneously according to play characteristic class. Once a sufficient number of game play requests are collected in... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7338364 | Gaming device having an ordered designation of bonus values in multiple value sets A gaming device with a bonus scheme which includes a plurality of value sets and a plurality of inputs which a player can make. After a player makes particular inputs, the gaming device stores in memory or designates certain values in certain value sets which are as... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7338360 | Financial trading game A game, and more particularly to an electronic game that simulates trading securities on an exchange. The game is preferably played as a video gaming machine for gambling purposes. A computing device is provided having, among other things, a video screen display on ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7339597 | Creating and manipulating related vector objects in an image Computer programs and computer-implemented methods implement techniques for creating and manipulating related vector objects in an image. These include creating a first vector object or elements in an image, creating a second vector object or elements in the image, ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7338371 | High low series gambling game A game method includes a player placing a wager. A sub-game includes the selection of N challenge indicia from a set of ranked indicia. After each challenge indicia is displayed, a player predicts the relative ranking of the next challenge indicia. If a player quali... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7338372 | Reconfigurable gaming machine A gaming machine has at least one video screen, but preferably three. One screen displays a primary game and the other two screens preferably display pay tables, a secondary game, or artwork related to the primary and/or secondary game. The content of the video scre... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7335104 | Gaming machine with explanations of payouts won A gaming apparatus includes a display unit, a value input device, and a controller coupled to the display unit and value input device. The controller includes a memory and a processor programmed to allow a person to make a wager and cause a video image representing ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7335101 | Electroluminescent display for gaming machines A new apparatus and method for use in a casino-type gaming machine, allowing enhanced identification of winning paylines by a player. Specifically, the present invention provides for the use of at least one electroluminescent display in a location at, dispersed with... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7335103 | Gaming device and method A gaming device having at least one tubular display container, a display object holder disposed to hold a plurality of movable display objects in an individually controlled manner, a display object actuator and a controller, is disclosed. Game-related indicia on the... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7335102 | Gaming device with a bonus scheme involving movement along paths with path change conditions A gaming device which involves a symbol marker which advances along one or more paths. The paths include a plurality of symbols and one or more path change conditions. If a path change condition occurs, the symbol marker moves from one path to a different path. Whil... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7331580 | System and method for playing a table and electronic card game The present invention is directed to a card game in which at least five cards are dealt to at least one player position in which the player may have made a wager. The player must make at least one wager corresponding to one or more of the player positions. To initia... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7331860 | Game of skill and chance and system and method for playing such game A game of skill and chance is provided in which five die are manipulated by a player to obtain different combinations. The obtained die combinations are then recorded on a card and scored by a computer. Players play against each other and the winner is the individua... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7331861 | Gaming device having display with concentrically rotating and translating indicator therefore A display device for a gaming device which includes concentric rotating displays, wherein an outer one of the displays is also operable to translate with respect to an inner one of the displays. The inner display includes multiple rows of symbols. The outer display ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7331867 | Gaming device having a re-triggering symbol bonus scheme A gaming device having a bonus scheme wherein a combination of bonus symbols trigger a bonus game and any one of the bonus symbols in the bonus game provides a player with an award. The award may be an extension of the bonus game by providing the player with additio... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7331862 | Gaming device including a game having a wild symbol related award A gaming device including a plurality of reels having several symbols with at least one wild symbol. In one embodiment, the gaming device spins the reels for at one spin. If a wild symbol is indicated on a payline associated with the reels and no winning symbol comb... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7331863 | Gaming device having related award component selection A primary or secondary game is provided for a wagering gaming device. The game includes a display of a plurality of values. The display associates a set of multipliers with each of the values. One of the values is generated randomly for the player. That generation a... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7331857 | Gaming system A gaming system for use with a media player and one or more output devices, where the media player is configured to receive user signals, to read and execute information from a game medium, and to present portions of the information on the one or more output devices... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7331859 | Wagering game with award feature for subsets of game outcomes A method and gaming terminal for playing a wagering game. The method includes conducting the wagering game at a gaming terminal. A plurality of player-selectable game elements are displayed, such that the game elements are divided into a plurality of types. A player... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7331865 | Gaming device having a competition bonus scheme A gaming device wherein the success or failure of a current selection directly affects the player's chances for success in a later selection and the player's chances for obtaining the highest bonus award possible. ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7331858 | Gaming machine with polyhedral reels A gaming machine with an improved game display is disclosed. Polyhedral reel strips are used in a gaming machine to present game outcomes in configurations previously not practicable. In addition, the polyhedral reels provide a game display that is more easily reada... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7329183 | Central determination gaming system where the same seed is used to generate the outcomes for a primary game and a secondary game A central determination gaming system wherein the same random number or game play seed is used to generate a primary or base game outcome and a secondary or bonus game outcome. The present invention includes a central computing system in communication with a plurali... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7329180 | Gaming system with multiple generic and subgeneric characteristics A reel-type display wagering game is provided in which the symbols on the frames or positions of the pay line display are capable of having an ordered arrangement of separately provided and separately determined generic symbols and species symbols. The generic symbo... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7329181 | Gaming machine with multilayered liquid crystal display for displaying images based on a priority order The gaming machine has the game result display means including the reels (3L, 3C, 3R), the liquid crystal display device (31) arranged at a more front side than a display area of the reels (3L, 3C, 3R) when seen from ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7329177 | Wagering game and method to play A wagering game playable in a live setting or on an electronic gaming machine is disclosed. The embodiments of the wagering game include a means for generating two sets of random over/under numbers, one or more decks of cards and a game layout. The means for generat... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7329184 | Game machine A game machine includes, an operating portion, a signal detector, a prompter, a determination receiver and a speed changer. The operating portion outputs a signal in accordance with a player's operation for proceeding a game. The signal detector detects either a con... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7329186 | Gaming system with rewritable display card and LCD input display for reading same Systems and methods for conducting cashless gaming or player tracking within a gaming environment are disclosed. Players with associated player accounts are provided player tracking instruments having rewriteable displays. Also provided are gaming devices or machine... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7329179 | Gaming device having wager dependent bonus game play In one primary embodiment of the present invention, the player must wager a number of paylines to qualify for one of a plurality of bonus games. The highest required number of paylines qualifies the player to play the main or most elaborate bonus game. The main or f... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7328901 | Casino craps card game A method for playing a game played by at least one player having both numbered playing cards and a pair of dice. The method for the game includes randomizing at least six of the playing cards, wherein each card contains a single digit from one to six. The playing ca... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7326109 | Gaming device having an award distributor and an award accumulator bonus game A gaming device that enables players to accumulate awards by activating an award distributor having a plurality of award symbols and at least one selection group activator symbol. The gaming device provides the player with a plurality of activations where an award i... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7326110 | Gaming device with an increasing goal advancement game An apparatus and method for operating a gaming device that enables a player to obtain an award based upon the number of goals the player is able to achieve during game play. The goals advance in difficulty as the player achieves each goal. The game terminates automa... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7326111 | Apparatus, method, and program product for facilitating game play in an electronic lottery game network At least one pool of game play records is stored at a central processing system. Each game play record includes a record index selected from a set of unique index values, each associated with a different result type. A record index associated with a particular game ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7326116 | Method and device implementing a player configurable gaming machine A player configurable video gaming machine in which a player may select one or more configuration inputs to play a previously configured default game or to create a new game configuration. Additionally, each game configuration may be saved to be implemented in vario... | 02/05/2008 |
