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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8042810 | Method of assigning a temporary banker for a game of chance A roulette-style game of chance which is played using a player-banked system. The role of temporary Banker is randomly offered to one of the player positions (12-22). If a player is not available or willing to accept the role, a licensed Banker is appo... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7926808 | Modified roulette game A modified roulette game is disclosed. A conventional roulette wheel is segmented into multiple sections. In one version the roulette wheel is segmented into six sections which are uniquely color-coded. A roulette game layout is correspondingly color-coded such that... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7841597 | Automatic roulette wheel An automatic roulette wheel 40 in which, at the end of a turn, the ball (a) is ejected from the pocket 13 by a jet of air and moves to the top of the ball track 14. The ball is held against the edge of the ball track and propelled around the bal... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7621531 | Mechanism for treat choosing game set A mechanism for treat choosing game sets includes a choosing device including at least one treat received in a box and the at least one treat is connected to a plate made by magnetic material. A rotation disk connected with the plate via a magnetic member located th... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7533885 | Gaming device having a rotor-based game with a bonus opportunity A standard underlying multi-outcome/multi-bet game is played, whereby a bonus mechanism can reward the player relative to their underlying game bets. Such a bonus may be triggered by a underlying game outcome (which may or may not be an outcome which a bet can be pl... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7478812 | Game system A game apparatus with: (a) an indicia selecting means including a rotatable wheel (1) having a plurality of selectable regions (20, 21, 22 etc), each region (20, 21, 22) associated with paying card indicia (31, 32, 33 respectively); (b) a... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7461842 | Innovatory rotary-table game machine A rotary-table game machine composed mainly of a rotary-table device and an index device, the rotary-table device has a rotary table rotated by a first motor; the index device has three index pins arranged to space equiangularly and rotated by a second motor. When i... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7431298 | Roulette game The roulette game is based upon a wheel having multiple series of consecutive numbers thereon. Each number is distinguished by a color, with a different quantity of colors repeating to provide a unique color and number combination for each position on the wheel. The... | 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 |
| 7410169 | Random number selector, and bingo game machine incorporating the same In a random number selector using a selection ball, a first selector is provided with a passage and a plurality first pockets each associated with a symbol and operable to receive the selection ball. A second selector is provided with a plurality of second pockets e... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7380791 | Gaming machine using controllable LEDs for reel strip illumination A backlight for a reel assembly is disclosed comprising a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs). An array of red, green, and blue diodes are positioned behind a translucent reel strip to backlight three adjacent symbols on a reel strip. The LEDs are individually... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7371172 | Symbol display device for game machine A slot machine includes a reel assembly which has a transparent outer reel and a translucent inner reel disposed coaxially within the outer reel. The outer and inner reels are provided with first exterior surfaces on their periphery, and with second exterior surface... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7354342 | Gaming device having a multiple coordinate award distributor including award percentages A gaming device includes an award distributor having a plurality of sections having first and second coordinates, a symbol group and a plurality of modifier groups including the sections, a plurality of awards associated with the sections in the symbol group and a p... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7326112 | Gaming device having display with interacting multiple rotating members and indicator A gaming device which includes a display having multiple rotating members and at least one rotating indicator. The members each include at least one symbol. The symbols represent various types of awards that the player can win. The members move or spin. At the same ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7311305 | Roulette device and game control method A roulette device including: a roulette plate having a plurality of marks arranged thereon; a ball which rolls on the roulette plate; a plurality of ball receiving parts which are formed corresponding to the marks in a circumferential direction of the roulette plate... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7309285 | Gaming device having multiple transverse rotating displays A gaming device including a mechanical display device including a main housing and a plurality of movable symbol displays mounted in the main housing, wherein each of the symbol displays includes at least one symbol. The main housing includes a substantially horizon... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7306224 | Support for a drive motor of image-bearing rollers in amusement machines The support for a drive motor of image-bearing rollers in amusement machines constitutes an assembly allowing for its removal with regard to a general support (8) fixed to the machine, constituted of a base (1) on which the motor (2) is fixed, w... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7278635 | Game apparatus with rotary indicator and bonus multiplier An arcade game including a progressive bonus apparatus connected to a plurality of individual game units. The progressive bonus apparatus receives score contributions from each game unit to increase a progressive score. When players achieve a predetermined task on a... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7241220 | Gaming device having pivoting symbol indicator A gaming device including a mechanical display which includes a housing, a symbol display mechanism rotatably connected to the housing, a plurality of independent symbol display members including at least one symbol rotatably connected to the symbol display mechanis... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7226358 | Method, apparatus and system for gaming using a rotatable payout indicator Gaming devices comprising a gaming unit configured for play of a primary game and a bonus game. The bonus game portion of the gaming unit includes at least a outcome display element with an associated, cooperative outcome indicator element. The outcome display eleme... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7182690 | System and method for saving status of paused game of chance A game of chance involving a progression of events is conducted on one or more gaming machines. After receiving a wager from a player at a gaming machine, play of the game is initiated. If the game is paused, the status of the paused game is stored at a central data... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7166028 | Gaming method and apparatus with triggering of bonus events by the presence of a trigger symbol in particular locations Gaming methods and devices that include a primary game and a bonus game. In the primary game, one or more paylines of an array are selected. One symbol from a predetermined set is then randomly assigned to each image site of the array. Awards are granted when certai... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7165769 | Systems and methods for card games that simulate non-card casino table games Methods and systems for conducting gaming activities are disclosed. In one method, wagers are placed on a game and cards are dispensed. An indicia of a play card is used to determine an outcome of the game. A feature bet is included, wherein if the indicia of the pl... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7155014 | System and method for playing a lottery-type game A system for playing a lottery-type game includes a play generator, a win generator, and an evaluator. The evaluator receives the playfile from the play generator and a winning a number from the win generator and, in response to player input, determines a win/loss r... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7137885 | Slot machine reel mechanism with dedicated local microcontroller A slot machine comprises a central processing unit (CPU) and a reel mechanism. The CPU operates the slot machine and randomly determines a game outcome in response to a wager. The reel mechanism includes a motor, a symbol-bearing reel, and a reel driver. The motor i... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7083168 | Gaming device with transport device and method of use In certain embodiments, the present invention relates to a gaming apparatus comprising a gaming device adapted to allow a player to place a wager and play a game of chance having a randomly determined outcome. The gaming apparatus includes a plurality of moveable ob... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7053585 | Gaming machine The gaming machine according to the present invention has the reels 3L, 3C, 3R on each of which a plurality of symbols are formed, the stepping motors 59L, 59C, 59R for rotating and stopping the reels, the stop buttons 11... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7043860 | Symbol illuminator of game machine A symbol illuminator of game machines includes a wheel member having symbols at an outer circumferential surface thereof; a casing for the wheel member attached a printed circuit board having a plurality of illuminants; and a reflective frame member having enclosure... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7038411 | Motor stop control device utilizable for reel-type gaming machine In the motor stop control device utilizable for the reel-type gaming machine 1, there are provided the stepping motor 70 having two pairs of excitation phases for rotating the reel 3 on the outer periphery of which a plurality of symbols are for... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6997380 | Marketing analysis and planning system and method A computer implemented method for processing lottery sales data comprises the steps of causing display of a table on a computer, the table containing data representing lottery game attributes and lottery ticket sales for a plurality of lottery game types; enabling a... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6998805 | Motor stop control device The invention is a motor stop control device for a rotating reel type gaming machine 1 which includes a stepping motor 70 having two pairs of excitation phases as a driving source of reels 3 having a plurality of symbols drawn thereon and in whi... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6979266 | Method and apparatus for downloading peripheral code Methods and apparatus for downloading peripheral control code to a peripheral of a gaming device are disclosed. One embodiment of the method includes the steps of providing a peripheral controller adapted to control the peripheral device and a programmable memory as... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6976676 | Game apparatus The present invention relates to a game apparatus and especially to a combination game apparatus in which players try to guess a preset combination of digits. ... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6974129 | 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 ... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6923441 | Symbol display device for game machine Transparent blank symbols are provided in each of first, second and third display plates. The player wins if the same symbols of the first to third display plates are arranged in line on any of winning lines when the first to third display plates stop rotating. When... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6923721 | Apparatus and method for maintaining game state A system and method for maintaining player's game state (award credits or game pieces) in a gaming environment is disclosed. In particular, the player may restore the game state from previously played games either from the same game device or from another game devic... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6918590 | Figure with spinner in base A toy figure, such as a baseball player, which may or may not represent an actual identifiable person, is mounted upon a cylindrical base. Carried in the base is a rotatable disk having a grooved, serrated, knurled or otherwise textured outer peripheral wall. An arc... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6899332 | Game piece and method of playing a game and supplying the game piece A method and an apparatus by which rules and record keeping in games employing miniature figures as game pieces are incorporated onto the base of the miniature figures themselves. Counters or wheels keep track of a character's characteristics and how they change as ... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6869359 | Roulette-type gaming apparatus and method for playing the same A gaming apparatus includes a housing with a front operable surface and a visual display region thereon. The visual display region includes a plurality of windows disposed in a rectangular positional array of four rows and four columns with a plurality of paylines d... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6843722 | Gaming device having a selection-type bonus game that activates a mechanical device A gaming device having a bonus game wherein a mechanical device activates immediately after a player picking a selection having a terminator which ends a selection portion of the bonus game. The bonus game provides a player with a number of masked selections display... | 01/18/2005 |
