Amusement devices: games inventions 04/06

20060089187 - Image processing device and method thereof: Provided is an image processing device and method capable of making the joint of an original image and a reverse image less noticeable. A CPU processes image data stored in an external memory device for storing an information resource for an electronic game, and displaying the electronic game target on...

20060089188 - Baccarat gaming assembly: A baccarat gaming assembly and method to play a variation of the game baccarat, the gaming assembly including a computer processor, a display and an input having at least one user actuatable selector. The computer processor is structured to generate a player's hand and a banker's hand in accordance with...

20060089189 - System and method for league gaming: A system and method for playing a card game, e.g. Poker, using a team format includes associating participants with two or more teams, and conducting two or more sets of card games wherein a participant on one team competes with participants of one or more other teams. Scores are computed...

20060089191 - Gaming device having a plurality of wildcard symbol patterns: A gaming device which includes a variety of methods to allow the player to select patterns of wildcard symbols, from a plurality of wildcard symbol patterns, and use those patterns during subsequent games. One embodiment allows the player to select a pattern of wildcard symbols and use the selected pattern...

20060089192 - Gaming machine: In the slot machine 1, if the WILD symbol 69 is stopped and displayed on the pay line L and any of the winning symbol combinations is won, the auxiliary symbol 90 described as “X 2” is newly displayed in the symbol transmissive area 8 of the lower liquid crystal...

20060089190 - Multi-game gaming machine: A multi-game gaming machine includes a gaming console having a first display means on which a simulation of a game can be displayed housed in the console and a second display means also housed in the console. A player input means and a control means are arranged in the console...

20060089193 - Dvd game architecture: Methods and systems for creating, managing, and operating electronic games are provided. Example embodiments provide a DVD game environment (“DGE”) that includes game flow logic, interactive DVD game content, enhanced methods of scoring and play, automatic skill level adjustment, and an electronic game board. In one embodiment, the DGE comprises...

20060089195 - Systems, methods and apparatus for offering an extension of a flat rate play session based on an ending credit balance: In accordance with some embodiments, there is provided a method, apparatus and article of manufacture for providing a flat rate play session using a gaming device. The flat rate play session may define a duration of, for example, a period of time, a number of game plays, and/or a number...

20060089194 - Wagering game with invitation for playing a wagering game at a subsequent gaming session: A gaming terminal and method of playing a wagering game. The terminal including a wagering game having a plurality of symbols that indicate a randomly selected outcome of the wagering game. The wagering game provides the player with an option to accept an invitation immediately redeemable for playing the wagering...

20060089196 - Random pay gaming method and system: A method of providing a game for a gaming device using random payout from a prize pool, the game including a plurality of possible game outcomes, is provided. The method comprises: receiving, at the gaming device, a wager amount; receiving an input to initiate game play; and qualifying the wager...

20060089197 - Game apparatus and storage medium storing game program: A display section 12 covered with a touch panel 13 displays a character image C on a display screen. Structure data of a character in which a plurality of bones B are joined together with joints J, and polygon data Po for each portion of the character C corresponding to...

20060089198 - Game apparatus and storage medium: A display device 12 covered by a touch panel 13 displays a game space on a display screen. Position coordinates (tx, ty) obtained when the touch panel 13 is touch-operated are detected at a predetermined periodic cycle. At least one of a movement speed (V) and a movement direction (θ)...

20060089199 - Method and apparatus for interactive real time distributed gaming: The present invention relates to a method for playing an interactive real time distributed game including receiving at a scoring database a next play prediction for a sporting event from a remote terminal, determining an actual play outcome for the sporting event, transmitting an actual play outcome representation to the...

20060089200 - Systems and methods for processing game metrics from handheld computing devices: A system for processing game metrics includes a handheld computing device and a game metric server. The handheld computing device captures the game metrics for a game and transfers the game metrics. The game metric server receives the game metrics from the handheld computing device via a computer system and...

20060084483 - Apparatus for playing horse racing game: A horse racing game apparatus is disclosed, in which a user can easily check a racing information, a statistic information, etc. related with a horse racing and can enjoy a horse racing game in a 3D like an actual horse racing at a horse racing track. The users can play...

20060084484 - Dvd player based tic-tac-toe tv video game: A DVD Player based Tic-Tac-Toe game played utilizing the capabilities of a DVD player via either a stand alone DVD Player or a software-based DVD Player on a computer. The game is limited to a person challenging a DVD Player using fixed automatic opposing player logic. By matching up symmetrical...

20060084488 - Bonusing digital media: This invention provides a gaming machine able to provide entertainment content (e.g. ring tones, videos, music, etc.) from entertainment content sources located within the gaming machine or outside of the gaming machine. A player may be presented with entertainment content options that may be accessed via the gaming machine or...

20060084485 - Gaming device having multiple interacting rotators and translating indicator: A gaming device having an award value or symbol display device is provided. The display device includes multiple interconnecting rotators that cooperate to drive an indicator to produce a translating motion. The translating indicator is positioned along linearly spaced apart award values to sequentially and intermittently indicate or point to...

20060084486 - Gaming device having sequential activations of a game and replay of previous activations of the game: A gaming device including a plurality of reels with a plurality of symbols on each of the reels. At least one and preferably a plurality of the symbols on the primary reels are designated as tracking or back symbols. A tracking symbol is a symbol that, when generated on a...

20060084487 - Pachinko stand-alone and bonusing game with displayed targets: A bonus game for an underlying base casino machine played by a player wherein the bonus game provides a Pachinko playing field, a ball propelled onto the Pachinko playing field when a bonus condition occurs during play of an underlying casino game. The Pachinko playing field having a row of...

20060084489 - Design matching game with bar code for confirmation: A matching game that requires the pairing of designs on game pieces wherein each design is complex and not easily identifiable. Multiple game pieces are provided with a design on the front and some type of confirmation information on the back. Matching designs have identical types and shapes however, the...

20060084490 - Keno game with extra chances: A method of playing Keno in which the quantity of numbers drawn is increased by including the integer above and/or below each number drawn, for at least some of the numbers drawn. This effectively increases the quantity of numbers drawn without requiring any additional steps by the players or modification...

20060084491 - Implementing wagering games using a pari-mutuel configuration: A method, apparatus, and computer readable storage to provide gaming machines that operate on a pari-mutuel basis. Prize levels can be determined based on bingo results, and the prize levels can be mapped to slot machine symbols such that the machines appear to play as a regular slot machine game....

20060084492 - Gaming device having concentric reels and a displayable wild symbol: A gaming device including a plurality of reel sets where at least one of the reel sets includes an inner reel and an outer reel. The inner reel includes a plurality of first symbols and at least one designated symbol and the outer reel includes a plurality of second symbols...

20060084498 - Gaming device having concentric reels and a displayable wild symbol: A gaming device including a plurality of reel sets where at least one of the reel sets includes an inner reel and an outer reel. The inner reel includes a plurality of first symbols and at least one designated symbol and the outer reel includes a plurality of second symbols...

20060084494 - Gaming device having free spin mode with symbol elimination: A bonus game that operates in combination with a slot machine base game is provided. The bonus game includes a series of free spins or free evaluations in which symbols of a set of symbols are generated. The free spins also generate executor symbols that alone or in accumulation cause...

20060084497 - Gaming device having one or more payline awards calculated as a function of the total wager: A gaming device which includes a variety of methods to calculate one or more line pay awards as a function of the total amount wagered upon the game. In one embodiment, the gaming device multiplies the award for the most valuable symbol combination appearing on any payline by the total...

20060084493 - Gaming device having player selection of scatter pay symbol positions: A gaming device with a scatter pay formed by enabling a player to pick a plurality of symbol display areas. The symbols generated to be displayed in the picked symbol display areas of the scatter pay are evaluated by the gaming device for a winning combination. In one embodiment, whether...

20060084496 - Wagering game with alterable-math feature: A method for playing a wagering game includes receiving wager inputs from a player for a wagering game. A randomly-selected outcome is selected from a plurality of outcomes in response to receiving the wager inputs. The selecting of the randomly-selected outcome is determined in accordance with a gaming math feature....

20060084495 - Wagering game with feature for recording records and statistics: A method for playing a wagering game includes receiving wager inputs from a player for a wagering game. At least one randomly-selected outcome is selected from a plurality of outcomes in response to receiving the wager inputs. A gaming record is obtained based on a gaming event during a first...

20060084500 - Gaming device having game with player selections and award pools: A gaming device includes a plurality of symbol groups which each include a plurality of symbols. In one embodiment, each of the symbols is associated with a probability of being generated. The gaming device includes a plurality of player selectable selections. The gaming device includes a plurality of outcome pools....

20060084499 - Multiplayer gaming system and method of operation thereof: A multiplayer gaming system that is usable by a number of participating players to play a multiplayer game, comprises a plurality of player stations, each player station enabling a respective participating player to place a wager on an outcome of the multiplayer game and to play a separate instance of...

20060084501 - Products and processes for determining a benefit based on patterns of outcomes: A method according to an embodiment includes determining a benefit that a player may achieve based on play of a gaming device during a flat rate play session. A requirement to achieve the benefit is also determined. The requirement specifies a required number of consecutive outcomes that are required. A...

20060084503 - System of automatically generating personalized games and method thereof: A system of automatically generating personalized games and the method thereof are provided. Using a server/user structure, a game controller connects a user to a database server. The server includes a game database for storing game data and a game controller for implementing logic controls. The user has a user...

20060084502 - Thin client user interface for gaming systems: An access system enables casino personnel to access casino information from a casino computer through a network accessible display device that contains a web browser. The access system comprises a thin client user interface server. Information provided to the casino computer can be requested from multiple files and provided in...

20060084504 - Wireless communication systems: A wireless game controller communicates with a corresponding wireless receiver attached to a video game console. The wireless game controller accommodates a headset such that game control signals and audio signals between the wireless controller and the wireless receiver are integrated and transmitted on a single Bluetooth wireless data link....

20060084505 - Multi-player platforms for special multiplier bonus game in pai gow poker variant: A multi-player platform that provides multiple player positions for live players to engage in an interactive wagering game with a virtual dealer and virtual cards comprising at least two player positions that enable live players to place wagers on the game. The game comprises the steps of: placing a wager...

20060084506 - Multi-player platforms for three card poker and variants thereof: A multi-player platform that provides multiple player positions for live players to engage in an interactive wagering game with a virtual dealer and virtual cards comprising at least two player positions that enable live players to place wagers on the game, a display system for showing a virtual dealer, a...

20060084507 - Data transmission device, data transmission method, game device, and game system: A game device (10) can transmit AV data of a game to a receiving terminal (20) by adaptively setting the communication protocol. The protocol setting is performed according to the scene state in the AV data and the propagation environment such as the transmission error rate. For example, by using...

20060084508 - Electronic product display system: An electronic product display system comprises a housing, a support plate, and a tilt mechanism. The housing includes a pair of side walls defining a cavity and defining an opening to the cavity. The support plate is configured to support an electronic product. The support plate extends between the side...

20060084509 - Games with targeting features: The present invention is directed generally toward computer-implemented methods for targeting objects in a gaming system. One aspect of the invention is directed toward a method for targeting an object in a gaming system that includes receiving a soft lock command and applying a soft lock to an object in...

20060079308 - System and method for providing a blackjack game having additional options for a player: A method of managing a blackjack game is provided. A blackjack game bet comprising a bet against a house entity on a blackjack hand is received from a player. A pair of cards is determined for a hand for the house entity, and another pair of cards is determined for...

20060079309 - Method and apparatus for collecting indicia for a secondary game from a primary wagering game: A method and apparatus for a wagering game is described that allows a player to collect indicia from a series of individual primary games to form a winning game outcome in a single secondary game. In one embodiment, the secondary game is won through the collection of a specified number...

20060079310 - Method, apparatus, and computer readable storage to determine and/or update slot machine configurations using historical, and/or current, and/or predicted future data: An apparatus, method, and computer readable storage for automatically deciding slot machine configuration changes. Slot machine usage is electronically monitored and ideal settings are determined from the usage. Slot machines can then be updated electronically according to the ideal settings, either automatically or upon operator approval....

20060079312 - Fixed-odds sports lottery game: The present invention relates to a sporting event based lottery game wherein the lottery game result depends on the performance of competitors in the sporting event and the prize determination process does not involve any comparison among the game tickets. The lottery game authority or player selects a sporting event...

20060079311 - Method and system for marketing and game selection for lottery products: A game selection device for use in a lottery system includes data storage for a plurality of game types, information corresponding to each of the game types, and at least one play option corresponding to one or more of the plurality of game types. The game selection device further includes...

20060079313 - Gaming method and machine with bonus game: A method and system is provided for conducting a wagering game. A spin result is determined, the spin result including a set of symbols positioned within a set of symbol positions. The symbol positions may be arranged in rows and columns or another arrangement. The spin results and associated symbol...

20060079314 - System and method for facilitating play of a game with user-selected elements: Systems and methods are provided for facilitating play of a game with user-selected elements. According to one or more embodiments of the present invention, a set of all possible elements of a game is determined. Each of the elements of the set is associated with at least one of a...

20060079320 - Communication control for progressive game controller to prevent near-concurrent wins: Methods and apparatus for preventing near-concurrent wins in a progressive gaming system controlled by Jackpot Controller are disclosed. A VLT player may send a “win” combination to the Jackpot Controller to determine whether the “win” awards the accumulating progressive jackpot. The Jackpot Controller may evaluate the “win” message. If the...

20060079315 - Gaming machine and gaming system: A gaming machine for providing a game to a player including: a bill insertion slot that allows a bill to be inserted; a card insertion slot that allows a plurality of types of information recording cards; a bill validation unit that determines a validity of the bill inserted into the...

20060079321 - Products and processes for providing a benefit according to a pattern in outcomes: A hardware or software module is added to a gaming device. The module renders the gaming device capable of permitting play of the gaming device when a credit balance of the gaming device is insufficient, in which prior to such rendering, the gaming device was not capable of permitting play...

20060079316 - Wagering game with an array of player-selectable elements that are preserved for subsequent gaming sessions: A method for playing a wagering game includes receiving wager inputs from a player for a wagering game. In response to receiving the wager inputs, at least one randomly-selected outcome is selected from a plurality of outcomes. An array of player-selectable elements is presented during a first gaming session of...

20060079318 - Wagering game with bonus game triggered by linked terminal: The present invention is directed to a gaming terminal and a method of playing a wagering game, whereby a player at one gaming terminal is allowed to link to other gaming terminals via a player-selectable option. The wagering game may include a basic game and a bonus game. Once linked,...

20060079317 - Wagering game with bonus-game assets that can be preserved for subsequent gaming sessions: A method for playing a wagering game includes receiving wager inputs from a player for a wagering game, which includes a basic game and a bonus game, and selecting at least one randomly-selected outcome of a plurality of outcomes in response to receiving the wager inputs. The player is awarded...

20060079319 - Wagering game with shared payoff based on multiple player selections: The present invention is directed to a gaming terminal and a method of playing a wagering game at a gaming terminal whereby multiple players make selections and accumulate bonus awards as the game is passed from one player to another. Play continues until a game-terminating object is selected. At that...

20060079322 - Video game terminal with operator programmed games with series of rounds: A video game terminal includes a series of options and programming capabilities for modifying the operation of the terminal with respect to combination games. Each combination game includes at least first and second game segments, and different options for playing of the combination games. One option allows the player a...

20060079324 - Image display system, image processing system, and video game system: According to a function 188 which stores in the first memory for difference, pickup image data from CCD camera 42 based on a predetermined timing, a function 190 which stores in the second memory for difference, pickup image data from CCD camera 42 based on another timing, a function 192...

20060079323 - Pattern display device and game machine including the same: A game machines has a back side display unit composed of reels for displaying back patterns, and a front side display unit composed of transparent EL panels for displaying overlapping patterns overlapping with the back patterns. The back side display unit and the front side display unit are disposed not...

20060079325 - Avatar database for mobile video communications: A method and system for avatar mobile video communications are disclosed. Since the creation and realistic driving of avatars may not be done fully automatically with in a mobile communication device (e.g., a cellular phone), an avatar database is provided along with realistic driving mechanisms. Mobile callers may select appropriate...

20060079326 - Video division detection: Various embodiments provide means by which a video signal, associated with a multi-region visual display intended for presentation on a single display screen, can be processed in a manner that enables separate regions to be ascertained, and then split off onto different display screens. Detection algorithms can process the video...

20060079327 - Electronic device: So that, in an electronic device, in particular a games device, the execution of a plurality of different functions, in particular game functions, can be performed in a very simple and inexpensive manner, the device comprises a main module (1) and at least one sub-module (2) connectable thereto, wherein the...

20060079328 - Light-emitting game controller: A game controller, which is used in conjunction with a game device, includes a housing, a light-emitting device provided within the housing for producing flashing light of varying intensity, and a circuitry provided within the housing and generating control signals in response to signals received from the game device to...

20060079329 - Game system and storage medium storing game program: A game system includes a plurality of game apparatuses that can carry out short-range wireless communication with one another. One of the game apparatuses functions as a parent apparatus, and at least one other game apparatus functions as a child apparatus. The parent apparatus transmits transmission verification data a predetermined...

20060079331 - Electronic gaming environment with display of multiple instances of single-player games: A multiplayer gaming system facilitates play of a single-player game having a plurality of possible results. The system includes a gaming server communicable with the workstation. The server is operable to transmit data to the workstation comprising the outcome of multiple instances of a single-player game, including the game being...

20060079330 - Method and apparatus utilizing dynamic visual characters to address communications: A communication device provides voice communications addressed to destinations corresponding to relevant characters in a game (117) in play. The communication device (101) provides, for example, a transmitter (105) for transmitting calls when operably connected to a dispatch network (111), and a processor (107). The processor is configured to facilitate...

20060079332 - System, methodology, and computer program product for gathering game data: An system, methodology and computer program product for gathering game data pertaining to players, teams, and leagues, so that the players, teams, league, and league administrators have access to the game data. A touch screen computer terminal is provided at the sports venue and it is in communication with a...

20060079333 - System and method for an alterable storage media in a gaming machine: A system for verifying one or more downloaded components 54 of a gaming device 10 that includes the gaming device, which has an alterable hard drive 80 (or other persistent storage media 90), and the downloaded components that further include gaming-related content 92-96. A related method includes: enabling initiation of...

20060079334 - Video game terminal and security activation arrangement: An arrangement for effective updating of video game terminals uses a security key device which is capable of operating next major generation software that at the time of sale or distribution of the security device is not available. Once this software is available, the security key with this forward compatibility...

20060073862 - Program product, image generation system, and image generation method: An image generation system includes a display control section which controls display of images displayed in a touch panel display and a display, a movement control section which controls movement of a moving object, a game calculation section which performs processing of calculating a game parameter which changes as a...

20060073863 - Puzzle elements displaying game apparatus and storage medium storing puzzle elements displaying game program: A game machine includes an LCD. The LCD displays a plurality of puzzle elements of different kinds. When a player uses an input means such as an operating key and a touch panel to designate some puzzle elements consecutively in the manner of one-stroke drawing, the kind of the designated...

20060073865 - Card game and method of playing a card game: A system and method for playing a card game are disclosed. The card game may be played with a real deck of cards and an associated playing surface or with a virtual deck of cards as part of a virtual card game on a processor-based platform. The method comprises placing...

20060073864 - Card game and methods of playing a card game: A system and method for playing a card game are disclosed. The card game may be played with a real deck of cards and an associated playing surface or with a virtual deck of cards as part of a virtual card game on a processor-based platform. The method comprises placing...

20060073866 - Gaming machine providing multiple poker games with a push up feature: Systems and methods provide a gaming machine having a poker game with a push-up feature. One aspect of the systems and methods include displaying a main hand and providing a plurality of push-up hands. As each main hand is dealt, cards to be placed in the push-up hands are determined....

20060073867 - Gaming device with multiple orbit award indicator: A gaming device having a display with an award indicator that moves in multiple orbits is provided. A member rotates about a first center point at a first radial distance from the first center point. An indicator rotates about a second center point located on the member at a second...

20060073868 - Gaming system having a plurality of adjacently arranged gaming machines and a mechanical moveable indicator operable to individually indicate the gaming machines: A gaming system comprised of a plurality of adjacently arranged gaming machines and a mechanical moveable gaming machine indicator operable to individually indicate the gaming machines. The gaming machine indicator is mounted or positioned near the adjacently arranged gaming machines. A controller actuates the mechanical moveable gaming machine indicator to...

20060073869 - Virtual gaming peripherals for a gaming machine: A disclosed gaming machine provides a plurality of virtual gaming peripherals that are each used to generate one or more gaming services. To provide a particular gaming service, each virtual gaming peripheral may comprise virtual gaming peripheral software that controls one or more gaming devices. Examples of gaming services provides...

20060073871 - Gaming device having accumulation game with selection of terminator symbols: A gaming device and method of operating a gaming device having a plurality of groups of elements. The gaming device indicates one of the elements. Terminators are distributed and associated with each of the elements of another one of the groups of elements. In one embodiment, an award is associated...

20060073870 - Methods and apparatus for playing a gaming pool for a feature event bonus game: A bonus controller is provided for managing a feature event bonus game in a gaming system, having a processor and a memory, wherein the bonus controller is programmed to assign an entry to a player associated with a first gaming apparatus from a plurality of entries defining a gaming pool...

20060073881 - Audio foreshadowing in a wagering game machine: A computerized wagering game system has a gaming module comprising a processor and gaming code which is operable when executed on the processor to conduct a wagering game on which monetary value can be wagered, and an audio module operable to use audio to foreshadow game events. The buildup and...

20060073879 - Gaming device having a game with primary symbols, secondary symbols associated with the primary symbols and independently generated secondary symbols: A gaming device in which primary game symbols are generated in association with secondary symbols. The secondary symbols if generated in a particular combination and in a particular situation, e.g., in association with winning base game symbols, provide a benefit to the player, such as a modification of a payout...

20060073877 - Gaming device having accumulation game with changing selections: A gaming device having an accumulation game with changing selections. The gaming device generates or picks, one at a time, a plurality of selections. Each generated selection is accumulated or marked and then changed to another selection. The gaming device continues generating selections, accumulating the generated selections and changing the...

20060073878 - Gaming device having multiple bonuses acting independently or simultaneously: A multiple bonus modifier game 10 includes a base game and two or more base award modifiers operating independently or simultaneously of each other (i.e., the two or more base award modifiers operate independently of each other or in conjunction with each other to modify a base game award). The...

20060073873 - 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 more of the wheels are activated, either sequentially or simultaneously...

20060073874 - Gaming device having random generation of values and mathematical operations performed on the values: A gaming machine including wagering base game or a bonus game is provided. In one embodiment, values are generated via player selection or automatically. Additional selections are presented to the player. The player picks the selections, which direct the values into groups. One of the selections results (i) in a...

20060073872 - Gaming device having selectable awards on a moving mechanical display: A gaming device having selectable awards on a moving mechanical display, such as a symbol display mechanism or an award display mechanism. In one embodiment, the gaming device includes an electromechanical secondary display device that is operable to rotate about an axis. The electromechanical secondary display device includes at least...

20060073876 - Gaming device with changing wild symbols: A bonus game that operates in combination with a slot machine base game is provided. The bonus game includes a series of free spins or free evaluations in which symbols of a set of symbols are set to be wild symbols. Free spins occur for each symbol acting as a...

20060073875 - Gaming device with rotating and translating display device: A gaming device having a translating and rotating mechanical display device operable to indicate at least one component of a player's award. In one embodiment the display device is operated as a bonus game of a base game, for example a slot base game. In one embodiment, the object is...

20060073880 - Gaming machine having a game outcome determined by group association: A method and apparatus for playing a wagering game with a winning game outcome determined by the selection of at least two groups from a plurality of groups. Each group having a plurality of possible game outcomes, with the possible game outcomes duplicated in some or all of the groups....

20060073883 - Casino all in kiosk for cash, tickets, and cards, with card issuing capability: A casino all-in-one kiosk includes a card issuing unit that enables self service registration and dispensing of casino loyalty cards, in addition to cash-dispensing, and ticket redemption functions. The kiosk may also be adapted to provide ancillary services such as hotel check-in/check-out, reservations and ticketing, and coupon printing, and may...

20060073882 - System and method for providing side wagering in multi-player wager-based games: A system and method for providing side wagering in a wager-based game. Side wagers made by an observer of the wager-based game are accepted, where the side wager is associated with an event that is uncertain at the time the side wager is made. The event is associated with at...

20060073884 - Systems and methods for post-play gaming benefits: According to some embodiments, systems, methods, and/or articles of manufacture are associated with determining whether a first condition associated with a first player of a gaming device is satisfied, determining whether a second condition associated with a second player of the gaming device is satisfied, and awarding, in the case...

20060073885 - Method and apparatus for delivering a bonus award and/or bonus game to players of a gaming table: A gaming table assembly for a table game configured to deliver a bonus game to a player at the gaming table. The assembly including a gaming table, a dealer station for a gaming dealer, and a plurality of player stations for one or more players. At least one interactive display...

20060073886 - Gaming device, system, and method having concurrent gaming features: A gaming device having a primary game and at least one concurrent game that is played on the primary game playfield using the outcome of the primary game. The concurrent game or games are separate from the primary game and may pay awards regardless of the outcome of the primary...

20060073888 - Jackpot interfaces and services on a gaming machine: A disclosed a player tracking unit provides a touch screen display with a touch screen controller integrated into the touch screen sensor assembly. Game service interfaces may be presented on the touch screen display that allow a user to obtain one or more game services. With the touch screen sensor,...

20060073889 - Progressive gaming system and machines with partial payout: New progressive gaming machines and systems and related methods and components offer players opportunities to win a portion of a progressive jackpot. In one exemplary system, one or more gaming machines in a system payout a portion of a progressive jackpot value in response to a progressive winning event, with...

20060073887 - Wide area progressive jackpot system and methods: A progressive jackpot system for allowing access to multiple wide area progressive jackpots at a gaming machine is described. The gaming machine connected to the progressive systems can be switched between two or more different progressive games where each progressive game provides the chance to win a different wide area...

20060073890 - System & method for distributing software licenses: A method for distributing software licenses for authorizing the installation of gaming software, by a user, onto a gaming machine is provided. The software installation process is initiated and an electronic key containing an encrypted license count interfaces with the gaming machine. The encrypted license count represents the number of...

20060073891 - Display with multiple user privacy: The present invention provides a display system that incorporates touch input, a community viewing regions, and multiple designated user regions that are viewable only from corresponding user positions. Systems of the present invention can be particularly useful in applications where it is desirable to provide for multiple users that can...

20060073892 - Image display system, information processing system, image processing system, and video game system: According to functions (the first to the third target position setup functions 242, 244, and 246) which set up as a target position, a position of reference image, a position decided by orientations of multiple cards, and a position of a character image being a counterpart selected in combined actions...

20060073893 - Touchscreen audio feedback in a wagering game system: A computerized wagering game system includes a gaming module comprising gaming code which is operable when executed on to conduct a wagering game on which monetary value can be wagered, and a touchscreen incorporating audio feedback. In one embodiment, the display comprises a printed bistable liquid crystal display assembly, including...

20060073894 - Workability evaluating apparatus, workability evaluating method, and workability evaluating program: A workability evaluating apparatus, comprises a myoelectric potential detecting unit, a signal processing unit, an arithmetic operation unit, an evaluation unit, and an output unit. The myoelectric potential detecting unit detects time-series fluctuations in myoelectric potentials of at least one pair of muscles, which show antagonistic activities in operating an...

20060073895 - Method and apparatus for simulating game accessories: A method and apparatus are disclosed for simultaneously indicating, on each of a plurality of communication terminals, instructions transmitted by each terminal and the identity of the respective terminals that transmitted the instructions. Such a feature can be used to indicate the moves of parties playing a game over a...

20060073896 - Game planet, llc: Game Planet, LLC is a store that will allow people to play the home video game consoles such as, Playstation 2, X-Box, and Game Cube in a public forum. The store will create a themed environment for players to hold tournaments, play games networking online with others across the world,...

20060073897 - Wagering game with group jackpot: System and method are disclosed for conducting a wagering game having increased excitement and enjoyment. The method/system of the invention involves a bank of wagering game terminals connected to a bank server. In addition to a basic wagering game, the wagering game terminals allow players to play a bonus game...

20060073899 - Game apparatus, storage medium storing game program and game controlling method: The game apparatus includes a first LCD and a second LCD, and a touch panel is provided in association with the second LCD. On the two LCDs, different game screens are displayed. Also on the second LCD, two keys are displayed at a certain interval. When one key is touch-input,...

20060073898 - Game machine, game control method, program, its distributing device, and information storage medium: The present invention provides a game device with which a moving direction and an attack direction of a game character can be easily inputted. The invention provides a game device 10 that executes game processing relating to a game character holding attack means, the game device comprising: a signal input...

20060073900 - Custom configurable gaming machine: A configurable gaming machine includes a door defining a component area. The component area is configured to accept multiple components, such as displays and player tracking elements, in multiple arrangements, permitting the gaming machine to be constructed in multiple configurations. Other aspects of the invention include an internal component mounting...