公开(公告)号：US09524615B2

公开(公告)日：2016-12-20

申请号：US13474528

申请日：2012-05-17

申请人： Jib I. Daeges ,  Bryan D. Wolf ,  Dorothy Cheung

发明人： Jib I. Daeges ,  Bryan D. Wolf ,  Dorothy Cheung

IPC分类号： G07F17/32 ,  A63F13/00 ,  A63F13/80 ,  G07F17/34

CPC分类号： G07F17/3262 ,  A63F13/005 ,  A63F13/80 ,  A63F2300/8064 ,  G07F17/3213 ,  G07F17/34

摘要： A gaming system and method which displays a plurality of symbol displays having symbol sets distributed about circumferential paths thereof. The gaming system enables the player to select one or more directions of spin or circumferential paths for the symbol displays, and then spins the symbol displays in the selected direction(s) or along the selected circumferential paths. After the gaming system stops the spinning, each symbol display displays at least one randomly generated symbol of the symbol set extending along the circumferential path of that symbol display which corresponds to the direction of spin of that symbol display. The gaming system evaluates the displayed symbols for any winning combinations. The gaming system provides the player any awards associated with the displayed winning combinations.

摘要翻译： 一种游戏系统和方法，其显示具有围绕其圆周路径分布的符号集的多个符号显示。 游戏系统使得玩家能够选择用于符号显示的旋转或圆周路径的一个或多个方向，然后沿所选择的方向或沿所选择的圆周路径旋转符号显示。 在游戏系统停止旋转之后，每个符号显示器显示符号集的至少一个随机生成的符号，该符号集合沿着该符号显示的圆周路径延伸，该符号显示对应于该符号显示的旋转方向。 游戏系统评估任何获奖组合的显示符号。 游戏系统为玩家提供与显示的获胜组合相关联的任何奖励。

公开(公告)号：US08814661B2

公开(公告)日：2014-08-26

申请号：US13331248

申请日：2011-12-20

申请人： Michael R. Thorne ,  Bryan D. Wolf

发明人： Michael R. Thorne ,  Bryan D. Wolf

IPC分类号： A63F9/24 ,  A63F13/00

CPC分类号： G07F17/3227 ,  G07F17/323 ,  G07F17/3244 ,  G07F17/34

摘要： Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide an electronic gaming machine having a default mode in which the electronic gaming machine provides a default average expected payback percentage for each play of a wagering game, and a different second hot mode in which the electronic gaming machine provides an increased average expected payback percentage for each play that wagering game. In The electronic gaming machine is in the default mode for certain periods of play, and is in the hot mode for certain periods of play when, in certain embodiments, a random determination is made that the hot mode will be employed. In various embodiments, players are not informed that the electronic gaming machine is in the hot mode.

摘要翻译： 本公开的各种实施例提供一种具有默认模式的电子游戏机，其中电子游戏机提供投注游戏的每个游戏的默认平均预期回报百分比，以及不同的第二热模式，其中电子游戏机提供 每次玩投注游戏的平均预期回报率增加。 In在某些实施例中，当进行热模式的随机确定时，电子游戏机处于某些播放时段的默认模式，并处于某些播放时段的热模式。 在各种实施例中，玩家不通知电子游戏机处于热模式。

公开(公告)号：US08702496B2

公开(公告)日：2014-04-22

申请号：US12617385

申请日：2009-11-12

申请人： Anthony J. Baerlocher ,  Bryan D. Wolf

发明人： Anthony J. Baerlocher ,  Bryan D. Wolf

IPC分类号： A63F9/24 ,  A63F13/00 ,  G06F17/00 ,  G06F19/00

CPC分类号： G07F17/34

摘要： Various embodiments of the disclosed gaming device include a housing which supports a plurality of mechanical reels and a plurality of stop input devices which are configured to provide a Pachisuro-style slot game. Each of the plurality of reels is associated with a different one of the plurality of stop input devices. Each stop input device enables a player to stop the respective reel when the reel is spinning by activating the stop input device. Each reel includes a plurality of stop positions and each stop position includes a symbol. The gaming device also includes a processor and a memory device. For each reel, the processor randomly determines the stop position at which the reel ultimately stops based on a virtual map stored in the memory device for an initiating stop position of that reel which is selected by the player's activation of the stop input device for that reel.

摘要翻译： 所公开的游戏装置的各种实施例包括支撑多个机械卷轴的壳体和被配置为提供Pachisuro型槽游戏的多个停止输入装置。 多个卷轴中的每一个与多个停止输入装置中的不同的一个相关联。 每个停止输入装置使得玩家能够通过激活停止输入装置来使卷筒旋转时停止相应的卷轴。 每个卷轴包括多个停止位置，并且每个停止位置包括一个符号。 游戏装置还包括处理器和存储装置。 对于每个卷轴，处理器基于存储在存储器装置中的虚拟地图随机地确定卷轴最终停止的停止位置，用于该卷轴的起始停止位置，其由玩家激活该卷轴的停止输入装置 。

公开(公告)号：US08597116B2

公开(公告)日：2013-12-03

申请号：US11497740

申请日：2006-08-01

申请人： Binh Nguyen ,  Bryan D. Wolf ,  Brian Underdahl ,  Steven G. LeMay

发明人： Binh Nguyen ,  Bryan D. Wolf ,  Brian Underdahl ,  Steven G. LeMay

IPC分类号： A63F9/24 ,  A63F13/00 ,  G06F17/00 ,  G06F19/00

CPC分类号： G07F17/3281 ,  G07F17/32 ,  G07F17/3239

摘要： Various gaming-related services are provided, including but not limited to security services, harm minimization services, player identification services, bonusing/progressive services, accounting services, financial/banking services, network tunneling services, cheating detection services, etc. Such services may be provided, at least in part, by software agents that can be configured for different platforms and/or operating systems. Some software-based player tracking methods of the invention can aggregate data from multiple devices used by a player for gaming.

摘要翻译： 提供各种与游戏有关的服务，包括但不限于安全服务，危害最小化服务，玩家识别服务，奖金/进步服务，会计服务，金融/银行服务，网络隧道服务，作弊检测服务等。 至少部分地由可被配置用于不同平台和/或操作系统的软件代理提供。 本发明的一些基于软件的玩家跟踪方法可以聚合玩家用于游戏的多个设备的数据。

公开(公告)号：US08506384B2

公开(公告)日：2013-08-13

申请号：US12208252

申请日：2008-09-10

申请人： James Coleman ,  M. Ali Saffari ,  Mark Bansemer ,  Bryan D. Wolf

发明人： James Coleman ,  M. Ali Saffari ,  Mark Bansemer ,  Bryan D. Wolf

IPC分类号： A63F9/24 ,  A63F13/00

CPC分类号： G07F17/329 ,  G07F17/32 ,  G07F17/3209 ,  G07F17/3211 ,  G07F17/3258 ,  G07F17/3286

摘要： After the main ball drop of a bingo game, a player may be given a free extra bingo number. A probability of awarding a free ball may be determined, at least in part, according to a desired paytable percentage for the bingo game (or vice versa). Some implementations of the invention provide multi-card bingo games. A player may be required to hit a predetermined pattern on more than one bingo card in order to obtain a progressive award. The number of hits in the pattern(s) and/or the number of bingo cards involved may be determined according to a desired progressive award size and/or a desired probability of obtaining the progressive award. Players may have an opportunity to purchase one or more additional bingo numbers after the main ball drop of a bingo game. A player may be provided the option of purchasing a block of more than one additional bingo number after the main ball drop. The player may be offered such a block at a discount, as compared to the price for purchasing the additional bingo numbers individually.

摘要翻译： 在宾果游戏的主球下降之后，玩家可能会获得免费的额外宾果号码。 可以至少部分地根据宾果游戏的期望的支付百分比来确定授予自由球的概率（反之亦然）。 本发明的一些实施方式提供多卡宾果游戏。 玩家可能需要在多于一张的宾果牌上击中预定的图案，以获得渐进奖励。 可以根据期望的渐进奖励大小和/或获得渐进奖励的期望概率来确定所涉及的模式和/或宾果牌数量中的命中数。 玩家可能有机会在宾果游戏的主球落下后购买一个或多个额外的宾果号码。 可以提供玩家在主球落下之后购买多于一个附加宾果牌的块的选项。 与单独购买附加宾果数字的价格相比，玩家可以以折扣方式提供这样的块。

公开(公告)号：US08475255B2

公开(公告)日：2013-07-02

申请号：US13490738

申请日：2012-06-07

申请人： Bryan D. Wolf ,  Lesley S. Swift ,  Justin M. Krum ,  John M. Montross ,  Tracy L. Powell

发明人： Bryan D. Wolf ,  Lesley S. Swift ,  Justin M. Krum ,  John M. Montross ,  Tracy L. Powell

IPC分类号： A63F9/24 ,  A63F13/00 ,  G06F17/00

CPC分类号： G07F17/3225 ,  G07F17/3223 ,  G07F17/3293

摘要： A gaming system which provides the player a plurality of playing cards to form an initial primary card hand and also displays one or more other card hands. The player selects one or more of the initially dealt cards in the primary card hand to hold or to discard. The held cards are also held in one, more or each of the other simultaneously displayed hands. The gaming device evaluates the held cards and determines which card game outcomes are possible based on the held cards and the remaining cards in the deck. The gaming device utilizes a stored table of different distributions of card game outcomes which would result in each payout amount and a table regarding which card game outcomes are possible based on the player's held cards to determine a distribution of outcomes that provides a total payout equal to the payout of the predetermined game outcome.

摘要翻译： 一种游戏系统，其向玩家提供多张扑克牌以形成初始的主牌牌，并且还显示一个或多个其他卡牌牌。 玩家选择主卡​​牌中的一张或多张最初发卡的牌，以持有或丢弃。 持有的卡也保持在一个，多个或每个其他同时显示的手中。 游戏设备评估所持有的卡，并基于持卡和卡片中的剩余卡来确定可能的卡片游戏结果。 游戏装置利用不同分配的卡片游戏结果的存储表，其将导致每个支付金额和关于哪个卡片游戏结果可能基于玩家的持卡来确定提供总支出等于的结果的分布的表 支付预定的游戏结果。

公开(公告)号：US20130079099A1

公开(公告)日：2013-03-28

申请号：US13246508

申请日：2011-09-27

申请人： Mark C. Nicely ,  Bryan D. Wolf

发明人： Mark C. Nicely ,  Bryan D. Wolf

IPC分类号： A63F9/24

CPC分类号： G07F17/34 ,  G07F17/326

摘要： The gaming system receives a wager from a player for a play of a game including a plurality of multi-component symbols. Each of the multi-component symbols includes a plurality of symbol component locations. A plurality of the multi-component symbols include at least one of the symbol components in at least one of the symbol component locations. The gaming system randomly generates and displays a plurality of the multi-component symbols. The gaming system determines, for a first one of a designated number of the displayed multi-component symbols, a quantity of symbol component locations of the first one of the displayed multi-component symbols that display one of the symbol components and that correspond to a symbol component location of each of the other displayed multi-component symbols of the designated number of the displayed multi-component symbols that each display one of the symbol components. Any awards are determined based on the determined quantity.

公开(公告)号：US20130053123A1

公开(公告)日：2013-02-28

申请号：US13219249

申请日：2011-08-26

申请人： Mark C. Nicely ,  Jason D. Kremer ,  Bryan D. Wolf

发明人： Mark C. Nicely ,  Jason D. Kremer ,  Bryan D. Wolf

IPC分类号： A63F9/24

CPC分类号： G07F17/3297 ,  G07F17/3209 ,  G07F17/3213 ,  G07F17/3225 ,  G07F17/3246 ,  G07F17/326 ,  G07F17/3295

摘要： A gaming system providing a falling symbol obstacle board game. The gaming system displays a symbol starting position, a plurality of symbol ending positions, and a plurality of obstacles. The gaming system selects one of a plurality of symbols, displays the symbol moving from the symbol starting position into one of the symbol ending positions along one of a plurality of symbol paths through the obstacles, and displays the symbol at the symbol ending position at the end of the symbol path. The gaming system repeats selecting symbols, displaying the symbol moving from the symbol starting position to a symbol ending positions along a symbol path, and displaying the symbol at the symbol ending position at the end of the symbol path until a termination condition is satisfied, after which the gaming system determines whether any winning combinations of the symbols are displayed at the symbol ending positions.

摘要翻译： 提供下降符号障碍板游戏的游戏系统。 游戏系统显示符号开始位置，多个符号结束位置和多个障碍物。 游戏系统选择多个符号中的一个，通过障碍物将符号起始位置移动的符号显示为沿着多个符号路径中的一个的符号结束位置之一，并将符号显示在符号结束位置 符号路径的末端。 游戏系统重复选择符号，显示从符号起始位置移动到沿着符号路径的符号结束位置的符号，并且在符号路径的结尾处的符号结束位置处显示符号直到满足终止条件，之后 游戏系统确定符号的任何获胜组合是否在符号结束位置显示。

公开(公告)号：US08323092B2

公开(公告)日：2012-12-04

申请号：US13335445

申请日：2011-12-22

申请人： Alexander Casey Naglestad Cohen ,  Bryan D. Wolf

发明人： Alexander Casey Naglestad Cohen ,  Bryan D. Wolf

IPC分类号： A63F9/24

CPC分类号： G07F17/3244

摘要： The gaming system disclosed herein accounts for game play over a gaming session in determining a bonus game attribute for a triggered bonus game. The gaming system maintains a plurality of different bonus game attributes. Each different bonus game attribute is associated with a different bonus game attribute modification event and an initial probability of that bonus game attribute being selected for a play of a bonus game. For each bonus game attribute modification event that occurs, the gaming system modifies the probability that the associated bonus game attribute will be selected for a play of a bonus game. Upon an occurrence of a bonus game triggering event, the gaming system randomly selects one of the maintained bonus game attributes. The gaming system then displays a bonus game and determines a bonus game award utilizing the selected bonus game attribute.

公开(公告)号：US08241104B2

公开(公告)日：2012-08-14

申请号：US11556927

申请日：2006-11-06

申请人： Bryan D. Wolf

发明人： Bryan D. Wolf

IPC分类号： A63F13/00

CPC分类号： G07F17/34 ,  G07F17/32

摘要： A gaming device includes a game having a plurality of reels and a plurality of symbol positions associated with the reels. The gaming device activates a number of the symbol positions based on a wager by a player. The gaming generates and displays a symbol in each of the active symbol positions. In one embodiment, the gaming device analyzes the generated symbols to determine whether any of the generated symbols are related. If the gaming device determines that any of the generated symbols are related, the gaming device determines whether any of the related symbols form a string of related symbols according to one or more designated rules employed in the game. If one or more strings of related symbols are formed in the game, the gaming device determines if any of the strings of related symbols are associated with any awards and provides such awards to the player.

摘要翻译： 游戏装置包括具有多个卷轴和与卷轴相关联的多个符号位置的游戏。 游戏装置基于玩家的下注激活多个符号位置。 游戏产生并在每个活动符号位置显示一个符号。 在一个实施例中，游戏设备分析生成的符号以确定所生成的符号中的任一个是否相关。 如果游戏设备确定任何生成的符号相关，则游戏设备根据游戏中使用的一个或多个指定规则来确定相关符号中的任何一个是否形成相关符号串。 如果在游戏中形成一个或多个相关符号串，则游戏装置确定相关符号的任何字符串是否与任何奖励相关联，并向玩家提供这样的奖励。