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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8182337 | Jackpot server, a method of processing a jackpot win and a gaming system A method of processing a jackpot win in a gaming network comprising: providing a jackpot server: receiving jackpot claim data at the jackpot server; locking a jackpot record corresponding to the jackpot claim data; aggregating any outstanding jackpot contributions f... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8172673 | Game server, game control method, and game machine A return is reliably executed to a player who has paid a predetermined amount to a game machine. The timing of this return is determined by lottery, and its result is displayed on the game machine. This thrills the player with expectation of the return, thereby keep... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8167711 | Gaming device having odds of winning which increase as a player's wager increases A gaming device having a game which requires the same average investment from a player to win an award, including a jackpot award, regardless of the amount that the player bets at any one time. The award can be unchanging, e.g., $10,000, each time a player plays the... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8162749 | Gaming system and a method of gaming A gaming system is disclosed which comprises a symbol selector arranged to select a plurality of symbols for display at a plurality of display positions, each display position including at least two symbols, and an outcome evaluator arranged to determine whether sym... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8147324 | Gaming machine with hidden jackpot Various type of jackpot systems are disclosed wherein visible jackpots are replenished after a win by an invisible jackpot. Some embodiments include: replenishing the visible jackpot with less than 100% of the invisible jackpot; increasing the invisible jackpot at a... | 04/03/2012 |
| 7985135 | Gaming machine and control method that accumulatively adds a value less than one credit as a fractional value A gaming machine switchable between an insurance mode and a non-insurance mode and which activates insurance compensation irrespective of a result of a game when a predetermined condition is established and a playing method thereof are disclosed. In accordance there... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7905778 | Server based gaming system having multiple progressive awards A gaming system including a central server linked to a plurality of gaming machines. The central server includes a plurality of progressive modules. Each progressive module maintains one or more progressive awards and is associated with zero, one or more of the gami... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7901287 | Gaming device having offer and acceptance game with a plurality of award pools, a reveal feature, and a modify feature A gaming device having an offer and acceptance game with a plurality of award pools, a reveal feature and a modify feature. When the game is initiated, the gaming device randomly selects a pre-determined pool of awards from a plurality of pre-determined pools of awa... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7896740 | Exchange of entries corresponding to participants in a sports competition Entries in one or more sports competitions are determined and distributed to a plurality of users. The one or more sports competitions have one or more stages. In some implementations relating to a first sports competition, the entries include entries in which each ... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7887414 | Budget-defined flat rate play contract parameters According to some embodiments, systems, methods, and/or articles of manufacture are associated with operating a gaming device having a flat rate play session or contract costing a flat rate price. The flat rate play session or contract spans multiple plays on the ga... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7828649 | Gaming system and method for providing group play with divided bonus features A gaming system including a central server linked to a plurality of gaming machines. Upon a suitable triggering event at a triggering gaming device in the gaming system a bonus event occurs. When the bonus event occurs, the players actively playing each auxiliary ga... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7824264 | Random bonus prize shown on the system display A default bonus award and a set of non-default bonus awards are determined for a type of gaming machine. A criterion for qualifying for a bonus award is also determined. Then, if a bonus session is active and a player meets the criterion, a bonus award is randomly s... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7819745 | Gaming system which provides multiple players multiple bonus awards A gaming system including a central server linked to a plurality of gaming machines. Upon a suitable triggering event at a triggering gaming device in the gaming system a bonus event occurs. When the bonus event occurs, the players actively playing each auxiliary ga... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7789755 | Gaming system and method having award distribution using shares A gaming system including a plurality of gaming devices each having a base game and a bonus pool available to each of the plurality of gaming devices. A processor programmed to provide shares of the bonus pool to one or more actively played gaming device of the plur... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7780523 | Server based gaming system having multiple progressive awards A gaming system including a central server linked to a plurality of gaming machines. The central server includes a plurality of progressive modules. Each progressive module maintains one or more progressive awards and is associated with zero, one or more of the gami... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7753782 | Gaming system and method for providing multiple players multiple bonus awards A gaming system including a central server linked to a plurality of gaming machines. Upon a suitable triggering event at a triggering gaming device in the gaming system a bonus event occurs. When the bonus event occurs, the players actively playing each auxiliary ga... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7722464 | Gaming system which provides multiple players multiple bonus awards A gaming system including a central server linked to a plurality of gaming machines. Upon a suitable triggering event at a triggering gaming device in the gaming system a bonus event occurs. When the bonus event occurs, the players actively playing each auxiliary ga... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7722463 | Gaming device having apparent and final awards A gaming device having a plurality of start values. The player selects one of the start values, as part of a game sequence. During the game sequence, the gaming device increments the start value to an apparent award. The gaming device in one embodiment enables the p... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7713124 | Gaming system and method for providing group play with divided bonus features A gaming system including a central server linked to a plurality of gaming machines. Upon a suitable triggering event at a triggering gaming device in the gaming system a bonus event occurs. When the bonus event occurs, the players actively playing each auxiliary ga... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7690991 | Betting exchange system A betting exchange system receiving a plurality of bet requests backing a given outcome, each backing bet request specifying a price and a size at which an originator of the request is prepared to bet that the given outcome will occur. The betting exchange system re... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7666093 | Gaming method and device involving progressive wagers A method of gaming is disclosed wherein progressive award values may be increased in response to certain pre-established game outcomes, wager amounts or random events. The increased progressive award values may be based on a primary game or secondary game outcome. A... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7651394 | Randomly awarded progressive jackpots The invention is a method and a device for adding a bonus prize component to wagering games such as those played in gambling casinos. A player obtaining a predetermined combination in the underlying game wins the bonus prize. This might be a predetermined combinatio... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7641549 | Lottery and auction based tournament entry exchange platform A method of distributing, managing, and exchange entries in one or more activities is provided. The entries may be distributed by any suitable process including, without limitation an auction or lottery process. The distributed entries may be exchanged in a market e... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7628696 | Gaming device with network port for selecting jackpot frequency At least one gaming machine in a network of gaming machines includes displays for a main game and a bonus game. The bonus game is activated when a particular outcome of the main game is achieved. A jackpot that is common to a plurality of the gaming machines in the ... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7575517 | Techniques for generating random awards using a plurality of average values A method of providing a game for a gaming device is provided. The method includes providing a plurality of average values. Average values in the plurality of average values represent different values of a prize pool. A wager amount and an input to initiate game play... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7513828 | Gaming device having secondary game played in parallel with primary game A gaming device having a primary game and a secondary game is provided. The gaming device includes a primary game operable upon a wager by a player, and a secondary game, wherein a play provides a gaming element for the secondary game. The gaming element of the seco... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7503851 | Budget-defined flat rate play contract parameters According to some embodiments, systems, methods, and/or articles of manufacture are associated with operating a gaming device having a flat rate play session or contract costing a flat rate price. The flat rate play session or contract spans multiple plays on the ga... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7448949 | 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... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7438640 | Systems and methods for providing gaming activities Described herein are various systems and methods for providing gaming activities, these particularly relating to gaming activities where a plurality of players provide respective entry fees. Traditional gaming activities necessarily involve the player putting his or... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7427236 | 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... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7419428 | Cashless transaction clearinghouse A disclosed cashless instrument transaction clearinghouse includes a network interface allowing the cashless instrument transaction clearinghouse to communicate with a number of gaming properties and a processor configured to enable the validation of cashless instru... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7416484 | Simulated bonus method in finite-pool award system A method for simulating bonus awards in a finite award pool system is disclosed. The finite award pool comprises a plurality of primary awards and at least one simulated bonus award, where at least one of the primary awards indicate further entitlement to one of the... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7416483 | Lotto gaming apparatus and method An individual electronic game for playing lotto wherein acknowledgment as to the player's win or loss status is rapidly displayed. The player plays his/her selected numbers against the electronic lotto gaming apparatus randomly generated win numbers. In addition, th... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7406508 | Capturing advertising requests from a user A system in which a user accessing a web environment can request advertising information without leaving the currently displayed web page. A server is communicatively coupled to a client device, such as a personal computer, and is configured to communicate content t... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7387569 | Method and apparatus for operating lotteries and for generating and processing lottery entries In accordance with some embodiments, methods, media, and apparatus are described for facilitating play of a lottery game. An indication of a lottery entry is received, the lottery entry being active in at least a first lottery drawing. An indication is received that... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7387571 | Method and apparatus for linked play gaming The invention includes a system and method for providing linked play via gaming and other devices. In some embodiments, a casino server registers a group for linked play and a group objective and format are established. The linked play commences according to the gro... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7384333 | Method and apparatus for operating lotteries and for generating and processing lottery entries In accordance with some embodiments, methods, media, and apparatus are described for operating a lottery. One example provides for receiving a result of a lottery drawing and comparing the result to a plurality of stored lottery entries. If the result corresponds to... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7384332 | Method and apparatus for operating lotteries and for generating and processing lottery entries In accordance with some embodiments, methods, media, and apparatus are described for receiving from a terminal a request of a customer to purchase a lottery entry for a first lottery drawing. If the lottery entry is not a winning entry in the first lottery drawing t... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7384336 | Progressive system and methods The specification discloses a progressive gaming system having a central system, at least one prize, a progressive method, and at least one monetary transaction acceptor. The central system is adapted to associate the progressive method with the prize and the moneta... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7371168 | Gaming apparatus and method of gaming including interactive gaming symbols for producing different outcomes A gaming method and apparatus including at least one interactive gaming symbol. The interactive gaming symbol may operate either at random, or upon the initiation and direction of a player to perceptibly interact with and transform a gaming symbol into a randomly se... | 05/13/2008 |
