Amusement devices: games inventions 09/06

20060211463 - Game machine system: A game system including a stationary game machine requiring an external power supply, such as a coin-operable business-use game machine or a home game machine, and a portable game machine having an internal power supply. Game programs for raising game characters are installed in the stationary and portable game machines....

20060211462 - System and method for tracking and assessing movement skills in multidimensional space: Accurate simulation of sport to quantify and train performance constructs by employing sensing electronics for determining, in essentially real time, the player's three dimensional positional changes in three or more degrees of freedom (three dimensions); and computer controlled sport specific cuing that evokes or prompts sport specific responses from the...

20060211464 - System and devices for real-time electronic chess move recording, viewing and storage: A hand-held, portable apparatus for recording chess moves operable between a recording mode and at least one other mode is described. The apparatus is adapted to uniquely identifying a user and includes an interface for electronically entering into a memory a chess move made by the user. A mechanism is...

20060211469 - Financial trading game: A game, and in particular an electronic game that simulates trading securities on an exchange. The game is preferably played as a video gaming machine for gambling purposes. A computing device is provided having, among other things, a video screen display on which a line chart is displayed. The computing...

20060211465 - Jackpot wagering with supplementary draw: A jackpot wagering system includes a number of player terminals, a random event generator and an accumulation facility. Each player terminal is operable by a respective player to place a corresponding wager on one or more different turns of a game of chance, while the accumulation facility is responsive to...

20060211472 - Method and apparatus for facilitating a secondary wager at a slot machine: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method is provided for receiving a wager for a secondary game at a gaming device that offers a primary game, in which the wager indicates at least one parameter corresponding to a potential outcome of the secondary game; determining an outcome...

20060211473 - Method and apparatus for facilitating a secondary wager at a slot machine: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method is provided for receiving a wager for a secondary game at a gaming device that offers a primary game, in which the wager indicates at least one parameter corresponding to a potential outcome of the secondary game; determining an outcome...

20060211474 - Method and apparatus for facilitating a secondary wager at a slot machine: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method is provided for receiving a wager for a secondary game at a gaming device that offers a primary game, in which the wager indicates at least one parameter corresponding to a potential outcome of the secondary game; determining an outcome...

20060211479 - 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 group format on the gaming devices while...

20060211480 - 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 group format on the gaming devices while...

20060211478 - Method and system for managing game confirmations: In accordance with one or more embodiments, a method for outputting a confirmation message at a gaming device is presented. The method comprises determining whether a trigger condition has occurred, outputting a confirmation message at a gaming device, determining a response to the confirmation message, and initiating play at the...

20060211482 - Method for completing an electronic commerce transaction based on a virtual coin flip: Methods for completing an electronic commerce transaction based on at least one virtual coin flip. Users of electronic commerce place items for purchase in shopping carts and provide payment information, they may pay for or possibly wager for the items with coin flip(s). In cases where the where a user...

20060211470 - Methods and systems for determining a batch run of sessions: In accordance with some embodiments, a batch run of sessions is executed. The batch run comprises a plurality of sessions characterized by at least one common parameter and value thereof. A session comprises a plurality of outcomes of a wagering game. A video presentation may be created based on each...

20060211471 - Methods and systems for determining and selling outcomes for strategy games to be viewed remotely: In accordance with some embodiments, a plurality of outcomes are generated and used to create a video presentation of representative outcomes (e.g., for a blackjack game, for a video poker game) for one or more players. The video presentation is recorded onto a tangible medium (e.g., DVD or CD-ROM) or...

20060211475 - Methods and systems for facilitating play at a gaming device by means of third party offers: In accordance with embodiments of the present invention an offer is presented to a player (e.g., at a gaming device or a table game in a casino). The offer defines a benefit to be provided in exchange for the player's commitment to an obligation defined by the offer. The offer...

20060211476 - Methods and systems for facilitating play at a gaming device by means of third party offers: In accordance with embodiments of the present invention an offer is presented to a player (e.g., at a gaming device or a table game in a casino). The offer defines a benefit to be provided in exchange for the player's commitment to an obligation defined by the offer. The offer...

20060211477 - Methods and systems for facilitating play at a gaming device by means of third party offers: In accordance with embodiments of the present invention an offer is presented to a player (e.g., at a gaming device or a table game in a casino). The offer defines a benefit to be provided in exchange for the player's commitment to an obligation defined by the offer. The offer...

20060211467 - Multi-hand card game method and apparatus: A method and apparatus for playing a multi-hand card game is disclosed. The game allows the simultaneous play of multiple card hands that are created from a first card hand. Each subsequent card hand includes cards whose rank is a function of the rank of cards in the immediately preceding...

20060211481 - Systems, methods and articles to facilitate playing card games with selectable odds: A system and method forms playing card markings on playing card media to provide playing cards based on a desired set of payout or house odds and/or house advantage. The playing cards may, for example, be printed in a random or pseudo-random order that is based on the selected payout...

20060211468 - Video poker wagering game for playing multi-level hands: A gaming system for playing a video poker game includes a wager-input device, a display, and a controller. The wager-input receives a wager input from a player to purchase a plurality of poker hands, wherein the poker hands include a first hand and a second hand. The display displays a...

20060211466 - Wagering game with temporally independent outcomes: A method for playing a wagering game includes receiving a first wager input and a second wager input from a player for playing a single game cycle of a wagering game. A first randomly selected outcome is selected from a plurality of outcomes in response to the first wager input,...

20060211483 - Bingo prize mapping system with additional ball draw: After identifying a set of initial game designations to produce a game ending winner for a bingo game, one or more additional game designations may be considered, that is, compared against a bingo card in play in the bingo game. Considering these additional game designations in addition to the set...

20060211489 - A gaming device and method of operation thereof: A gaming device such as a video based gaming device provides a player the ability to modify at least one element of the gaming device. The gaming device may then modify other elements to ensure a desired house advantage. The probability of occurrence for one or more outcomes, the payout...

20060211485 - Gaming control system: Concerning with the game insurance objectifying the game result in each of the gaming machines, based on the game information transmitted from each of the gaming machines (S103) and the information of the insurance contents stored in the insurance control server, the insurance control server determines whether or not the...

20060211486 - Method and apparatus for gaming with alternate value payouts: Systems and methods are provided for permitting a player to play a game at a gaming device. The gaming device provides a payout for the game. The payout is redeemable for one of a plurality of values, and at least two of the plurality of values are different from each...

20060211487 - Method and apparatus for gaming with alternate value payouts: Systems and methods are provided for permitting a player to play a game at a gaming device. The gaming device provides a payout for the game. The payout is redeemable for one of a plurality of values, and at least two of the plurality of values are different from each...

20060211488 - Method and apparatus for gaming with alternate value payouts: Systems and methods are provided for permitting a player to play a game at a gaming device. The gaming device provides a payout for the game. The payout is redeemable for one of a plurality of values, and at least two of the plurality of values are different from each...

20060211484 - Wagering game with side-wagering feature on certain outcomes: A gaming system for playing a basic wagering game on a gaming terminal. The gaming system includes an input device adapted to receive an input from a player of a basic wagering game and output a signal to a controller. A controller is configured to randomly select a basic wagering...

20060211492 - Gaming machine: A gaming machine according to the invention includes a base frame, a base door which is openably and closably supported on and attached to the base frame, a circuit board case which is arranged on a back side of the base door and holds predetermined circuit boards, a circuit board...

20060211490 - Security for gaming devices: A secure smart card or other secure modular memory device is plugged into (or otherwise connected to) a port of a game controller board internal to a gaming machine. The smart card is programmed to detect an encrypted “challenge” message from the host CPU and output an encrypted “response.” If...

20060211491 - Software security for gaming devices: A secure smart card or other secure modular memory device is plugged into (or otherwise connected to) a port of a game controller board internal to a gaming machine. The smart card is programmed to detect an encrypted “challenge” message from the host CPU and output an encrypted “response.” If...

20060211493 - Systems and methods for customized gaming limits: Embodiments are generally directed to facilitating the establishing and/or managing of gaming rules and/or limits associated with players. In some embodiments, third parties may establish and/or manage such rules and/or limits. Some embodiments implement such rules and/or limits by conducting game plays and/or gaming sessions in accordance with such rules...

20060211494 - Gaming terminal with player-customization of display functions: A gaming machine for conducting a wagering game includes a display, a player interface, and a controller operatively associated with the display and the player interface. The controller is configured to permit a player to selectively modify a setting of the display and/or the game graphics. The player interface facilitates...

20060211495 - Human-machine interactive virtual game control apparatus: A human-machine interactive virtual game control apparatus comprises a detector and a control box. The detector is composed of a sensing pedal and sensing lateral plates, wherein the sensing pedal comprises pressure-sensing devices to be trod on by the operator for detecting forward, backward, leftward, and rightward walking and running...

20060211496 - Player actuated input for a gaming machine: An input device configured to generate at least two inputs, such as two signals, in response to input movement from a first to a second position, a first and a second speed of input, a first and second applied input force, or an input movement of a first and second...

20060211497 - Player actuated input for a gaming machine: An input device is movable between at least two positions. Movement of the input device results in generated of an least two inputs, such as two signals. When associated with a gaming machine, movement of the input device by a player is used to provide multiple inputs to a gaming...

20060211498 - Information display faceplate for a video game controller: A faceplate for a video game controller used to convey instructional information to the user. The faceplate is designed to be attached and to be removed from the controller both quickly and easily. The faceplate can either mask the surface of a controller or house the controller in a jacket-like...

20060211499 - Communication terminals with a tap determination circuit: A communication terminal includes a housing a sound sensing device, a tap determination circuit, and a controller. The housing at least partially encloses the sound sensing device, the tap determination circuit and the controller. The sound sensing device is configured to generate an electrical sense signal from an incident audible...

20060205460 - Game program, storage medium and game apparatus: A game program, in which a novel and non-conventional game can be developed and even if the energy is insufficient when a character uses a special ability, the special ability can be used under a specified condition, is provided. In the game program which makes a computer operate as a...

20060205455 - Interactive controller with an integrated display and interface to a second controller with stand-alone display: The present invention provides for an interactive controller with an integrated display and with an interface to a second controller, that is in further communication with a stand-alone display. The interactive controller further includes a plurality of operation buttons positioned for manipulation by a user, a first electronic application stored...

20060205459 - Portable hand-held entertainment system with connectivity to non-integrated displays: The present invention provides in one embodiment for an entertainment system that includes a first controller having a hand-held body, a first plurality of operation members positioned for external manipulation, and an integral display included in the hand-held body. The first controller includes capability to generate content. The content is...

20060205458 - System and method for capturing images from mobile devices for use with patron tracking system: A system and method of tracking a patron in a gaming environment uses a database that stores known images and known text descriptions of existing patrons. An image of a patron is captured by an image capture device, and a text description of the patron is obtained. The image and...

20060205461 - System and method for rewarding game players: A system and method are provided for rewarding players of games of chance. The game of chance may include, for example, a lottery-type game or a casino game. Individuals are provided the opportunity to earn extra rewards by forming teams or special groups of individuals; the team or special group...

20060205457 - Systems and methods for processing wager gaming messages: Systems and methods for processing wager gaming messages are described herein. In one embodiment, one of the methods includes receiving a wager gaming message from a wager gaming network device. The method also includes selecting a message queue for receiving the wager gaming message, where the wager gaming network device...

20060205456 - Video games and add-on features: One embodiment of a method may display, through a store, information identifying at least an add-on feature. The method may raise funds for charity by at least selling and/or renting, through the store, the add-on feature to import into at least a video game....

20060205463 - Program for controlling execution of a game, and a game machine for executing the program: Provided are a program and an information processing apparatus for controlling execution of a ball sports simulation game that can provide for a player sensations similar to those experienced when actually playing the sports The program executed in the information processing apparatus includes the steps of detecting a ball striking...

20060205462 - Video games, characters and rosters: One embodiment of a method may display information identifying at least (i) a plurality of video games and (ii) a plurality of characters and/or rosters. The method may individually sell and/or rent the video games, and individually sell and/or rent, separate from the video games, the characters and/or the rosters...

20060205464 - Video game: One embodiment of a method provides, through a first video game, at least one or more athletes. The method plays, through a second video game, a game with at least the one or more athletes by importing the one or more athletes from the first video game to the second...

20060205465 - Computer system communicable with one or more gaming devices having a matching game with multiple rounds: A computer system operable to communicate with one or more gaming devices. The computer system has a processor and a data storage device. The data storage device stores instructions associated with a multi-round game. The instructions are executable to cause the gaming device to display a base, selections and characteristics...

20060205466 - An electronic player interaction area with player customer interaction features: A system and method for providing an electronic poker game includes a table having a table top with a central display area and a plurality of electronic player interaction areas (EPIAs) located around the table top. Each EPIA is designed to provide a player interface for interaction with one of...

20060205467 - An electronic player interaction area with player customer interaction features: A system and method for providing an electronic poker game includes a table having a table top with a central display area and a plurality of electronic player interaction areas (EPIAs) located around the table top. Each EPIA is designed to provide a player interface for interaction with one of...

20060205470 - Automated gaming assembly providing a game visual enhancement: One embodiment of the present invention may be described as an automated gaming system comprising an outcome generating means, a platform surrounding it, and a plurality of player stations. Player stations are communicatively linked to the outcome generating means to provide players with participations in a wagering game. The automated...

20060205473 - Chain reaction game: A game, gaming machine apparatus and game method wherein game elements are assigned to a matrix of game element locations. Play is initiated by evaluating the game elements for predetermined transformative conditions, such as a match of game elements. If a transformative condition is found, the game element(s) are transformed...

20060205475 - Gaming device and method of use: A gaming apparatus having a display area with a prize object holder that releasably holds a plurality of prize objects in an individually controlled manner; a rotatable display element having a cavity to receive at least one of the prize objects; and a positioning mechanism which transfers a selected prize...

20060205474 - Gaming device having perceived skill: A gaming device wherein a player's skill at an action or event determines or appears to determine the player's success or failure. In reality, a database of information stores a number of successful results, and the game selects an award for each successful result. The action or event involves skill...

20060205468 - Multi-player bingo game with secondary wager for instant win game: The invention is directed to methods and gaming units for conducting a multi-player wagering game and an associated instant win game having a finite pool of outcomes, with an outcome for the occurrence of the multi-player wagering game being determined, and an outcome for the instant win game being selected...

20060205472 - Strategy indicating table gaming apparatuses and methods: Systems and methods for playing live casino games. The systems have changeable displays which portray virtual playing cards or symbols to live participants. Shuffling, cutting, dealing and return of playing cards are accomplished using data processing functions within an electronic game processor or processors which enable these functions to be...

20060205469 - System and method for displaying an exploding icon: Systems, gaming machines, games, and methods for displaying an exploding icon are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a gaming device comprises a display screen that presents a game. The game presented on the display screen comprises one or more game icons for display in various locations on the display screen,...

20060205471 - System and method of organizing a predictions-based game through an electronic gaming system: A method of playing a predictions-based game based on a particular event, including inputting identification information into an electronic gaming system through a user interface, inputting prediction information into the electronic gaming system through the user interface, relaying the identification information and prediction information to a processing unit of a...

20060205476 - Lottery game having secondary game with multiplier and second payout: A method of play and system of implementing a primary lottery game having a secondary individual game for a multiplier value of winnings of the primary lottery game and potential secondary winnings for the secondary individual game. A player enters the primary lottery game, which can provide a first monetary...

20060205477 - System and method for constraining bingo card faces to limit liability of number of random drawn winners: A method for adapting a game of bingo to a lottery, includes predetermining a plurality of bingo faces to achieve a desired liability profile. One or more of the plurality of bingo faces are distributed. Random call numbers are generated until a desired pattern is achieved on one or more...

20060205478 - Bingo prize mapping system with prize promotion: A promotion index value is produced for a player in a bingo game. This promotion index value is then used in assigning a prize to the player for their participation in the bingo game. In one embodiment, a particular bingo pattern achieved in a bingo game is associated with an...

20060205480 - Gaming device having different sets of primary and secondary reel symbols: An apparatus and method for a gaming device having a bonus game that provides a player with a primary set of reel symbols having a primary probability of winning and a secondary set of reel symbols having a secondary probability of winning, where the secondary probability of winning is greater...

20060205479 - Gaming machine with transposed pay schedule: A gaming device includes a cabinet having a game display for a game, a first pay table designating winning combinations of symbols and corresponding payout values, and a second pay table designating winning combinations of symbols and corresponding payout values. The payout values of winning combinations in the second pay...

20060205481 - Funds controller for gaming or entertainment: Apparatus (100), systems (300), and methods for accessing and controlling funds held in electronic accounts (101) for use in gaming and other entertainment purposes, and for processing funds removed from or depositable to such accounts. Funds may be held and processed in cash, electronic, or cash-surrogate form, including the form...

20060205483 - Methods and systems for conducting a contest wagering activity: Methods and systems for conducting wagers, such as pari-mutuel wagers. In one exemplary embodiment a series of events, such as horse races, dog races, etc. is identified for which a plurality of bettors may each place at least one wager, and a wagering activity thereon is structured as a contest....

20060205482 - Printer interpreter for a gaming machine: Methods and systems for issuing cashless instruments and providing a printer interpreter for a gaming machine are disclosed. A printer and specialized printer interpreter (controller) are provided to facilitate the conversion of a specific credit amount to a currency amount in differing units (first form of currency), and the subsequent...

20060205486 - System and method for future value wagering: A system and method enabling a casino to issue chips or credits to customers whose redemption and face value is set at some future date. In one embodiment, a controller and disburser is disclosed which receives as inputs financial data, data as to how the amount of money the player...

20060205484 - System and method for inducing wagering in a poker-type game: A system and method for inducing wagering in a poker-type game are provided. In one aspect, wagering is induced by providing an opportunity for game participants and/or spectators to place one or more side bets on the occurrence of an event during the game. A payout for each side bet...

20060205485 - Systems and methods for facilitating play of a casino game via expiring prepaid plays of the casino game: In accordance with at least one embodiment, an expiring prepaid casino account is disclosed. The expiring prepaid casino account has associated therewith an amount of money, time, and/or game plays. The amount of money, time, and/or game plays expires in predetermined portions over a plurality of defined expiration periods, thus...

20060205491 - Electronic gaming machine and method of playing thereof: A gaming machine is provided comprising: a display; and a game controller arranged to control images of a predetermined set of symbols selectively displayed on the display. The game controller is arranged to play a game wherein symbols from said set of symbols are displayed on the display, the symbols...

20060205493 - Gaming management system: A gaming management system comprises a network, a gaming machine, an insurance management server and a membership management server. The gaming machine executes a game. The insurance management server manages insurance information with respect to gaming insurance and is connected to the gaming machine via the network. The membership management...

20060205495 - Gaming management system: When an insurant of the game insurance attempts to play a game on another gaming machine after having played a game on one gaming machine, the member inputs and transmits information to the effect of playing a game being covered by the game insurance on another gaming machine, on condition...

20060205496 - Gaming management system: A gaming management system is established by means of interconnecting a plurality of gaming machines, each of which is provided with a card unit, a member management server, and an insurance management server. An ID number of a membership card read by means of a reader/writer of the card unit...

20060205494 - Gaming settlement machine, gaming terminal machine and gaming identification system: A gaming identification system comprises a gaming settlement machine and a gaming terminal machine connected to the gaming settlement machine. The gaming settlement machine generates a player image data for identifying a player who will obtain a payout, and then sends the player image data to the gaming terminal machine....

20060205497 - Gaming terminal and system with biometric identification: A gaming system is provided with biometric facilities for identifying or verifying the identity of a player or perspective player. In one aspect reference biometric data is stored in a portable biometric data storage device such as a smart card, PCMCIA card or the like and is preferably left in...

20060205490 - Method for admitting a patron into a restricted location: The subject invention provides a method of admitting a patron into a restricted location of a gaming establishment. The patron is admitted through a gate connected to a computer system. A card is issued to the patron by the gaming establishment and stores a prior gaming history of the patron....

20060205487 - Method for managing game using communication line: A game is divided into a plurality of charged playing sections which a player can play by paying a point and the thus divided charged playing sections are set. Game cards 33 to which proper passwords 35 are respectively assigned are distributed. The password is transmitted from a game playing...

20060205492 - Methods and systems for implementing a secondary game across a plurality of gaming machines: A method of operating a plurality of networked gaming machines in which each of the plurality of networked gaming machines is configured to enable a same or a different primary game to be played, may include steps of (randomly, for example) selecting a gaming machine of the plurality of gaming...

20060205489 - Methods for game player identification: One embodiment of the invention includes a method of monitoring behavior of a group of casino game players. The method includes identifying a group of casino game players for profiling; profiling the game players based upon their actions in a gaming establishment; and providing options for game play and service...

20060205488 - System, method, and apparatus for detecting abnormal behavior of a wagering game machine: Methods and apparatus for detecting abnormal behavior of a wagering game machine are described herein. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving an operating characteristic value, wherein the operating characteristic value indicates a value of an operating characteristic of a wagering game machine and based on a set of previous...

20060205498 - Cylindrical illumination device and game machine using the same: A illumination device comprises a transparent member in which a lenticular lens of a cylindrical shape is disposed in a longitudinal direction; and light emitting members disposed in a vertical direction at prescribed intervals inside the transparent member; in which a visual illusion of existence of light emitting rings, respectively...

20060205499 - Financial trading game: A game, and more particularly to an electronic game that simulates trading securities on an exchange. The game is preferably played as a video gaming machine for gambling purposes. A computing device is provided having, among other things, a video screen display on which a line chart is displayed. The...

20060205500 - Financial trading game: A game and particularly an electronic game that simulates trading securities on an exchange. The game is preferably played as a video gaming machine for gambling purposes. A computing device is provided having, among other things, a video screen display on which a line chart is displayed. The computing device...

20060205501 - Financial trading game: A game and in particular an electronic game that simulates trading securities on an exchange. The game is preferably played as a video gaming machine for gambling purposes. A computing device is provided having, among other things, a video screen display on which a line chart is displayed. The computing...

20060205502 - Storage medium storing game program and game apparatus: In the present invention, a strike determination range is set for an object in a game space. A straight line passing through coordinates in a three-dimensional space corresponding to coordinates on a touch panel input by a player, where a virtual camera is placed at the origin, is calculated. It...

20060205503 - Game machine and method for grrouping players into teams participating matchup game: The present invention is directed to a game apparatus adapted for executing game performed by plural teams, and is adapted to acquire bio-information of players of the game by biosensors (31), (32), . . . (3n) to allow bio-information to be associated with players of the game. In a control...

20060205506 - Game machine, game system, control method for the game machine, control method for the game system and program: A game machine allowing a player to preferably play a game using a controller which is equipped with only a smaller number of operation members, instead of a different type of controller. A controller type determining section (40) determines a type of a controller connected to a home-use game machine....

20060205504 - Gaming machine: A gaming machine has a cabinet which is mounted with a control panel. On the control panel, switching unit connected to a game control unit are arranged. The gaming machine further includes: a movement mechanism which enables the control panel to move relative to the cabinet; a blocking unit which...

20060205505 - Wireless game controller with integrated audio system: A wireless computer game controller with integrated audio system that sends and receives audio signal via integrated circuitry provided in the controller. The wireless interface (transmitter/receiver) establishes a communication link to facilitate the transmission of both command signals and audio/video signals between the controller and computer device to thereby provide...

20060205507 - Video game system having dual-function wireless game controller: A video game system including a portable main unit and a personal electronic unit for wirelessly controlling a video game played on the portable main unit and displayed on a display. The portable main unit connects to the display and can receive infrared video game control signals from the personal...

20060205509 - Game apparatus, game method, and game program: The present invention serves to prevent inequity among game arcades by effectively using the communication band of a communication line in a game arcade in which a game device for an online game is located. When a game device in a location A and a game device in a location...

20060205508 - On-line table gaming with physical game objects: A technique is described where on-line players may participate in a table game involving physical elements such as a gaming table, players at the table, dealers, croupiers, betting chips, cards, dice, a roulette wheel, etc. The on-line players thus will have a more realistic experience than in a pure on-line...

20060205510 - Method and system for playing while using game terminal connected to a mobile radio network: A system for games, with the following features: a mobile radio network, at least a mobile telephone as game terminal with an interface for the mobile radio network and at least one gaming application, said game terminal having a portable personal identification module, an advertising content server system for broadcasting...

20060205512 - Game system: A game device totals the circumstances of competition between users in each phase, and obtains the number of competitions being held in the phase. When the number of competitions obtained is smaller than the number of competitions which can be processed at once by the game device, the game device...

20060205511 - Remote game processing: Techniques and systems for remote gaming are presented. Gaming applications reside and process on portable gaming cards and the portable gaming cards are remote from the gaming terminal. Moreover, the portable gaming cards are interfaced to a gaming system processor, which facilitates the processing of the gaming applications. Interactions with...

20060205515 - Magnetoresistive memory units as read only memory devices in gaming machines: Gaming machines and systems having MRAM and MROM are disclosed. MROMs for storing boot programs and other Read Only code are formed by cutting write connections or not providing PCB socket leads to MRAM write pins, or by using memory hubs to prevent writing to MRAMs. A tale-tale board or...

20060205516 - Media playing system and process: A system and method of playing recorded content on a DVD player employs software instructions on a DVD storage medium to control a DVD-Video player to make pseudo-random selections of content items from the DVD storage medium. Each content item may include an individual video sequence or a string of...

20060205514 - Mram as critical event storage for powered down gaming machines: Gaming machines and systems having MRAM and MROM are disclosed. MROMs for storing boot programs and other Read Only code are formed by cutting write connections or not providing PCB socket leads to MRAM write pins, or by using memory hubs to prevent writing to MRAMs. A tale-tale board or...

20060205513 - Mram as nonvolatile safe storage for power hit and esd tolerance in gaming machines: Gaming machines and systems having MRAM and MROM are disclosed. MROMs for storing boot programs and other Read Only code are formed by cutting write connections or not providing PCB socket leads to MRAM write pins, or by using memory hubs to prevent writing to MRAMs. A tale-tale board or...

20060205517 - Systems and methods for providing a system level user interface in a multimedia console: Systems and methods for providing a system level user interface that can be invoked at any time during operation of a multimedia console are provided, enabling a user to interact with system level user data and/or initiate secondary behaviors or functionality not normally possible to achieve when the multimedia console...

20060205518 - Systems and methods for providing system level notifications in a multimedia console: A system for providing system level notifications in a multimedia console has a notification system application native to the multimedia console which subscribes to all notification events generated by the application manager of the multimedia console. Through an application programming interface (API), a game developer can easily specify the location...

20060205519 - Systems and methods for processing playing cards collected from a gaming table: A device for reading, transporting, and storing playing cards that have been collected after a card game at a gaming table. The system includes an input compartment to receive the collected playing cards, a reader, a conveyor system to transport the playing cards past the reader one at a time,...

20060199627 - Form for constructing a thrower's circle: A form for constructing a thrower's circle includes a pair of half sections. Each half section has an upper surface and a base surface and two full length members and two half length members. The full length members and the half length members are connected together substantially at right angles...

20060199626 - In-game shot aiming indicator: A visual aim indicator shows players the position of a selected one of a set of aim points during a video game. Each of the set of aim points has a predetermined position. The predetermined positions are within a target region, so that the visual aim indicator shows players the...

20060199628 - Gaming device having multiple pay slots: The gaming device provides a number of selections. When the player chooses a selection, the gaming device randomly generates a value and randomly places the value into one of a number of adjacent slots. When the bottom of each slot is covered with values, the game removes the values and...

20060199629 - Multi-player electronic display gaming apparatuses: Systems and methods for playing live casino games. The systems have changeable displays which portray virtual playing cards or symbols to live participants. Shuffling, cutting, dealing and return of playing cards are accomplished using data processing functions within an electronic game processor or processors which enable these functions to be...

20060199630 - Casino style wagering game: A wagering game combining the attributes of keno and video poker is disclosed. First, players place wagers and select one or more cards from a plurality of face-up cards. One or more cards from the plurality of cards are then randomly identified. Players receive awards based on the number of...

20060199631 - Casino games based on financial market activity: The present invention is directed to a method for conducting a game by a gambling operator or casino in which a plurality of players bet. A set of rules are established for the game, wherein the rules define at least one winner based on at least one financial market data...

20060199633 - Gaming apparatus and gaming apparatus control method: When a doghouse symbol (T5) is displayed in the display region (E2) where the varying display is stopped at last, a Toby image (42) running from the doghouse symbol (T5) toward a display region (A2) is displayed. The display that the Toby image (42) jumps into the display region (A2)...

20060199632 - Video poker wagering game having bonus hands based on qualifying hand: A gaming machine for playing a card-based wagering game. The gaming machine includes a wager input device for receiving inputs from a player during the wagering game. The inputs include a wager amount. At least one display is also included in the gaming machine. The display displays a plurality of...

20060199636 - Gaming device having a probability enhancing trigger symbol: A gaming device including a award mode in a primary game that increases the probability of obtaining an award in the primary game. The gaming device includes a plurality of reels having several symbols where the symbols include award symbols, at least one trigger symbol and at least one wild...

20060199634 - Wagering game with free-play outcome having a changing multiplier feature: The present invention is directed to a gaming terminal and a method of playing a wagering game having a free-play outcome and a multiplier feature that changes during the free game-play. The free game-play continues until a winning combination is achieved. The award associated with the winning combination is multiplied...

20060199635 - Wagering game with user volume control: A computerized wagering game system includes a gaming module comprising a processor and gaming code which is operable when executed on the processor to present a wagering game on which monetary value can be wagered, and an audio channel coupled to a user volume control module. The user volume control...

20060199637 - Gaming device having a probability enhancing trigger symbol: A gaming device including a award mode in a primary game that increases the probability of obtaining an award in the primary game. The gaming device includes a plurality of reels having several symbols where the symbols include award symbols, at least one trigger symbol and at least one wild...

20060199638 - Apparatus having movable display and methods of operating same: In accordance with one or more embodiments, a slot machine comprises at least one display device operable to display at least one indicium. The indicium defines an outcome for a game. The display device is further operable to update the indicia displayed on the one or more display devices based...

20060199639 - Gaming machine: A gaming machine includes a playboard, a main body to which the playboard is attached, a liquid crystal display device that displays predetermined images, and a control system case having a display control board that controls display of the liquid crystal display device, and the control system case has a...

20060199640 - Gaming machine: To provide a gaming machine wherein a glass plate holding frame is attached so as to be capable of rotating around one side of a frame of a main body of the gaming machine as a rotating axis and the glass plate holding frame holds a glass plate detachably via...

20060199641 - Gaming machine: A gaming machine of the invention includes a display device that displays predetermined images and a main body to which the display device is attached. The main body has fastening parts that cover at least a part of the display device and supporting portions that support the lower end of...

20060199642 - Gaming machine: It is an object to provide the player with an incentive to play the game repeatedly by varying an effect display mode since the effect display mode to notify the information relating to the game can be selected at the player's choice such that the player's taste and wish may...

20060199643 - Method and system for transferring data to an electronic toy or other electronic device: A method for transferring data from a display device to an electronic device includes displaying a visual pattern on the display device. The visual pattern represents the data being transferred. In the electronic device, the visual pattern is received and processed to obtain the data represented by the visual pattern....

20060199644 - Competitive game system, method, apparatus and program which can be played via network: A competitive game method which can be executed via a network is achieved irrespective of the type of the game. Terminal devices receive personal data from a center server, and respectively determine whether it will become a master terminal device in an initial game progress unit based on master determination...

20060199646 - Game apparatus and game system: When a power supply of a typing game apparatus constituting a game system is turned on, the typing game apparatus requests a server to transmit ranking data. The server creates ranking data of song data from the number of times of use and the number of apparatuses using song data...

20060199645 - Wagering game with streaming usb audio: A computerized wagering game system includes a gaming module comprising a processor and gaming code which is operable when executed on the processor to present a wagering game on which monetary value can be wagered. The computerized wagering game further includes a Universal Serial Bus (USB) port, and a USB...

20060199647 - Dual hinge mounting arrangement: A cabinet for gaming machines and the like includes a pair of doors that are pivotably mounted to the cabinet by a pair of hinges. At least one of the doors includes a flange adjacent the hinges that provides a smooth, uncluttered appearance and hides the door hinges and associated...

20060199648 - Gaming machine having convenience platform: A gaming machine having a cabinet comprising at least one convenience platform pivotally and detachably coupled to the cabinet, wherein the convenience platform is movable between a first position and a second position....

20060199649 - Method and apparatus for monitoring casinos and gaming: A system automatically monitors playing and wagering of a game, including the gaming habits of players and the performance of employees at least partially by tracking the movement of chips bearing identifiers. A chip tray reader images the contents of a chip tray, while a table reader images chips on...

20060199627 - Form for constructing a thrower's circle: A form for constructing a thrower's circle includes a pair of half sections. Each half section has an upper surface and a base surface and two full length members and two half length members. The full length members and the half length members are connected together substantially at right angles...

20060199626 - In-game shot aiming indicator: A visual aim indicator shows players the position of a selected one of a set of aim points during a video game. Each of the set of aim points has a predetermined position. The predetermined positions are within a target region, so that the visual aim indicator shows players the...

20060199628 - Gaming device having multiple pay slots: The gaming device provides a number of selections. When the player chooses a selection, the gaming device randomly generates a value and randomly places the value into one of a number of adjacent slots. When the bottom of each slot is covered with values, the game removes the values and...

20060199629 - Multi-player electronic display gaming apparatuses: Systems and methods for playing live casino games. The systems have changeable displays which portray virtual playing cards or symbols to live participants. Shuffling, cutting, dealing and return of playing cards are accomplished using data processing functions within an electronic game processor or processors which enable these functions to be...

20060199630 - Casino style wagering game: A wagering game combining the attributes of keno and video poker is disclosed. First, players place wagers and select one or more cards from a plurality of face-up cards. One or more cards from the plurality of cards are then randomly identified. Players receive awards based on the number of...

20060199631 - Casino games based on financial market activity: The present invention is directed to a method for conducting a game by a gambling operator or casino in which a plurality of players bet. A set of rules are established for the game, wherein the rules define at least one winner based on at least one financial market data...

20060199633 - Gaming apparatus and gaming apparatus control method: When a doghouse symbol (T5) is displayed in the display region (E2) where the varying display is stopped at last, a Toby image (42) running from the doghouse symbol (T5) toward a display region (A2) is displayed. The display that the Toby image (42) jumps into the display region (A2)...

20060199632 - Video poker wagering game having bonus hands based on qualifying hand: A gaming machine for playing a card-based wagering game. The gaming machine includes a wager input device for receiving inputs from a player during the wagering game. The inputs include a wager amount. At least one display is also included in the gaming machine. The display displays a plurality of...

20060199636 - Gaming device having a probability enhancing trigger symbol: A gaming device including a award mode in a primary game that increases the probability of obtaining an award in the primary game. The gaming device includes a plurality of reels having several symbols where the symbols include award symbols, at least one trigger symbol and at least one wild...

20060199634 - Wagering game with free-play outcome having a changing multiplier feature: The present invention is directed to a gaming terminal and a method of playing a wagering game having a free-play outcome and a multiplier feature that changes during the free game-play. The free game-play continues until a winning combination is achieved. The award associated with the winning combination is multiplied...

20060199635 - Wagering game with user volume control: A computerized wagering game system includes a gaming module comprising a processor and gaming code which is operable when executed on the processor to present a wagering game on which monetary value can be wagered, and an audio channel coupled to a user volume control module. The user volume control...

20060199637 - Gaming device having a probability enhancing trigger symbol: A gaming device including a award mode in a primary game that increases the probability of obtaining an award in the primary game. The gaming device includes a plurality of reels having several symbols where the symbols include award symbols, at least one trigger symbol and at least one wild...

20060199638 - Apparatus having movable display and methods of operating same: In accordance with one or more embodiments, a slot machine comprises at least one display device operable to display at least one indicium. The indicium defines an outcome for a game. The display device is further operable to update the indicia displayed on the one or more display devices based...

20060199639 - Gaming machine: A gaming machine includes a playboard, a main body to which the playboard is attached, a liquid crystal display device that displays predetermined images, and a control system case having a display control board that controls display of the liquid crystal display device, and the control system case has a...

20060199640 - Gaming machine: To provide a gaming machine wherein a glass plate holding frame is attached so as to be capable of rotating around one side of a frame of a main body of the gaming machine as a rotating axis and the glass plate holding frame holds a glass plate detachably via...

20060199641 - Gaming machine: A gaming machine of the invention includes a display device that displays predetermined images and a main body to which the display device is attached. The main body has fastening parts that cover at least a part of the display device and supporting portions that support the lower end of...

20060199642 - Gaming machine: It is an object to provide the player with an incentive to play the game repeatedly by varying an effect display mode since the effect display mode to notify the information relating to the game can be selected at the player's choice such that the player's taste and wish may...

20060199643 - Method and system for transferring data to an electronic toy or other electronic device: A method for transferring data from a display device to an electronic device includes displaying a visual pattern on the display device. The visual pattern represents the data being transferred. In the electronic device, the visual pattern is received and processed to obtain the data represented by the visual pattern....

20060199644 - Competitive game system, method, apparatus and program which can be played via network: A competitive game method which can be executed via a network is achieved irrespective of the type of the game. Terminal devices receive personal data from a center server, and respectively determine whether it will become a master terminal device in an initial game progress unit based on master determination...

20060199646 - Game apparatus and game system: When a power supply of a typing game apparatus constituting a game system is turned on, the typing game apparatus requests a server to transmit ranking data. The server creates ranking data of song data from the number of times of use and the number of apparatuses using song data...

20060199645 - Wagering game with streaming usb audio: A computerized wagering game system includes a gaming module comprising a processor and gaming code which is operable when executed on the processor to present a wagering game on which monetary value can be wagered. The computerized wagering game further includes a Universal Serial Bus (USB) port, and a USB...

20060199647 - Dual hinge mounting arrangement: A cabinet for gaming machines and the like includes a pair of doors that are pivotably mounted to the cabinet by a pair of hinges. At least one of the doors includes a flange adjacent the hinges that provides a smooth, uncluttered appearance and hides the door hinges and associated...

20060199648 - Gaming machine having convenience platform: A gaming machine having a cabinet comprising at least one convenience platform pivotally and detachably coupled to the cabinet, wherein the convenience platform is movable between a first position and a second position....

20060199649 - Method and apparatus for monitoring casinos and gaming: A system automatically monitors playing and wagering of a game, including the gaming habits of players and the performance of employees at least partially by tracking the movement of chips bearing identifiers. A chip tray reader images the contents of a chip tray, while a table reader images chips on...