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Mouse device with a built-in printer
A mouse device for use as an input device of a computer is provided that includes a housing in which recording paper is loadable, and a printer unit provided within the housing for printing on the recording paper print information received from the computer.
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| 8172670 | Configuration for a supplemental game A process generates, with a prize category display module, a display that indicates (i) a first prize and a second prize for a primary game and (ii) a supplemental game prize, the first prize being won by a player that provides a first wager and has a match between ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8157640 | Swarming behavior in wagering game machines Apparatus, systems, and methods may operate to present a wagering game upon which monetary value may be wagered; to present an initial image including a subset of a swarm in space representing a portion of the wagering game; and to determine the actual outcome of th... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8147318 | Roll 21 game A Roll 21 game is described. In one implementation, an example game method for one or more players includes accepting a bet from each of the one or more players, and selecting one of the players to be the shooter to roll two dice for all the players. Each six-sided ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8142276 | Method and system of gaming A method and system of gaming. A game has three tiers including a primary game, bonus game and secondary bonus game. The primary game involves two player cards and a sum value thereof. The bonus game involves a combination of the two player cards and three bonus car... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8113945 | Playing method of card game and game machine A method of playing card games, according to the present invention, includes the steps of: (a) accepting participation of players; (b) determining banker's cards and players' cards, the players' cards being dealt to the players having accepted participation, from a ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8113944 | Game of chance A game of chance includes receiving a stake corresponding to a target game-item from a player. In each phase of the game, a random integer is selected and a game-item corresponding to that integer is removed from play. If the target game-item is removed from play, t... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8100754 | Gaming system having multi-player wheel bonus game and characteristic selection In an embodiment, a gaming system includes a multi-player wheel game. The game includes a wheel having a plurality of sections. Each of the sections is associated with an award symbol. Each of the sections is also associated with a characteristic independent of the ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8100755 | Method, apparatus, and program product for distributing random number generation on a gaming network Methods, apparatus, and program products are disclosed for providing distributed RNG calculation capability. Generally, gaming machines cooperate on a gaming network to calculate a result for a RNG algorithm. A preferred system uses peer machines to perform partial ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8062120 | Dynamic card system and method A dynamic entertainment playing card having a flexible electronic display and a processor is configured to change state during a card game based on input received by the card during the card game and applied to a set of game rules by the processor. The card display ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8047912 | Gaming machine accepting side bet and control method thereof A gaming machine a controller programmed to execute the processing of accepting from an input device an input indicating placement of a normal BET, accepting from the input device an input indicating placement of a side BET, rolling and stopping a plurality of dice ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8033909 | Random selection program for an optical disc and related method A random selection program stored on an optical disc, which is played on an electronic device. The electronic device is coupled to an audio/visual output device. The electronic device includes a random number generator. The random selection program includes a random... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8029356 | Non-transitive wagering game Disclosed is a non-transitive casino game which utilizes a group of non-transitive gaming devices, One embodiment uses dice. Accordingly, each pair of dice has advantage over one other pair of non-transitive dice in the group. Each pair of dice has a different color... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8016662 | Game-winner selection based on verifiable event outcomes A gaming system includes a game server and a client device. The game server accepts the publicly-verifiable outcome of a non-deterministic event as an input. The game server creates a seed from the outcome and inputs the seed into a random number generator to genera... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8016663 | Method, apparatus and article for random sequence generation and playing card distribution A method, apparatus and article generates a pseudo-random playing card sequence and distributes playing cards according the pseudo-random playing card sequence. For example, the method, apparatus and article generates a pseudo-random playing card sequence and prints... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7997977 | Card gaming machine and card game playing method A card gaming machine determines a dealer's hand and a player's hand for each terminal and specifies a remaining card group. The player's hand and the dealer's hand are compared for winning/losing judgment, and a prize based on the judgment result is awarded. If a s... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7918727 | Live event interactive game and method of delivery The disclosure describes a computer-implemented method of providing an event related game. The method includes receiving event data associated with a media broadcast at a computer, generating a printable game set, and providing the printable game set in an electroni... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7914373 | Gaming device having a game with a moving digit generated outcome A gaming device including a game having a plurality of selections. The player sequentially picks masked selections. The picked selections each yield a number or a terminator. If a number is revealed, the number is placed in a position or digit of an outcome or award... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7909692 | Apparatus for pre-determined game outcomes A remote gaming system and method provides for portable memory devices having predetermined game play outcomes for play on PGDs. The portable memory device having a memory to store at least one predetermined game play outcome for a wager-based game, a processor coup... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7892087 | Authentication of game results A gaming system includes a game server and a client server. The client server requests random numeric outcomes from the game server and supplies various state and game information. The game server generates one or more random numeric outcomes. The game server commun... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7815505 | Method for representing a game as a unique number Methods and apparatus for representing game arrangements by a single number, typically an integer, are described. These game arrangements can be applied to most any game including essentially all games played on gaming machines. Conversions can be made between symbo... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7803045 | Wagering game with communication feature for special wagers A communication feature or a plurality of communication features allows a player to know that he or she has selected a special event to be conducted in the wagering game. Generally, the player must meet certain criteria (e.g., play the maximum number of paylines) or... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7789754 | Card game based on results from a sporting event One or more inputs, such as one or more cards from a deck of cards, to a card game are determined from one or more event results from a sporting event. A result of the card game is based at least on the one or more determined inputs. ... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7775875 | Gaming methods and systems Disclosed are central determination methods and systems in which pools and sub-pools of outcomes can be distributed among various units of the central determination system. The methods and systems are applicable to Class II and, in some implementations, Class III ga... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7771270 | Gaming system having multiple gaming devices that share a multi-outcome display A gaming device system in which a plurality of gaming devices are linked by a common bonus event is provided. In one embodiment, the linked gaming device system includes a shared symbol generation display that is positioned adjacent to each of a plurality of associa... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7771269 | Electronic gaming machines with different player or dealer assigned virtual card stacks or other symbol sets A gaming apparatus and methods which include multiple virtual stacks of symbols, such as cards. In one form each player has an individual virtual stack and the dealer has one stack. In another form each player has one stack and the dealer has individual virtual stac... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7708636 | Craps game based on results from a sporting event One or more inputs, such as a roll of one or more die, to a craps game are determined from one or more event results from a sporting event. A result of the craps game is based at least on the one or more determined inputs. ... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7699700 | Motor drive device A motor drive device is disclosed having an input-side gear through which rotation of a stepping motor is transferred to a reel with a predetermined speed reduction ratio, the reel driven by the stepping motor via the input-side gear and is formed in one-piece const... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7566270 | System and method for wagering based on multiple financial market indicators A method for wagering, comprises receiving a bet regarding a spin of the reels of a slot machine. The method continues by determining a first symbol for a first reel of the slot machine based at least in part upon a first value and a second value. The first value is... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7563166 | Method and apparatus for verifying game outcome A method and apparatus is disclosed for verifying the outcome of a game played on a gaming machine having at least one rotatable reel, the position of the at least one reel associated with the outcome of the game. The apparatus includes at least one image collection... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7553232 | System and method for predicting results of chance events over a user-selected number of events A method, a system, and a recording medium are provided herein by which a user selects a number of a plurality of events for which an outcome of each event is not known to the user. A predicted result is then automatically indicated to the user based on a probabilit... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7549921 | Game player selection device and method A game player selection device for indicating a turn in a multiple player game is provided. The game player selection device includes a housing, a selector, a number of indicators, and a control circuit. The selector is disposed on the housing and is used to select ... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7452273 | Method and apparatus for providing advice regarding gaming strategies Methods for providing gaming advice are provided. For example, regarding a blackjack game, one or more first player cards are identified for a first player and one or more second player cards are identified for a second player. The first and second player cards are ... | 11/18/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7425177 | Gaming device having multiple interacting independently operable wheels A gaming device having multiple interacting independently operated symbol generators, such as wheels. In one embodiment, each wheel includes a plurality of sections that are associated with a plurality of different outcomes which are displayed to a player. One or mo... | 09/16/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7413511 | Gaming machine with action unit container A gaming device having a container with at least one moveable object located within, one or more game elements capable of receiving and isolating the moveable objects, an actuator configured to attract the moveable objects to receptacle game elements, a game apparat... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7413191 | Device and method for forming and delivering hands from randomly arranged decks of playing cards The present invention provides an apparatus and method for moving playing cards from a first group of cards into plural hands of cards, wherein each of the hands contains a random arrangement of cards. The apparatus comprises a card receiver for receiving the first ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7407438 | Modular dealing shoe for casino table card games A playing card delivery shoe is used in the play of the casino table card game of blackjack is disclosed. The shoe may comprise a) an area for receiving a first set of playing cards useful in the play of the casino table card game of blackjack; b) first card mover t... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7405423 | Random number generating device The objective is to provide a random number generating device having a smaller circuit size and a smaller value of output bias. The random number generating device includes a pair of first and second current paths arranged in parallel with each other, and a pair of ... | 07/29/2008 |
