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| 8182332 | Multiple game gaming machine A gaming machine comprises a display and a game controller arranged to control images of symbols displayed on the display. The game controller is arranged to play a game wherein at least one random event is caused to be displayed on the display and, if a predefined ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182333 | Wagering game with auto-triggered player device A gaming system including an input device for receiving a wager to play a wagering game. The gaming system also includes a display for displaying a randomly selected outcome of the wagering game and a touch-screen input device in association with the display. In res... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8177628 | Lot-to-lot roulette combination In various embodiments a single reel on a gaming device contains multiple symbols. ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8162746 | Gaming system and method configured to change the odds of a player obtaining a winning game outcome or a designated game outcome for a play of a game without changing the paytable of the game A gaming system and method that enables the odds of obtaining a winning outcome or a designated outcome for a play of a game to change without modifying the paytable of the game. The gaming system makes a first determination using a first processor based on a paytab... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8152627 | Gaming method and apparatus for facilitating a game involving specialty wild functionality Various embodiments are directed to a plurality of rounds of a game, the game comprising providing a play area comprising a plurality of regions and game elements distributed within the regions, moving a roving wild indicator within the play area to one of the game ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8147317 | Gaming system and method with wager variability A gaming machine that provides a wagering game, including a user interface in communication with a game controller, through the operation of which a player selects one of a plurality of wager options that determine a number of symbols to be active and inactive in th... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8118664 | Method of awarding prizes for jackpot and gaming machines based on amount wagered during a time period Periodic prize draws are conducted by a jackpot controller in a gaming system having one or more electronic gaming devices. The probability of each electronic gaming device winning a particular prize draw is dependent upon the amount wagered on that gaming machine d... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8105151 | Gaming system, gaming device and method for providing cascading symbols with wild features A cascading symbol game includes designated symbols such as wild symbols. In the cascading symbol game, a gaming device generates and displays a symbol from a plurality of symbols for each of a plurality of symbol positions. The gaming device removes at least one sy... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8100752 | Method, apparatus, and program product for presenting gaming results through inverse symbol logic A method displays a number of symbol locations with a respective graphic symbol at each symbol location. Each symbol location may comprise an actual reel or simulated reel which is capable of displaying any one of a number of graphic symbols included in a group of p... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8100753 | Systems, methods and articles to facilitate playing card games with selectable odds A system and method may provide playing cards which are selected based on a desired set of payout or house odds and/or house advantage. The system and method may display payout odds for respective player positions. The system and method may operate a playing card ha... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8087993 | Method of gaming, a gaming system and a game controller A method of gaming comprising: selecting in at least one game round a plurality of symbols for display to a player in a set of display positions; modifying the displayed symbols copying each symbol in an original subset of the display positions to at least one clone... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8087994 | Gaming system with event substitution feature According to one embodiment of the present invention, a system and method for conducting a wagering game on a plurality of gaming machines is disclosed. A first community event is triggered and two or more gaming machines from the plurality of gaming machines are se... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8083583 | Method and system for managing probability of an outcome in a random generation event An online lottery game system and methodology involves, for each play of the game, a player choosing a number of player indicia from a field of the indicia. A subset of the indicia is randomly generated, and the player's indicia is compared to the subset to determin... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8029355 | Configurable gaming device with player selectable award profile An apparatus and method for configuring a gaming device that provides a player selectable award profile. The award profile is further selectable by the player with respect to a payout scheme, a bonusing option or both. A player may select a preferred bonusing option... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8012013 | Method and apparatus for offering a guaranteed win A method in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention is provided, the method comprising the steps of generating a first outcome of a game of chance, determining a target outcome, receiving a first wager, generating a second outcome based on the first ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7997976 | Slot machine having special symbol and control method thereof According to a slot machine of the present invention, synthetic symbol images each including a first symbol image and a second symbol image are rearranged to a display. The first symbol image is associated with a predetermined prize. In a case where the first symbol... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7959507 | Multi-player bingo game and methods for determining game-winning awards The invention is directed to methods and gaming units for conducting a multi-player wagering game in which at least one of the players may win the occurrence of the wagering game by matching a predetermined game-winning pattern of game indicia on a game array having... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7942734 | Amusement devices and games including means for processing electronic data where ultimate outcome of the game is dependent on relative odds of a card combination and/or where chance is a factor: expected biases such as long shot and favorite bias Games related to the provision of information are described. Games may be formulated to exploit biases such as long shot bias and favorite bias. Games related to the provision of information are described. Games may be formulated to exploit biases relating to the Mo... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7909691 | Method and system for selecting winning numbers in a lottery game Use of the present invention provides a method and system for generating the winning combination of numbers in a lottery game. The method determines a winning number combination from among a plurality of number combination entries submitted by a plurality of players... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7841937 | Slot machine When a start condition of a payout variable game is fulfilled during a base game, depending on number of award-not-accompanied occurrence times of a specific symbol combination selected by a player at the beginning payout variable game to be executed a predetermined... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7828644 | Slot machine with randomly selected scatter symbol A scatter object symbol is randomly selected among plural symbols. The symbols are rearranged. A payout determined by a combination of the symbols rearranged on a payline is awarded. When a predetermined number or more of the scatter object symbols are rearranged, t... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7785191 | Slot machine game having a plurality of ways for a user to obtain payouts based on selection of one or more symbols (power pays) A method of playing a slot machine game in which a player wagers upon one or more symbols and then collect awards for combinations of two or more symbols wagered upon appearing in adjacent to each other in the symbol matrix. The slot machine game may also provide a ... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7749074 | Gaming device having main game activating a bonus event A game and gaming apparatus include a main game and a bonus game. A player is entitled to participate in the bonus game without an additional wager beyond that required to play the main game. Winning outcomes of the main game determine the indicia used to play the b... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7744460 | Apparatus having movable display and methods of operating same In accordance with one or more embodiments, a slot machine comprises at least one display device operable to display at least one indicium. The indicium defines an outcome for a game. The display device is further operable to update the indicia displayed on the one ... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7713120 | Class of feature event games suitable for linking to multiple gaming machines A gaming method, apparatus and system for playing a game of chance is disclosed in which a plurality of gaming machines may be linked together for mutually competitive play. According to one embodiment, two or more gaming machines are linked to a centrally located d... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7618316 | Gaming device having main game activating a bonus event A game and gaming apparatus include a main game and a bonus game. A player is entitled to participate in the bonus game without an additional wager beyond that required to play the main game. Winning outcomes of the main game determine the indicia used to play the b... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7559838 | Gaming device and method of operation thereof A gaming device such as a video based gaming device provides a player the ability to modify at least one element of the gaming device. The gaming device may then modify other elements to ensure a desired house advantage. The probability of occurrence for one or more... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7559837 | Video gaming system with wild card system and bonus system A gaming system for producing a unique bonusing event is described. The method includes the step of a player placing a wager on a reel-slot-type video game and displaying a plurality of randomly selected game symbols on the game display. Upon the occurrence of a tri... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7479062 | Apparatus and method for generating a pool of seeds for a central determination gaming system An apparatus and method for generating one or more pools or sets of seeds for use in a central determination gaming system. In one embodiment of the present invention, a processor of the apparatus or seed generator randomly generates a predetermined number of random... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7473176 | Apparatus and method for generating a pool of seeds for a central determination gaming system An apparatus and method for generating one or more pools or sets of seeds for use in a central determination gaming system. In one embodiment of the present invention, a processor of the apparatus or seed generator randomly generates a predetermined number of random... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7465229 | Slot-machine game with adjusting payout table A gaming apparatus, such as a slot machine, that randomly determines a combination of symbols and pays prizes according to a determined payout table, is used to perform a gaming method similar to conventional slot machine play, but that permits greater interaction w... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7438639 | Gaming machine with column linking feature When stopping all of simulated reels results in magnet symbols belonging to two or more adjacent reels being in a form that the magnet symbols attract each other, the adjacent reels are linked to each other. After that, the reels are variably displayed and stopped w... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7431648 | Method of conducting a wagering game with continuous depletion A method of conducting a wagering game according to the rules of a base game includes defining a finite set of game indicia. The player plays multiple sequential game hand by placing a wager, receiving game indicia from the finite set cumulatively excluding any game... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7425178 | Live and electronic wagering and lottery game A method and device is set forth for playing a game where an inventory of game indicia is arranged in a random but established, serial order. For each hand of play the player makes a wager and game indicia are displayed in order from the inventory to define a winnin... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7413510 | Gaming device having a related symbol selection game The present invention relates to a gaming device and method having a bonus game, where the bonus game displays a target set including a plurality of player selectable symbols. At least one of the symbols is designated as a target symbol in a target set. The gaming d... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7410420 | Game machine with selectively controllable mechanical cover A game machine that displays symbols is provided. A display module of the game machine can display multiple types of symbols in multiple display regions when a game starts. An evaluation module evaluates whether or not a predetermined condition is met in a game. A d... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7410419 | Gaming machine having a crap slot game play scheme The present invention is a gaming machine and method for conducting a crap slot game. The gaming machine includes a first display for displaying a slot game outcome and a second display for displaying a player interactive wagering interface. The method includes dete... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7402101 | Slot machine with activatable pay arrangements A method of conducting a wagering game on a gaming machine is disclosed. The wagering game includes winning symbol combinations that provide respective awards when arranged according to one or more predefined arrangements. After a player makes a wager, a plurality o... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7402103 | Gaming device including a game having a player selected function based on symbols in a free spins game A gaming device including a free spins game displaying a plurality of reels including a plurality of symbols where the symbols include a plurality of award symbols and at least one target symbol. A plurality of selections including at least one game function are dis... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7399225 | Gaming device having transformable wild symbols or cards with wild signal indicators A gaming device having a transformable wild symbol or card on a set of reels or a transformable wild card in a set of cards, wherein the transformable wild symbol or card provides a signal to a player through a wild indicator or a non-wild indicator. The wild indica... | 07/15/2008 |
