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Amusement devices: games March list of patents 03/08

20080076574 - Gaming terminal, gaming system and game control method: A gaming terminal according to the present invention comprises: a first memory capable of storing game history data for a player which includes the point value offered according to the number of game media consumed in a game which has been executed in the past; a network interface for communicating... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080076575 - Jukebox on a casino gaming machine: The jukebox for casino gaming machines provides a casino gaming machine that has at least one device for playback of audio, and may include a video display for playback of multimedia files. A separate central server in operable communication with a gaming machine client has access to player account information,... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd.

20080076572 - Mobile gaming devices for use in a gaming network having gaming and non-gaming zones: Novel gaming networks, devices, and systems for enabling game play on wireless, mobile gaming devices based on the location of the device are described. A mobile gaming device can be used for wagering game play when the device is physically present in an authorized game play zone in a gaming... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20080076570 - Mobile operation of video gaming machines: Mobile operation of a video gaming machine is achieved through the use of a controller box that interfaces to the control circuitry of the video gaming machine and a mobile device. The mobile device is associated with a video gaming machine and provides an activation request or signal to the... Agent: Smith Frohwein Tempel Greenlee Blaha, LLC

20080070653 - Game system based on selection of final two contestants: A system and method for conducting a game with two or more participants that provides selections of the final two contestants for a particular contest. In the game, at least one winning participant is determined by comparing each participant's selections of the final two contestants to the actual final two... Agent: Knoble, Yoshida & Dunleavy

20080070652 - Reduced power consumption wager gaming machine: Novel wager gaming machines, gaming servers, and power consumption control methods for intelligently controlling power consumed by a wager gaming machine in a manner that does not discourage or prevent use of the gaming machine are described. A component of a gaming machine, for example, a ticket printer, is powered... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20080070654 - Game device: A game apparatus is provided with which a game player hits a movable object displayed on a screen at one or more targets displayed on the screen. The motion of the movable object moving on the screen is changed based on an input from the input device operated by the... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20080070655 - Method and apparatus for providing interesting and exciting video game play using a stability/energy meter: A power or life meter is displayed in a video game. Firing a weapon depletes the indicated power. Meanwhile, the power is recharged at a predetermined rate. If the indicated power exceeds capacity, the game character is adversely impacted. If the indicated power is completely depleted, the game character loses... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, P.C.

20080070656 - Game apparatus for playing an enhanced game of hide and seek: A game apparatus for players desiring to play an enhanced game of hide and seek, comprising: an electronic seeker unit and a plurality of portable target units for generating wireless signals. The electronic seeker unit includes: a memory configured to store sets of questions configured to be answerable by players... Agent: Wood And Eisenberg, PLLC

20080070657 - Interactive three dimensional gaming device with recessed chambers: A puzzle or gaming device is provided with a polyhedron housing having a plurality of substantially planar faces, each face includes a plurality of tiles and at least one opening. A plurality of response units are secured separately about each opening such that a top edge defined by the response... Agent: Adam K. Sacharoff Much Shelist Freed Denenberg Ament&rubenstein,pc

20080070659 - Online blackjack tournaments with option to purchase card counting report: Online blackjack tournaments are described which provide a facility by which a player in the blackjack tournament may purchase a card counting report to assist in their play. The card counting report could be purchased with cash or cash equivalent, or with chips assigned to the player for play in... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20080070661 - Card games: An apparatus and method for playing a card game between two or more players the game including at least one round of betting in which the players may elect one of a plurality of betting options, the round of betting proceeding until only one player remains, or all the players... Agent: Davis Bujold & Daniels, P.l.l.c.

20080070664 - Method of managing a card game, a computer implementation thereof, and a card game kit: A method of managing a card game, a computer implementation thereof, and a card game kit are disclosed. In the method, a plurality of cards are dealt in one or more rounds to a plurality of players, each player receiving one or more cards in each round, with each card... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20080070665 - Regulated gaming - compartmented freelance code: Compartmented system architecture and methods for enabling freelance game developers to (a) integrate their game software together with the slot manufacturer software and (b) tag their software such as to receive compensation based on the success of their games. The combined tagged freelance software and gaming manufacturer software may rapidly... Agent: Young Law Firm, P.C. Alan W. Young

20080070666 - Regulated gaming exchange: System architecture and methods for enabling (a) freelance game developers gather intelligence data such as to offer dazzling electronic games to the regulated casino gaming marketplace and receive compensation based on the success of their games, and (b) game operators gather intelligence data to enables them to tailor their regulated... Agent: Young Law Firm, P.C. Alan W. Young

20080070667 - Secondary game: In various embodiments, a secondary player may make a bet that pays based on aggregate data from multiple games of primary players.... Agent: Dean P. Alderucci

20080070679 - Gaming method and system with secondary pay table: A gaming system including at least one server configured to access and/or store at least one primary and at least one secondary game pay table. The primary game pay table can be adapted to provide a first payout percentage while the secondary game pay table can be adapted to provide... Agent: Ian F. Burns & Associates

20080070684 - Method and apparatus for using a common pointing input to control 3d viewpoint and object targeting: A computer graphics display system such as a video game system provides virtual camera 3-D viewpoint panning control based on a pointer. When the pointer is displayed within a virtual camera panning control region, the system automatically pans the virtual camera toward the pointer. When the pointer is displayed within... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, P.C.

20080070686 - Storage medium and game device: A gun-type controller includes a main grip and a subgrip respectively provided to the rear portion and the front portion of a barrel. The view point direction of a view point camera CM is input using a main lever provided at a position reached by the thumb when holding the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080070696 - Multi-access online game system and method for controlling game for use in the multi-access online game system: A multi-access online game system and a game control method for use in the same are disclosed. The game control method is applied to a multi-access online game system which is connected to at least one user client and includes a first server and at least one second server. The... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20080070688 - Real-time gaming system having scalable database: A network-based game system includes a game-system-interface server configured to receive an instruction related to persistent game-state information from a game client application running on a remote computer device, a data base system comprising a master data base and a slave data base, wherein the master data base and the... Agent: Xin Wen

20080070701 - Gaming machine with article holder: A gaming machine includes an article holder, such as a holder for a beverage container or ashtray. The article holder is movable about or along an axis between a first position and a second position. The article holder maybe located at a front or side of the gaming machine. The... Agent: Weide & Miller, Ltd.

20080070658 - Method of tracking gaming system: The invention disclosed herein relates to methods, systems, programs and devices for monitoring a specific player's pattern of playing a game. These methods, systems, programs and devices include tracking an individual person's playing cards and/or poker chips using of a detectable tracking device implanted within or upon the playing cards... Agent: Lacy Kolo

20080070660 - Bonus award for video poker-type game: The present invention provides a game for play by a player using first and second sets of symbols, with each of the symbols having a rank associated therewith. The game includes a player hand including at least four symbols selected from the first set of symbols. If the player hand... Agent: Susan E. Money

20080070663 - Electronic game table: The electronic game table of the invention may comprise a standard game table, e.g., for poker, incorporating multiple player seats for tournament or side game play. Each player has a display device in front of him/her containing information about the card in pocket. The community cards are displayed in the... Agent: Albert T. Keyack

20080070662 - Multi-play poker game with pool hand: A method for playing a multiple-play poker game includes the step of displaying a pool hand comprising a plurality of face up cards. The pool hand is not played, subject to wager, or subject to poker hand rankings. The pool hand is provided solely as a means for designation of... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20080070668 - Gaming apparatus, systems and methods: Gaming apparatus, e.g. an Electronic Gaming Machine (EGM) (1), includes a controller (2) for implementing games such as slots games. The controller (2) generates a plurality of win symbol generator mechanisms, such a set of virtual slot reels displayed on slot line (9), and allows for betting on sub-sets (11)... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080070669 - Method and apparatus for outputting outcomes of a gaming device: In accordance with one or more embodiments, a method for outputting an outcome for a game of a gaming device is presented, wherein the method comprises first outputting an apparent outcome for the game and then outputting an actual outcome for the game. In one or more embodiments, a benefit... Agent: Magdalena M. Fincham

20080070670 - Keno game with wild symbol: The present invention provides a keno game including a set of playable symbols, from which a set of player symbols are selected. A set of winning symbols are selected from a set of potential winning symbols, with the set of potential winning symbols including the set of playable symbols and... Agent: Susan E. Money

20080070672 - Slot machine and method for providing game: A slot machine includes: a display device; an operation unit; and a controller that operates to: control the display device to variably display a plurality of symbols in each of a plurality of symbol display areas when a start command is input through the operation unit; set a pay line... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080070671 - Slot machines and playing method thereof: A slot machine has an external connecting unit connectable to a cellular phone. A controller of the slot machine is connected to the cellular phone via the external connecting unit, to receive an operation signal from an operating part of the cellular phone and perform control of a game based... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080070673 - Gaming machine with a fixed wild symbol: A gaming machine has a display and a game controller arranged to control images displayed on the display. The game controller is arranged to play a spinning reel game wherein one or more random events are caused to be displayed on the display and, if a predefined winning event occurs,... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20080070674 - Gaming system with blackjack primary game and poker secondary game: A gaming device having a primary game and a secondary game is provided. The gaming device includes a primary game, such as blackjack or 21 operable on a wager by a player, and an optional secondary game that is operable on a secondary game wager by a player. After placing... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20080070676 - Gaming system having multiple gaming machines which provide bonus awards: A gaming system including a central server linked to a plurality of gaming machines and a plurality of bonus awards. The central server monitors wagers on the gaming machines. Based at least in part on the wagers the central server determines when bonus events will occur and which gaming machine(s)... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20080070677 - Gaming system having multiple gaming machines which provide bonus awards: A gaming system including a central server linked to a plurality of gaming machines and a plurality of bonus awards. The central server monitors wagers on the gaming machines. Based at least in part on the wagers the central server determines when bonus events will occur and which gaming machine(s)... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20080070678 - Gaming system having multiple gaming machines which provide bonus awards: A gaming system including a central server linked to a plurality of gaming machines and a plurality of bonus awards. The central server monitors wagers on the gaming machines. Based at least in part on the wagers the central server determines when bonus events will occur and which gaming machine(s)... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20080070675 - Method and apparatus for serverless storage of information: Methods and apparatus for serverless storage of information are described herein. In one embodiment, the method includes performing operations in a first gaming machine of a plurality of gaming machines of a serverless gaming network, the performing including receiving an identifier associated with a set of non-monetary player information. In... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080070680 - Server based gaming system and method for selectively providing one or more different tournaments: A gaming system includes a central server or controller operable to communicate a plurality of different commands to a plurality of gaming machines to provide non-tournament game play and to provide tournament game play on the same gaming machines.... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20080070681 - System and method of accumulating and recording outcomes generated by a gaming device: The present invention provides a variety of systems and methods of playing a slot machine game in which players accumulate elements during one or more spins and at the conclusion of any spin may record the accumulation of said elements for future use at the same or different slot machine... Agent: Ptt LLC (d/b/a High 5 Games)

20080070682 - Systems and methods for providing educational games for use by young children, and digital storage mediums for storing the educational games thereon: Systems and methods are provided that enable young children (e.g., toddlers to pre-kindergarten aged children) and/or persons with disabilities to easily play, and effectively learn from, interactive, educational, and entertaining games. The edutainment game may be a series of instructions stored on a digital storage medium for use with a... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, P.C.

20080070683 - Gaming device having termination variables: A gaming device that enables players to accumulate awards until there are no more awards or until one or more termination variables reaches a predetermined limit is provided. A random generation device generates awards upon a player input. One or more termination variables is used, each defined by or divisible... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20080070685 - Audio object location in a computerized wagering game: 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. An audio module comprising part of the computerized wagering game system is operable to play... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080070687 - Slot machines and playing method thereof: A slot machine is connected so as to establish communication with a management server storing data of a plurality of players. The slot machine has a liquid crystal display displaying the data of the players, and an external connecting terminal connectable to a cellular phone. A slot machine controller identifies... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080070689 - Bankruptcy in a virtual environment: A virtual environment in which characters are able to engage in a variety of financial transactions is provided. Characters who are unable to fulfill their financial obligations may enter into bankruptcy. Bankruptcy contracts may identify various conditions which must be fulfilled by the character in order to get out of... Agent: Gonzales Patent Services

20080070690 - Credit cards in a virtual environment: A virtual environment in which players are able to receive alerts intended to indicate the occurrence of a given event within the virtual environment. The alerts may be delivered to the player while he is playing the game via an in-game messaging service or other similar device. Alternatively the alerts... Agent: Gonzales Patent Services

20080070698 - Electronic game tracking: An electronic game tracking program facilitates deployment, use, and sponsoring of electronic games in a manner that avoids limitations associated with proprietary solutions. The electronic game tracking program provides a basis for rewarding game developers, sponsors, and the like. The program further provides methods and systems for game assessment, feedback,... Agent: Strategic Patents P.C..

20080070700 - Gaming machine and gaming system: A gaming machine and a gaming system including the gaming machine are provided. The gaming machine comprises: a receiving unit which receives a game medium; a first lottery unit which conducts a lottery to select a winning combination; a display which displays a lottery result by the first lottery unit;... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080070699 - Networked electronic game tracking: Electronic game tracking in a networked environment facilitates deployment, use, and sponsoring of electronic games in a manner that avoids limitations associated with proprietary solutions. Networked electronic game tracking provides a basis for rewarding game developers, sponsors, game assessment, feedback, market research, trial offers, subscription, pay-per-use and the like. Networked... Agent: Strategic Patents P.C..

20080070692 - Server based gaming system and method for selectively providing one or more different tournaments: A gaming system includes a central server or controller operable to communicate a plurality of different commands to a plurality of gaming machines to provide non-tournament game play and to provide tournament game play on the same gaming machines.... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20080070693 - Server based gaming system and method for selectively providing one or more different tournaments: A gaming system includes a central server or controller operable to communicate a plurality of different commands to a plurality of gaming machines to provide non-tournament game play and to provide tournament game play on the same gaming machines.... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20080070694 - Server based gaming system and method for selectively providing one or more different tournaments: A gaming system includes a central server or controller operable to communicate a plurality of different commands to a plurality of gaming machines to provide non-tournament game play and to provide tournament game play on the same gaming machines.... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20080070695 - Server based gaming system and method for selectively providing one or more different tournaments: A gaming system includes a central server or controller operable to communicate a plurality of different commands to a plurality of gaming machines to provide non-tournament game play and to provide tournament game play on the same gaming machines.... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20080070697 - Social interaction games and activities: A mobile social interaction system that enables users to participate in social networking games and activities via handheld and/or mobile devices is provided. User profiles or other criteria can be employed in order to facilitate matching candidates within a gaming environment. The innovation enables the users to communicate within a... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080070691 - System and method for triggering an event in relation to a computer type game: The present invention relates to a system and method of triggering an external event for a user of a computer type game. At least one computer type game platform is provided for supporting/running the computer type game, and the user is provided with a customization option within the computer type... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080070702 - Gaming system having multiple gaming devices that share a multi-outcome display: A gaming device system in which a plurality of gaming devices are linked by a common bonus event is provided. In one embodiment, the linked gaming device system includes a shared symbol generation display that is positioned adjacent to each of a plurality of associated gaming devices and has a... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20080070703 - Wireless electronic gaming unit: A portable gaming unit for playing an associated game comprises a housing and a base. The housing includes a display. An electronics assembly is mounted in the housing for controlling input/output functions of the gaming unit. A pivot joint pivotably mounts the housing to the base. An easel is pivotably... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20080064458 - Gaming method with dual game function, electronic gaming apparatus for performing the gaming method, and computer program product recording a gaming program of the gaming method: A gaming method provides a dual game function and is implemented using a gaming apparatus. The gaming method includes: a) simultaneously starting a first game and a second game; and b) if a predetermined first winning result is obtained at the end of playing one round of the first game,... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080064461 - Apparatus for playing a game: The present invention provides apparatus for playing a game. The apparatus comprises one or more multi-faceted playing pieces, each playing piece comprising six game sides arranged in a substantially cube-like orientation relative to one another. Each playing piece comprises two like game indicia only, and the two like game indicia... Agent: Luedeka, Neely & Graham, P.C.

20080064460 - Software mediated and enabled word game: A software mediated and enabled word game comprising the steps of turning a plurality of letter tiles upside down with each letter tile having a single letter on one side thereof. The software then randomly determines which player goes first, and each player then draws a single letter tile until... Agent: Jeffrey Hall

20080064466 - Slot machine with payout based on symbols on track of character movement and playing method thereof: In the case of rearrangement of a plurality of symbols arranged in each of a plurality of display area provided in a matrix pattern in a liquid crystal display unit, a dynamic character image is moved on the respective display areas from a start display part to a goal display... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080064480 - Gaming system having a plurality of simultaneously played wagering games that may trigger a plurality of free games which may be played simultaneously with the wagering games: The present disclosure provides a gaming machine or gaming system having a plurality of games which each can be provided as a wagering game or as a free game. The gaming machine or gaming system enables the player to wager on and simultaneously play the plurality of the games. If... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20080064483 - Slot machine: A slot machine comprising a display; an input device; and a game controller is provided. The display displays a plurality of symbols in symbol display areas arranged in a matrix manner, each symbol display area being capable of containing only one symbol. The game controller operates to cause the display... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080064472 - Slot machine and playing method thereof: The symbols are rearranged. A partial symbol matrix among the rearranged symbols is set in a rotatable area when it is under free game state. The partial symbol matrix is rotated in accordance with an operation signal inputted from an exterior and is thus rearranged. A payout is awarded which... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080064479 - Systems and methods for server based lottery and casino gaming machines including a remote display: In one aspect a switch can be placed on any existing video gaming machine. A player can be informed that they have the option to play other games on the video gaming machine. The switch can be either an icon on the video gaming machine's video or a physical switch.... Agent: Baker & Mckenzie LLP Patent Department

20080064489 - Gaming device and method of use: A gaming apparatus allows players to collect accumulated credits at a future date in return for larger prizes or higher payback percentages during game play. The gaming apparatus includes a gaming device for playing a game. A display is coupled with the gaming device. A controller is in communication with... Agent: Ian F. Burns & Associates

20080064492 - System and method for rewarding players based on personal interests or attributes: A system and method for rewarding players of wagering game with a bonus is disclosed. A database is provided for collecting and storing personal interest information from two or more players. The database comprises data fields each representing a category of personal interest information. A player tracking server is utilized... Agent: Weide & Miller, Ltd.

20080064498 - Storage medium storing a game program, game apparatus, and game controlling method: A game system includes a game apparatus and a controller, and the controller is furnished with an acceleration sensor. For example, a player performs a boxing game according to an acceleration input by throwing a hook or straight punch while holding the controller. When it is determined that an acceleration... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, P.C.

20080064500 - Game controller and charging cradle: A gun-type controller has an outward appearance imitating an automatic rifle in which a main grip and a subgrip extend from a barrel, and is used in a state in which the player holds the gun-type controller in the forward/backward direction and aims a muzzle at a screen. A view... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080064459 - System and method for providing a bonus with multiple remote inputs: An apparatus for providing a bonus system with remote inputs devices, where each remote device may have a purpose independent of the bonus machine. A bonus machine having a game of skill, a bonus, and a processor receives a message indicating the occurrence of an event. The message may be... Agent: Tips Group/bally

20080064462 - Apparatus and method for poker game with additional draw card options: A gaming device having a poker game with multiple options for the player to purchase extra cards. In one embodiment a stud five card hand is dealt to the player. The player can keep the five cards or purchase an extra card at a first cost. If the player purchases... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20080064468 - Game system including slot machines and game control method thereof: A game system includes: a plurality of slot machines each including a controller which controls at least a basic game and a second game and being capable of making a transition to the second game when a predetermined condition is established in the basic game; a second game device performing... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080064469 - Game system including slot machines and game control method thereof: A game system including: slot machines each including a controller which controls at least a basic game and a second game and being capable of making a transition to the second game when a predetermined condition is established in the basic game; a second game device which is provided as... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080064465 - Gaming apparatus with special symbols: Systems and methods for determining a plurality of outcomes of a game of chance are provided. In a spinning reel game, for example, a first game event may be provided in which a plurality of symbols are spun up on a plurality of spinning reels to form an array of... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080064463 - Gaming system and a gaming method: A gaming system with a free play mode. The gaming system has a game controller configured to process game play instructions in accordance with game rules to produce game outcomes. A credit meter is under the control of the game controller, the credit meter incremented or decremented in accordance with... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080064467 - Methods and system for game playability and expectation wager payout: A system and methods are presented for allowing single or multi-player interaction at multiple intermediate states between the initiation and conclusion states of a game of chance or skill. In certain embodiments, each player may choose to terminate their participation in the game at an intermediate state by accepting an... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20080064464 - Slot machine and playing method thereof: The slot machine fixes symbols selected by the player's operation to press a touch panel and symbols next to selected symbols which coincide with selected symbols, and scrolls symbols other than fixed symbols.... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080064470 - Gaming apparatus: A gaming apparatus includes a player terminal operable by a player to simulate a slots game, and a random event generator for generating a random event upon which an outcome of the slots game is based. The slots game has a plurality of successful outcomes, each successful outcome causing the... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20080064471 - Lottery game that alternates between game indicia and raffle prizes: A drawing in the inventive lottery game comprises one or two stages. In the first stage, a wheel is spun. If the wheel indicates a slot occupied by game indicia, then a group of players win simultaneously, in which case, the drawing is over. Otherwise, the wheel indicates a prize,... Agent: Alan Kyle Bozeman

20080064481 - Gaming apparatus and method with dependent feature game: A method is described for use with a gaming machine that is arranged to select symbols, present the selected symbols on a display and award an award if a winning outcome occurs. A plurality of game options are displayed on the display for selection by a player, each game option... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080064475 - Gaming machine: When a predetermined amount of credits has been inserted into a slot machine, the game mode is switched from a non-insurance mode to an insurance mode according to the player's input operation via a touch panel. In the insurance mode, the number of games is counted. When the counted game... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080064477 - Gaming machine with random symbol selection: A gaming machine includes a display and a game controller that provides a wagering game in which a plurality of symbol display positions are provided on the display. When a player stakes a wager on the outcome of the wagering game the game controller selects symbols for display sequentially. The... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080064478 - Gaming system with suspense feature: A method of operating a gaming apparatus having a display means and a user interface in communication with a game control means. The method includes determining a selection of an outcome from at least two possible outcomes and subsequently revealing an award. An event having an event outcome is generated.... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080064485 - Moving reel symbols on reel-based gaming machines: Gaming machines, systems and methods that present reel-based games are disclosed. Reel symbols can move or appear to move from one gaming reel to another gaming reel. Such reel symbols may include lenticular images, such as those that are implemented onto a medium via a lenticular process, whereby the medium... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20080064473 - Slot machine and control method of game: A slot machine of the present invention comprises: a symbol display device capable of variably displaying a plurality of symbols; an image display device; and a controller, the controller programmed to execute the processing of: (A) executing a game in which the plurality of symbols are variably displayed and then... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080064474 - Slot machine and control method of game: A slot machine of the present invention comprises: a symbol display device capable of variably displaying a plurality of symbols; an image display device; and a controller, the controller programmed to execute the processing of: (A) executing a game in which the plurality of symbols are variably displayed and then... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080064476 - Slot machine and control method of game: A slot machine of the present invention comprises: a symbol display device capable of variably displaying a plurality of symbols; and a controller, the controller programmed to execute the processing of: (A) executing a game in which the plurality of symbols are variably displayed and then stop-displayed to the symbol... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080064482 - Slot machine and playing method thereof: A slot machine includes a display and a controller. The display has a plurality of display blocks provided in a matrix, variably displays symbols displayed on the plurality of display blocks, and displays new symbols. In an arbitrary game, the controller selects an active region composed of one or more... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080064484 - Slot machine and playing method thereof: When a plurality of symbols are rearranged in a plurality of display sections on a liquid crystal display unit, a dynamic character is moved from a second display portion through a first display portion toward a third display portion, and a payout for the player is provided according to a... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080064488 - Game wagering system and method: A system and method are provided for facilitating wagering by a user on a game of skill. The system can include a gaming network server, and a user gaming device. The user gaming device may include a display device, an input device, and a communications device, the communications device being... Agent: Dla Piper US LLP Attn: Patent Group

20080064487 - Gaming apparatus and method with a dependent game feature: Disclosed is a gaming machine and associated method in which a first and a second game event are provided. At least one characteristic of one or more symbols used in the second game event is variable dependent on the occurrence of one or more special symbols used in the first... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080064486 - Gaming machine with environment aware audio configuration: 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. An audio configuration module is operable to provide a graphical volume control interface that can... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/wms Gaming

20080064491 - Method for gambling games of variable duration: A method for wagering on a gaming device where players purchase a session as opposed to an individual game. Within a session, players have multiple winning opportunities and may be allowed to play a plurality of traditional games to maximize their returns. In one preferred embodiment, the session length is... Agent: William Taylor

20080064490 - Systems and methods for providing enhanced sports watching media guidance: An integrated environment for sports watching, sports wagering, and fantasy league play is provided. Odds, spread, or money line information may be displayed for any available sporting contest. Wagers may be accepted and payout information may be automatically calculated. The desired wager amount may be deducted from a wagering account... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20080064493 - License management in a gaming system: There is disclosed a gaming system comprising, a gaming machine terminal configured to seek to initiate a game session, a license management client configured to control initiation of the game session based on a license control parameter, and a license management server in data communication with the license management client... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080064495 - Membership reward system: A gaming machine is provided, which is arranged to play a game having 2 modes wherein the base game, when in the first mode, has a standard set of features and when in the second mode has an enhanced set of features which improve its attractiveness to players. The first... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080064494 - System and method for securing electronic games: A game server is provided, the game server comprising a processor and a storage device coupled to the processor. The storage device stores instructions adapted to be executed by the processor to perform a method comprising: generating a first signal; transmitting an encoded first signal; receiving a second signal; and... Agent: Walker Digital Management, LLC

20080064496 - game method and gaming system: Certain embodiments provide systems and methods for gaming. A method includes the steps of displaying a set of objects and a set of prizes to a player, the number of objects and prizes being the same; receiving at least one object selection instruction from a player, each object selection resulting... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080064497 - Method and apparatus for using a light valve to reduce the visibility of an object within a gaming apparatus: A gaming apparatus is disclosed that includes a housing, a value input device, a transparent panel having an outer surface and an inner surface, and a plurality of mechanically rotatable slot reels disposed in the housing so that the mechanically rotatable reels are visible to a player through the transparent... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20080064499 - Systems and methods for casino gaming haptics: Systems, methods, and products for self-contained casino gaming haptics are disclosed. For example, one disclosed system for casino gaming haptics includes a touch-sensitive input device configured to sense a contact from a user; an actuator coupled to the touch-sensitive input device, the actuator configured to output a haptic effect to... Agent: Patent Department (51851) Kilpatrick Stockton LLP

20080064501 - Download and configuration capable gaming machine operating system, gaming machine and method: A gaming machine operating system is disclosed that includes download and configuration modules enabling the conducting of external communications and internal operations to receive downloads of game and game machine content and features and to modify game and game machines accordingly. Gaming machines and methods are also described which implement... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson, LLP

20080064503 - Gaming system license management: A gaming system may include a first gaming unit, a second gaming unit, and a monitoring apparatus operatively coupled to the first and second gaming unit. The monitoring apparatus may include a display terminal and a monitoring apparatus controller operatively coupled to the display terminal. The monitoring apparatus controller may... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20080064502 - Server based gaming system and method for selectively providing one or more different tournaments: A gaming system includes a central server or controller operable to communicate a plurality of different commands to a plurality of gaming machines to provide non-tournament game play and to provide tournament game play on the same gaming machines.... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20080064504 - Video game controller rack: The present invention is for a storage rack for game controllers and a method of using it. The present invention provides a safe convenient and practical way of storing game controllers when the game controller is not in use by a gamer. The advantage of the present invention is that... Agent: Michael F. Petock, Esquire

20080058046 - Card game variations on a gaming platform: A multi-opportunity, risk vs. reward, playfield-style gaming platform grants players the ability to evaluate gaming situations and decide whether to risk current assets for greater rewards throughout the course of a game. Players have multiple opportunities to make risk versus reward decisions that ultimately affect the financial outcome of game... Agent: Mark A. Litman & Associates, P.A. York Business Center, Suite 205

20080058053 - Multi-opportunity, risk vs. reward gaming apparatus: A multi-opportunity, risk vs. reward, playfield-style gaming platform grants players the ability to evaluate gaming situations and decide whether to risk current assets for greater rewards throughout the course of a game. Players have multiple opportunities to make risk versus reward decisions that ultimately affect the financial outcome of game... Agent: Mark A. Litman & Associates, P.A. York Business Center, Suite 205

20080058052 - Multi-opportunity, risk vs. reward gaming platform: A multi-opportunity, risk vs. reward, playfield-style gaming platform grants players the ability to evaluate gaming situations and decide whether to risk current assets for greater rewards throughout the course of a game. Players have multiple opportunities to make risk versus reward decisions that ultimately affect the financial outcome of game... Agent: Mark A. Litman & Associates, P.A. York Business Center

20080058054 - Multi-opportunity, risk with additional selection opportunity: A multi-opportunity, risk vs. reward, playfield-style gaming platform grants players the ability to evaluate gaming situations and decide whether to risk current assets for greater rewards throughout the course of a game. Players have multiple opportunities to make risk versus reward decisions that ultimately affect the financial outcome of game... Agent: York Business Center

20080058048 - Secondary game: In various embodiments, a secondary player may bet on the resolution of an event within the game of a primary player.... Agent: Dean P. Alderucci

20080058049 - Secondary game: In various embodiments, a secondary player may replay a game of a primary player, but take the game in a different direction.... Agent: Dean P. Alderucci

20080058051 - Video gaming display and method: A gaming apparatus includes a display device that has a several display surfaces that are visible to a game player. The display surfaces are formed by one or more organic light emitting diode displays. A controller is in communication with the display device and can display at least one game... Agent: Ian F. Burns & Associates

20080058056 - Networked lottery: A network based lottery gaming system that generates or receives lottery entries as users perform certain actions. The numbers are identified with the users and collected over a period of time—the game interval. At the conclusion of the game interval, the collected entries are compared to a winning entry to... Agent: Smith Frohwein Tempel Greenlee Blaha, LLC

20080058078 - Competitive gaming method and system: Disclosed is gaming apparatus, which may be a gaming system and a method of gaming implemented on gaming apparatus. A plurality of linked gaming machines are monitored for the occurrence of a first event. The number of occurrences of the first event for each gaming machine is recorded. On the... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080058076 - Gaming machine and gaming method thereof: A gaming environment is described. Plural video reels are spin and stopped on plural window displays. If the number of scatter symbols repositioned on the plural window displays is a predetermined number, new video reel will be spin and stopped on new display window. After that, an award corresponding to... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20080058077 - Gaming machine and gaming method thereof: A gaming environment is described. Plural video reels are spin and stopped on plural window displays. If the number of scatter symbols repositioned on the plural window displays is a predetermined number, new video reel will be spin and stopped on new display window. After that, an award corresponding to... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20080058060 - Slot machine and playing method thereof: The symbols are rearranged. A partial symbol matrix among the rearranged symbols is set in a rotatable area. The partial symbol matrix is rotated in accordance with an operation signal inputted from an exterior and is thus rearranged. A payout is awarded which is determined by a combination of the... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080058061 - Slot machine and playing method thereof: When a start condition of a special game is established during a base game, payout amount of credits for occurrence of an award accompanied by payout of credits due to a specific symbol during a predetermined number of times of a special game is varied in accordance with the number... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080058062 - Slot machine and playing method thereof: In a slot machine, if the number of times of occurrence of a predetermined award reaches a predetermined number of times, a special game is executed for a predetermined number of times. During the special game, a controller accepts, after respective symbols are rearranged on the display, an external input... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080058063 - Slot machine and playing method thereof: In a slot machine, some of the symbols are rearranged by a controller on a display prior to some other symbols, during the base game. Before some other symbols are rearranged on the display, the controller accepts an external input requesting to shift the positions of the symbols which have... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080058064 - Slot machine and playing method thereof: In the base game, when a winning combination is realized by a plurality of symbols rearranged on a display, a control for holding symbols related to this winning combination and carrying them over to a next base game is carried out, and symbols related to a newly realized winning combination... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080058069 - Slot machine and playing method thereof: A slot machine of the present invention includes: a slot machine comprising: a display capable of displaying a plurality of objects moving in a predetermined direction, and a plurality of areas a contact determination of which with each of the plurality of the objects is executed; and a controller, the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080058075 - Wagering games featuring audiovisual output and indicia related thereto: A gaming device is thematically tied to audiovisual content that has been repurposed from its original use and adapted to use with the gaming device. For example, the gaming device may be thematically tied to a television situational comedy. Instead of making a general wager and spinning the reels, a... Agent: Walker Digital Management, LLC

20080058087 - Slot machine and playing method thereof: In a case where a plurality of symbols are rearranged on a display, a control for controlling a plurality of rearranged symbols to be capable of being selected, holding selected symbols according to a selection, and arranging selected symbols by carrying them over to a next game is carried out,... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080058089 - Multiwinning opportunities in pick and select gaming platform: A multi-opportunity, risk vs. reward, playfield-style gaming platform grants players the ability to evaluate gaming situations and decide whether to risk current assets for greater rewards throughout the course of a game. Players have multiple opportunities to make risk versus reward decisions that ultimately affect the financial outcome of game... Agent: Mark A. Litman & Associates, P.A. York Business Center

20080058090 - Gaming system including slot machines and gaming control method thereof: A gaming system includes: a slot machine providing a basic game; and a second gaming device, separate from the slot machines, which executes a second game. The gaming system further includes a central controller. In the case that a “BONUS” symbol combination stops in an active pay line in the... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080058091 - Multi-opportunity, risk vs. reward with purchaseable selections: A multi-opportunity, risk vs. reward, playfield-style gaming platform grants players the ability to evaluate gaming situations and decide whether to risk current assets for greater rewards throughout the course of a game. Players have multiple opportunities to make risk versus reward decisions that ultimately affect the financial outcome of game... Agent: Mark A. Litman & Associates, P.A.

20080058092 - Multiple betting options on gaming platform: A multi-opportunity, risk vs. reward, playfield-style gaming platform grants players the ability to evaluate gaming situations and decide whether to risk current assets for greater rewards throughout the course of a game. Players have multiple opportunities to make risk versus reward decisions that ultimately affect the financial outcome of game... Agent: Mark A. Litman & Associates, P.A. York Business Center, Suite 205

20080058098 - System and method for awarding a progressive prize: In a progressive gaming system, a progressive prize winning event triggers the awarding of a primary progressive prize to at least one primary player. In addition, a secondary progressive prize is awarded to a subset of the current players. The secondary progressive prize may be awarded to selected current players,... Agent: Ian F. Burns & Associates

20080058099 - Multi-opportunity play with option to forfeit on a platform: A multi-opportunity, risk vs. reward, playfield-style gaming platform grants players the ability to evaluate gaming situations and decide whether to risk current assets for greater rewards throughout the course of a game. Players have multiple opportunities to make risk versus reward decisions that ultimately affect the financial outcome of game... Agent: Mark A. Litman & Associates, P.A. York Business Center

20080058101 - Game process control method, information storage medium, and game device: A chord type is associated in advance with an attribute of a character. Whether or not a chord is formed is determined from input sound in units of detection time t at specific time intervals, first to third attributes are determined as the attributes of creation candidate characters from the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080058102 - Game process control method, information storage medium, and game device: Each note is detected from input sound in units of detection time at specific time intervals. Whether or not the player's input sound coincides with a reference melody set for an egg OB selected for causing a character to be created is determined based on the detected notes, and the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080058105 - Casino management: The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a method that includes receiving a first report having a human-readable format for display to a user and a second report having a protocol-encoded format that requires additional processing to a human-readable format before display to a... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080058044 - System and method for gaming based upon intermediate points in a race event: According to one embodiment, a method of gaming is provided that comprises receiving a determination of a particular race participant in a race event having a plurality of race participants. The method continues by determining a particular position of the particular race participant at each of a plurality of intermediate... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20080058043 - System and method for providing bets regarding intermediate points in a race event: A method of providing and managing bets is provided. One or more particular race participants in a race event are determined. For each intermediate point within a race event, one or more particular possible positions of race participants at that intermediate point are determined. A bet comprising a plurality of... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20080058045 - Game board, pawn, sticker and system for detecting pawns on a game board: A game board (2) with a board surface (3) and a scanning display, the scanning display comprises display means for displaying a game board layout on the board surface (3), and detection means for scanning a code surface of a pawn (20) for detecting a pawn code when the code... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080058047 - Method and system for providing a feature game using spatial relationship between objects: Embodiments and methods for conducting a game are herein provided. The method comprises providing a representation of a plurality of game indicia having spatial relationship with each other, one of the game indicia being designated as a reference game indicium. It further comprises receiving a player input corresponding to a... Agent: Labtronix Concept Inc. C/o Ogilvy Renault

20080058055 - Game development architecture that decouples the game logic from the graphics logic: A disclosed gaming machine is designed to execute a modular gaming software architecture. A plurality of gaming software modules may be loaded into RAM on the gaming machine and executed to play a game of chance. Many of the gaming software modules are designed to communicate via application program interfaces... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20080058050 - Gaming machine: When a predetermined amount of credits have been inserted into a slot machine, the game mode is switched from the non-insurance mode to the insurance mode according to the player's input operation via a touch panel. In the insurance mode, determination is made whether or not the amount of bet... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080058057 - Methods and systems for secure mobile integrated lottery gaming: A wireless lottery ticket sales system includes a cellular telephone, a short message service (SMS) gateway and an application server that is in electronic communication with a lottery operator's system. Aspects of the invention provide a new conduit for lottery players to purchase lottery ticket(s) electronically using a cellular telephone... Agent: Chernoff, Vilhauer, Mcclung & Stenzel

20080058058 - Bingo gaming system with player selected daub modes: Players participate in bingo games through player stations each having a suitable player interface. The player may manually select between multiple modes in which the player's bingo card representations are daubed. In one daub mode, once a player is assigned a bingo card representation and a game designation set is... Agent: The Culbertson Group, P.C.

20080058065 - Game system including slot machines and game control method thereof: An interface capable of communicating with a cellular phone of a player, and a game controller are provided. The game controller accepts on a touch panel an input of credit number data indicating the number of credits the player purchases, and sends data of a send request for sending cash... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080058079 - Gaming device having a replicating display and a payout display: A gaming device that provides a second or replicating display that is an enlarged, preferably simulated replica of the actual display of the reels, paylines and indicia of the paystops of the gaming device. The second or replicating display can exactly recreate the actual rotation or random generation of the... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20080058067 - Gaming machine: A gaming environment in which a payout ratio changes is described. The payout ratio may be changed based on information. A symbol table corresponding to the payout ratio may be used in a lottery process in a base game and a bonus game.... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20080058072 - Gaming machine: A payout rate is changed among 85%, 90%, and 95% at the predetermined timing, based on a general payout rate preset in a gaming machine and the number of games played. In accordance with a symbol lottery table that corresponds to the payout rate thus changed, a base game lottery... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080058059 - Gaming machine configuration methods and apparatus: Methods and apparatus for configuring an electronic game system (100, FIG. 1) include executing a configuration tool, which causes a sequence of user prompts to be displayed on a display device, in an embodiment. The sequence of user prompts enables a user to configure a set of configurable items for... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080058082 - Gaming machine which determines award based on combination of symbols located on movement path of moving character and playing method for gaming machine: A gaming machine includes a display and a game controller. The display displays thereon a symbol display area in which one of symbols is arranged, and a symbol display frame made up of symbol display areas. When executing a game, the game controller performs: displaying, at an outside of the... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080058081 - Gaming machine which determines award based on combination of symbols with character erased and playing method for gaming machine: A gaming machine includes a display and a game controller. The display displays thereon a symbol display area in which one of symbols is arranged, and a symbol display frame made up of symbol display areas. When rearranging symbols in the symbol display frame, the game controller performs: displaying, on... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080058068 - Multiple pay combination gaming apparatus: A gaming machine is disclosed that provides a game in which a player of the gaming machine stakes a wager on one or more outcomes of the game that are represented as symbols arranged in an array of symbol display positions. The player controls the number of outcomes on which... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080058086 - Payline and wagering options for low denomination games: Methods and systems for providing low denomination payline and wagering options for “penny” gaming machines and systems are disclosed. A gaming machine or system configurator can provide various operator adjustable settings, including minimum overall wager, maximum overall wager, available denominations for play, minimum number of paylines that must be played,... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20080058066 - Slot machine and control method of game: A slot machine of the present invention comprises: a symbol display device capable of variably displaying a plurality of symbols; an image display device; and a controller, the controller programmed to execute the processing of: (A) executing a game in which the plurality of symbols are variably displayed and then... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080058070 - Slot machine and playing method thereof: A slot machine of the present invention includes a display having a screen capable of displaying a symbol arrangement image in which a plurality of symbols are arranged and a valid area image having a shape capable of including one or more symbols, and a controller in communication with the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080058071 - Slot machine and playing method thereof: A slot machine according to the invention comprises: a display having an arrangement area to which a plurality of symbols are arranged; a selection switch for selecting a symbol that is to be a particular symbol out of the plurality of symbols; and a controller, the controller determining the symbol... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080058073 - Slot machine and playing method thereof: A slot machine according to the present invention comprises: a display to which a plurality of symbols are arranged; a selection switch for selecting a symbol that is to be a particular symbol out of the plurality of symbols, and a controller which determines the symbol corresponding to an input... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080058074 - Slot machine and playing method thereof: A slot machine according to the invention comprises: a display to which a plurality of symbols are arranged and has a winning line; a selection switch for selecting a symbol that is to be a particular symbol out of the plurality of symbols; and a controller, the controller determining the... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080058083 - Slot machine and playing method thereof: After an effect image that varies according to the number of bets is arranged on a display, symbols to be rearranged are determined according to the number of bets from a plurality of symbols having different attributes. When the determined symbols are stopped, the determined symbols are sequentially stop-displayed in... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080058084 - Slot machine and playing method thereof: A predetermined effect image is displayed on a display. Thereafter, symbols to be arranged are determined by selecting the symbols from a plurality of symbols having different attributes. When the determined symbols are stop-displayed, the determined symbols are sequentially displayed in an arbitrary order in each display area. In this... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080058085 - Slot machine and playing method thereof: After a predetermined effect image is displayed on a display, symbols to be arranged are determined by selecting the symbols from a plurality of symbols having different attributes. When the determined symbols are stopped, the determined symbols are sequentially stop-displayed in an arbitrary order in respective display areas. In this... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080058080 - Slot machine game in which prize is awarded based on number of scatter colors displayed behind plurality of symbols: To increase an entertainment aspect of a slot machine, by endowing an “any” dividend with a diversity. By simultaneously revolving and sequentially stopping three video reels, a plurality of symbols disposed in display windows of a lower image display panel are redisposed. At this time, it may happen that a... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080058088 - Slot machine and playing method thereof: A slot machine according to the present invention comprises: a display to which a plurality of symbols are arranged; a selection switch for selecting a symbol that is to be a particular symbol, out of the plurality of symbols; and a controller, and the controller determines the symbol corresponding to... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080058093 - Apparatus and method for mapping multiple bingo game results to a common display: Apparatus and methods are described for presenting multiple bingo game results on a common display. A bingo game player may participate in a number of bingo games and obtain results for each of those games. These bingo game results are combined to amount to a cumulative result, and a common... Agent: The Culbertson Group, P.C.

20080058097 - Computerized gaming system, method and apparatus: The present invention in various embodiments provides a computerized wagering game method and apparatus that features an operating system kernel, a system handler application that loads and executes gaming program shared objects and features nonvolatile storage that facilitates sharing of information between gaming program objects. The system handler of some... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20080058096 - 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... Agent: Trellis Intellectual Property Law Group, PC

20080058095 - System and method for betting on a subset of participants in an event: A method of managing bets is provided. The method includes receiving win bets and group bets. Each win bet includes a bet that a participant selected from a set of participants in an event will win the event. Each group bet includes a bet that one of a subset of... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20080058094 - System and method for betting on a subset of participants in an event wherein betting parameters may change over time: A method of managing bets is provided. The method includes identifying a set of participants in an event and receiving a group bet for the event. The group bet comprises a bet that one of an undefined subset of the set of participants will win the event. The undefined subset... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20080058100 - Information processing device for controlling movement of a game character by using a player image and game character movement control method: An information processing system includes: area extraction means for extracting an area occupied by a player from the mirror moving picture containing a player; control means for generating a computer image containing a game character; and display control means for causing a display device to display a superimposed moving picture... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20080058103 - Configurable user interface for a gaming apparatus: A programmed controller of a gaming console is disclosed. The controller controls play of a game in which a plurality of symbols are selected to form one or more outcomes and selectively operates in a first mode and a second mode of operation. In the first mode of operation a... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080058104 - Movement detection system, movement detection device, movement detection method and computer program: A movement detection system is provided with a wireless terminal, and a movement detection device connectable to the wireless terminal via a wireless network such that the wireless terminal receives signals used for detection at a predetermined frequency from the movement detection device, and transmits verification signals in response to... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080058106 - Multi-dimensional locating game system and method: A computerized game system for organizing information elements is disclosed, the computerized game system comprising a processing unit; a memory for storing a plurality of information elements, at least a portion of the plurality of information elements having at least one characterization attribute associated therewith, the memory being in communication... Agent: Maya-systems Inc.