Amusement devices: games inventions 04/08

20080096624 - Electronic game card: An electronic game card and a method for playing an instant lottery game which may provide a novel game experience as well as a game card which is cost effective to produce. The game card comprises a control chip, a start button, a random value generator and a display, which... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080096626 - Video poker gaming device and method: A video poker gaming apparatus and method of playing a game in which a player is allowed to place a first wager and a portion of a first card hand is displayed to the player. The player can choose to play the first card hand or to place a second... Agent: Ian F. Burns & Associates

20080096627 - System and method for playing an interactive game with the prospect of winning a progressive jackpot prize award: A method and system for playing an interactive game includes inputting into a host computer an access code, wherein the access code is operatively associated with game data storing a predetermined outcome of a game play, transmitting from the host computer a game play for play by a player on... Agent: Watov & Kipnes, P.C.

20080096628 - Security devices for implementing hand-held wagering: A player authentication security system for wireless wagering system is disclosed. The system comprises a wireless data transmission device capable of transmitting wagering instructions. A data receiving device receives wireless data transmissions relating to wagering instructions. The system comprises a security enabling device that interacts with the wireless data transmission... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080096633 - Gaming system and method: Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a method of displaying an outcome of a game to a player comprising obtaining a stop position for each of a plurality of reels, each reel having a plurality of symbols, each stop position specifying which symbols of the reel will correspond to... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080096634 - Gaming system and method: A method of displaying an outcome of a game to a player comprising obtaining a stop position for each of a plurality of reels, each reel having a plurality of symbols at least one reel having a special symbol, each stop position specifying which symbol or symbols of each reel... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080096635 - Gaming system and method: Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a method of displaying an outcome of a game to a player comprising obtaining a stop position for each of a plurality of reels, each reel having a plurality of symbols, each stop position specifying which symbol or symbols of each reel will... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080096636 - Gaming system and method: Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a method of displaying an outcome of a game to a player comprising obtaining a stop position for each of a plurality of reels, each reel having a plurality of symbols, each stop position specifying which symbol or symbols of each reel will... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080096637 - Slot machine and playing method thereof: When the number of bets is determined and a game is started, reels start spinning. After a lapse of a predetermined time, fifteen symbols are repositioned in symbol display regions. Particularly, in case a “RED7” symbol or a “BLUE7” symbol is included in the repositioned symbols, an animation effect to... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080096638 - Slot machine and playing method thereof: When the number of bets is determined and a game is started, reels start spinning. After a lapse of a predetermined time, fifteen symbols are repositioned in symbol display regions. Particularly, in case a “RED7” symbol or a “BLUE7” symbol is included in the repositioned symbols, an animation effect to... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080096639 - Slot machine and playing method thereof: When the number of bets is determined and a game is started, reels start spinning. After a lapse of a predetermined time, fifteen symbols are repositioned in symbol display regions. By dragging and dropping a repositioned symbol to a crater of a volcano, a performance character, an animation effect to... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080096630 - Systems and methods for server based lottery and casino gaming machines: In one embodiment 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

20080096643 - System and method for using image analysis of user interface signals for program control: Advantage is taken of the fact that as a player becomes uncomfortable, visually observable aspects of the player's physiological state, such as the frequency of eye blinks, may change. By analyzing such changes and/or other image changes, as obtained from signals generated by an input device, the system is able... Agent: Kathy Manke Avago Technologies Limited

20080096644 - Methods and apparatus for facilitating interaction with a gaming device: In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, a method provides for determining data associated with a player of a gaming device; determining whether the data meets at least one established criterion; and providing an offer to the player if the data meets the at least one established criterion,... Agent: Walker Digital Management, LLC

20080096645 - System and method for slot system wagering: Certain embodiments provide systems and methods for slot system and other dependent wagering. Certain embodiments include allowing a player to place a wager, wherein the wager is related to performance of a gaming system, monitoring performance of the gaming system, and awarding a prize based on the wager upon occurrence... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080096650 - Gaming system and method having promotions based on player selected gaming environment preferences: A gaming system and method including a tracking system or a player tracking system and plurality of gaming machines. The gaming machines include at least one display device and a plurality of player preferences selections. These player preference selections enable a player to choose one or more elements of the... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20080096653 - Countertop video game terminal: The video game terminal uses a center pedestal and two column members either side of the center pedestal for supporting a touch screen. The center pedestal holds the working components of the terminal including the CPU and payment acceptors. The center pedestal supports the touch screen at a raised position... Agent: Dennison Associates

20080096654 - Game control using three-dimensional motions of controller: A method for use in an interactive system includes receiving position information for a controller that is being manipulated by a user, analyzing the received position information to determine whether a predetermined movement of the controller has been performed, and changing the user's viewpoint of a scene displayed on a... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20080096651 - Gaming machine: A gaming machine includes: a projection unit that projects an image; an imaging unit on which the image projected by the projection unit is displayed; a position detection unit that detects a position pointed by a pointer on the imaging unit; a position settlement determination unit that determines whether or... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080096652 - Symbol display device for game machine: A symbol display device for a game machine includes a reel unit having a plurality of reels, each having a peripheral surface with a plurality of peripheral symbols. An end reel arranged at an end position of the reels has a lateral surface where a pointer is displayed. A reel... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080096657 - Method for aiming and shooting using motion sensing controller: A method for use in an interactive system includes providing a controller that includes a middle portion, a first handle portion on one side of the middle portion, and a second handle portion on an opposite side of the middle portion. Three-dimensional motions of the controller are tracked as it... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20080096658 - 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) starting a first game, and enabling collection of a plurality of objects of an object suite as predetermined object collection criteria are satisfied while playing the first game; and b)... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080096660 - Storage medium storing a game program, game apparatus, and game control method: A video game apparatus includes a CPU, and the CPU allows a game to proceed according to input data transmitted from a controller performed a swing operation by a player. When a ball hit by a player character according to a swing operation performed by the player collides with a... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, P.C.

20080096659 - Wireless communal gaming system: A system and method for wireless communal gaming in a casino environment. The system includes one or more wireless gaming devices each equipped with a display, one or more gaming servers configured to communicate wirelessly with the wireless gaming devices, and one or more financial servers configured to record financial... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080096664 - Fantasy sports alert generator: A fantasy sports alert agent provides notifications of relevant news articles and occurrences in a fantasy sports game, such as fantasy team roster changes or player trades, and also suggests changes to a fantasy team roster to improve the team's chances of winning. The notifications are based on items of... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20080096668 - Game contents delivery system and a method of delivering game contents: A game contents delivery server receives a desire to obtain contents from the player terminal with presentation of the contents ID via a communication network. The game contents delivery server creates tag data uniquely defined when the desire to obtain the contents is received from the player terminal. The game... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080096663 - Game strategy analysis tool: Methods and systems for recording and analyzing game session telemetry data are disclosed. A game console records telemetry data during a game session of a video game. The telemetry data may include location and time information for a player character performing various events in the video game. The telemetry data... Agent: Workman Nydegger/microsoft

20080096666 - Gaming machine with self changing 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 change audio configuration over time for a specific... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/wms Gaming

20080096665 - System and a method for a reality role playing game genre: A system for a Reality Role Playing Game (RRPG) including at east one of in-game experiences, out-of-game experiences and real world content scenarios that are related to at least one of REAL people and REAL in-life actions, feelings and contacts, wherein the distinction between in-game and out-of-game experiences are blurred.... Agent: Naomi Assia Landon Ip, Inc

20080096622 - Game machine, game machine control method, and information storage medium: Provided is a game machine which can raise the level of interest in a competitive game for making a given event happen by moving a mobile object toward a target marked out with a target frame. In the game machine, which provides a competitive game for making the given event... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080096623 - Operation input device, operation evaluation method, recording medium, and program: A target information storage unit (203) stores information regarding a group of targets (target panels) which are disposed dispersedly on a virtual race course and which each have an objective speed set therefor. An operation input reception unit (201) receives an operation input for a moving object (racing car) to... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080096625 - Wagering game with enhanced payline feature: The present invention is a method of conducting a wagering game having a plurality of symbol-bearing reels, comprising allowing a player to select one or more of a plurality of basic paylines to define active paylines and, in response to the player meeting certain criteria, allowing a player to activate... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP

20080096629 - Gaming apparatus and control method thereof: A gaming apparatus of the present invention comprises: a roulette; a roulette; a result determination device for determining a result of a game with the roulette; an expected-number-of-games input device that allows an input of an expected number of games of the identical result determined continuously by the result determination... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080096631 - Gaming device with error correcting memory: Systems and methods for operating a gaming machine having an ECC memory are disclosed. One aspect of the systems and methods includes providing a data store in the ECC memory. The data store may be a pool of data blocks, a file system, or a database. Critical data generated during... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080096640 - Gaming machine with interactive scorecard: A gaming machine (10) includes a controller for controlling operation of the machine (10), a primary display (16) is provided on which a game to be played is displayed. A secondary display (18) is also provided on which a scorecard (22), indicating prizes to be paid upon a winning game... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080096632 - 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.

20080096641 - Dice game method and dice game machine: The invention provides a dice game machine which can be improved in amusement. A dice game machine 1 of the present invention includes a gaming section 3 in which a plurality of dice are rolled, player terminals 4 each including a BET display unit which enables a BET operation predicting... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080096642 - Dice game method and dice game machine: To provide a dice game machine that can be improved in amusement, including: a gaming section 3 in which one or more dice roll and stop; a player terminal 4 having a BET display unit which enables BET operations predicting rolled numbers on the one or more dice rolled and... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080096647 - Gambling chip recognition system: A computer implemented gambling chip recognition system having the ability to capture an image of a stack of gambling chips and automatically processing the image to determine the number of chips within the stack and the value of each. The system processor determines the classification for each chip in a... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20080096646 - Game system and replacement part: There is provided a game system for improving a maintenance property of a game machine in which a replacement part is provided. A replacement part D has a part information recording device 34c in which uniquely given part identification information is recorded. A game machine main body K includes a... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080096648 - Gaming device having a wheel with multiple indicators: A wagering game including a wheel and multiple section indicators. The wheel includes a plurality of sections having awards associated with each of the sections. The section indicators associated with the wheel simultaneously indicate sections on the wheel. The awards associated with the sections indicated by the activated section indicators... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20080096649 - Security zones for casino gaming: Systems and methods are described for monitoring a location of a casino game for use in a gaming establishment wherein at least some of the components of the game include an attached radio frequency-responsive element, such as an RFID tag. In one example, RFID readers are located in stationary positions... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/wms Gaming

20080096656 - 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

20080096655 - Transmissive lcd display system for gaming machine: An embodiment of a gaming machine has a primary game display operable to display the outcome of a game, and a secondary display overlaying the primary game display. The secondary display may have a stand alone transmissive LCD display and at least one backlight assembly, the backlight assembly spaced apart... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080096661 - Virtual creature breeding simulation system and information processing system: A trip made by a virtual creature being fostered in a virtual creature breeding toy 101 is rendered. On the virtual creature breeding toy 101, an operation can be performed to simulate a trip made by a virtual creature being fostered on the toy 101. The operation causes a passport... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080096662 - Game apparatus, wireless module and game system: A master wireless module transmits a beacon signal to a client wireless module in the same cycle as a game processing cycle. Each of the master wireless module and the client wireless module outputs an interrupt signal when a transmission time of the beacon signal arrives. A game processing section... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, P.C.

20080096670 - Gaming device having independent reel columns: A gaming device having unisymbol display reels, wherein each symbol on a display of the gaming device represents or is included on a different reel. The structure of the paylines of the gaming device is such that the gaming device can include different reel strips having different winning symbols or... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20080096667 - Information processing device, data processing method, program and recording medium: An information processing device according to the present invention is communicably connected on a network and is capable of executing online a competitive type electronic game with a game opponent, and is provided with: storage means for storing a program for the competitive type electronic game, operation means for operation... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080096669 - Method, apparatus, and program product for producing and using game play records in a bingo-type game: A gaming system utilizes a game designation generating component, a gaming establishment component, and a set of predefined bingo card representations. Each bingo card representation is stored in electronic format as a data structure or data record defining a predefined pattern of game designations chosen from a pool of available... Agent: The Culbertson Group, P.C.

20080096672 - Game device, and fraud detecting method for the game device: A game machine can detect the reasons of restart and switch the maintenance level of player information based on the reasons. The game machine has first and second control units respectively controlling the execution of a game program and continuing incrementing a count value in a progressing process of the... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20080096671 - Gaming machine with secure fault-tolerant memory: A gaming machine includes two persistent random access memory sections. Critical data written to one memory section is copied to the other. Systems and methods for managing the two memory sections may include a transaction engine executable on a gaming machine processor. Alternatively, the transaction engine may execute or on... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/wms Gaming

20080096673 - Adapter for auxiliary lcd gaming console: Adapters and support members for auxiliary video display systems in gaming units are disclosed. Methods of supporting auxiliary video display systems are also disclosed.... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080090630 - Gaming machine and gaming method thereof: A gaming environment is described. Dealer cards and player cards are dealt from a card deck. Each of dealer cards and player cards are arranged into high hand and low hand. Each of high hand and low hand is compared, and a game result is determined. If a player wins... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20080090631 - Peek-a-boo poker game: Embodiments described herein include variations of an electronic video poker game that includes showing all 52 cards of a deck of cards to a player on a screen. The player selects from the onscreen deck of 52 cards. The player is presented with a sneak peek of a determined number... Agent: Courtney Staniford & Gregory LLP

20080090632 - Method and system for providing deal-making in multiplayer tournaments: A system and method for deal-making in a multiplayer game-of-chance tournament are described. The system and method are applicable to poker, blackjack, mah-jongg, video slots, and other betting games of chance at online and live casinos. The system includes a graphical interface which depicts the game-of-chance and a deal-making interface.... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20080090636 - Electronic slot machine: An electronic slot machine, having a display for displaying a plurality of symbols arrayed in at least three vertical columns of symbols, and at least three horizontal rows of symbols where game play is initiated by selecting a sequence for sequentially spinning selected columns and rows up to three total.... Agent: Dergosits & Noah LLP

20080090640 - Game system including slot machines and game control method thereof: In each of a plurality of slot machines, when a predetermined condition is satisfied in a basic game, a right to execute a second game is generated, and a second game starting signal for requesting the start of the second game is transmitted to a center controller. When the second... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080090637 - Slot machine and playing method thereof: The plural symbols are rearranged with different timings. Under state before one symbol is rearranged, when a symbol to be rearranged is at a stage having a possibility that a winning will occur in connection with the symbols having been already rearranged, the voice related to the winning is outputted... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080090638 - Slot machine and playing method thereof: A scatter object symbol is randomly selected among plural symbols. The symbols are rearranged. A payout determined by a combination of the symbols rearranged on a payline is awarded. When a predetermined number or more of the scatter object symbols are rearranged, the scatter object symbol is set as a... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080090639 - Slot machine and playing method thereof: The plural symbols are rearranged with different timings. Under state before one symbol is rearranged, when a symbol to be rearranged is as a stage having a possibility that a winning will occur in connection with the symbols having been already rearranged, a symbol related to the winning is displayed... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080090651 - Gaming system and method having multi-level mystery triggered progressive awards: A gaming system including a central server linked to a plurality of gaming machines. The gaming system includes at least one and preferably a plurality of progressive awards wherein upon a suitable initiating event, a wager amount or value is randomly generated from at least one predetermined range of wager... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20080090652 - Progressive controller: A method and system for configuring a progressive system that insures enhanced operative control and security of the progressive system. The progressive controller provides one or more security keys to access and verify modifications to the progressive configuration. The allocated number of gaming devices connected to the progressive system is... Agent: Weide & Miller, Ltd.

20080090653 - Secure progressive controller: A method and system for configuring a progressive system that insures enhanced operative control and security of the progressive system. The progressive controller provides one or more electronic security keys to access and verify modifications to the progressive configuration. The allocated number of gaming devices connected to the progressive system... Agent: Weide & Miller, Ltd.

20080090654 - Server for gaming system and control method thereof: A gaming terminal and a gaming system server are connected via a network. When the gaming system server receives download request together with player identifying information from the gaming terminal, the server reads game software specified in the download request from a first memory and transmits it to the gaming... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080090659 - Virtual world event notification from a persistent world game server in a logically partitioned game console: A mechanism is provided for generating event notifications for offline characters from within a persistent world online game. A player agent for an offline player runs in a secondary partition in a video game console while a primary application runs in a main partition. The offline player agent includes an... Agent: Ibm Corp. (wip) C/o Walder Intellectual Property Law, P.C.

20080090663 - Gaming apparatus: A gaming device is provided having a playing zone adjacent a game display device with a shelf projecting forwardly of the display. The shelf extends between a pair of columns mounted to a support member. The support and columns form a wraparound structure.... Agent: Antoinette M. Tease

20080090628 - Method and system to allow for inheritance between characters in a virtual environment: A method and system are provided to allow inheritance between player characters. The method provides a player character with an ability to designate one or more character attributes acquired in a virtual environment to one or more other player characters. The inheritance method and system includes multiple options for gameplay,... Agent: Gonzales Patent Services

20080090629 - Prize acquisition game machine and prize placing base: The present invention provides a prize acquisition game machine capable of enhancing interest of players to play the game compared to conventional prize acquisition game machines. In a prize acquisition game machine having a configuration in which a prize falls off from a placing surface of a prize placing base... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20080090633 - Gaming system and a method of gaming: A gaming system is disclosed which comprises a bet receiver arranged to receive a bet amount from a player, a symbol modifier arranged to modify at least one symbol in a set of symbols when the bet amount is greater than a minimum bet amount so as to increase the... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080090635 - Gaming device having an interactive sequence game with a multiple function multiplier: A gaming device having a game which displays an award distributor and a sequence of groups to a player. A processor causes the award distributor to indicate an award. Furthermore, the gaming device enables the player to pick one of the groups in the sequence. The processor reveals at least... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20080090634 - Gaming device having free game keno: The present invention provides an improved Keno game, which provides an opportunity for the player to win free games. In Keno, the player chooses an amount of numbers to play, usually one to fifteen, and plays against the house. The game or house randomly generates numbers, usually twenty numbers from... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20080090641 - Gaming apparatus: A gaming apparatus control part is provided with an external output control circuit, configured in such a manner that gaming information can be output and gaming data sent from each gaming machine is collected in a management server in order to solve the issue that internal winning attraction is limited... Agent: Alfred A. Stadnicki

20080090643 - Gaming device including movable symbol indicator plates: A gaming device including a first and second indicator plate which are adjacent to each other and on the same axis where the second plate overlaps at least a portion of the first plate and the first and second plates are in different planes. In one embodiment, the first plate... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20080090642 - Gaming machine and gaming method thereof: A gaming environment is described. Video reels to be activated are determined based on bet value. In a case where five video reels are used at maximum, if the bet value is “2”, four video reels may be activated and the activated reels will be used in a game. Also,... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20080090644 - Method of playing a slot machine game using wildcard symbols with randomly displayed multiplier values: The present invention displays increasing values of two or more wildcard symbols in the symbol matrix. A preferred embodiment called “Up, Up & Way Wilds” displays increasing multiplier values for two or more wildcard symbols used in winning symbol combinations.... Agent: Ptt LLC (d/b/a High 5 Games)

20080090648 - Cashless instruments having counterfeit prevention features: Cashless instruments having counterfeit prevention features and methods for detecting counterfeit cashless instruments are disclosed. A pattern of attempted redemptions or other transactional recordings of gaming machine printed tickets, vouchers or other cashless instruments having identification numbers with valid predictable fields but invalid unpredictable fields can indicate a likely counterfeiting... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20080090649 - Data access and communication system: A gaming machine has a display and a game controller arranged to control images of symbols displayed on the display. The game controller is arranged to play a game wherein at least one random event is caused to be displayed on the display and, if a predefined winning event occurs,... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080090646 - Gaming device having an interactive sequence game with a multiple function multiplier: A gaming device having a game which displays an award distributor and a sequence of groups to a player. A processor causes the award distributor to indicate an award. Furthermore, the gaming device enables the player to pick one of the groups in the sequence. The processor reveals at least... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20080090647 - Gaming device including movable symbol indicator plates: A gaming device including a first and second indicator plate which are adjacent to each other and on the same axis where the second plate overlaps at least a portion of the first plate and the first and second plates are in different planes. In one embodiment, the first plate... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20080090645 - Gaming systems and apparatus for detecting a signal indicative of a problem gambler and dispatching an event in response thereto: In accordance with one or more embodiments, an apparatus and system is provided for determining whether a player requires attention as a problem gambler. The apparatus and system are further operable to dispatch an event, the event for interacting with the problem gambler. The interaction may be targeted, for example,... Agent: Walker Digital Management, LLC

20080090650 - System and method of pausing and restarting wagering games: A system and method permit pausing/saving a game and restarting/restoring a game. In one embodiment, a player may pause a wagering game and then restart or restore that game at a later time and at the same or a different gaming machine. Game state information may be stored on a... Agent: Weide & Miller, Ltd.

20080090655 - Electronic game and method for playing a game based upon removal and replacing symbols in the game matrix: Payout methods in a mechanical, an electromechanical and/or computer-based slot machine-like games-of-chance enable a series of awards based upon: appearance of predetermined symbol combinations in the symbol matrix; issuance of awards for the predetermined combination of symbols; removal of the winning symbol combinations from the symbol matrix; replacement of removed... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20080090656 - System and method of controlling sensors and actuators in gaming environment: Life effects for enhancing gaming experience are provided. Upon initiation of a gaming application, peripheral devices providing services are identified, where the services include provision of sensor information and access to one or more actuators and/or ubiquitous devices. Communication connections are established to the peripheral devices to enable access to... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20080090658 - Game machine: A game machine having an image projection device with a transmission screen. The game machine includes a projector 3 for emitting light to project images during a game for staging purposes, a transmission screen 8 arranged on a housing 2 for forming images thereon from the light emitted out of... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080090657 - Multiple console video gaming system and method: A system and method for receiving a request to initiate console based video game play in which the automated session is based upon a specified period of time related to a cash or credit based purchase, providing for activation of a player specific gaming location, and/or gaming control device, and... Agent: Robert S. Lipton, Esquire

20080090660 - Game server, gaming system and a gaming method: In a first aspect, the invention provides a game server configured to communicate during use with at least one player terminal, each of which is configured to facilitate play of a centrally drawn game, the game server configured to: determine that a win rule of the centrally drawn game has... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080090661 - Gaming device having an interactive sequence game with a multiple function multiplier: A gaming device having a game which displays an award distributor and a sequence of groups to a player. A processor causes the award distributor to indicate an award. Furthermore, the gaming device enables the player to pick one of the groups in the sequence. The processor reveals at least... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20080090662 - 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

20080085753 - Game system including slot machines and control method thereof: In a game system including slot machines and mobile phones capable of communicating with the slot machines, when credit of the slot machine is purchased using electronic data of the mobile phone and at the time of adjustment when a player performs a predetermined cashout operation, adjustment data in accordance... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080085751 - Game system including slot machines and game control method thereof: A slot machine includes: a plurality of communication interfaces connectable to cellular phones of players; and a game controller for executing a game executed simultaneously by a plurality of persons under a condition where start signals of the game are received from the connected cellular phones of the plurality of... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080085752 - Game system including slot machines and game control method thereof: A slot machine includes: a communication interface that can communicate with a cellular phone of a player; and a game controller for receiving, from the cellular phone of the player, predetermined points data to be converted into number-of-credits data of a game executed in the slot machine, and converting the... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080085756 - Game system including slot machines and game control method thereof: In each of a plurality of slot machines, when a predetermined condition is satisfied in a basic game, the slot machine acquires a right to execute a second game, and transmits, to a center controller, a second game start request signal for requesting a start of the second game. When... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080085757 - Gaming machine: A gaming machine includes: a display; an operation unit that allows a player to input commands for playing a game; and a processor that operates to: control the display to perform a variable display of a plurality of symbols in each of a plurality of variable display sections that are... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, Pllc

20080085758 - Gaming machine: A gaming machine includes: a display; an operation unit that allows a player to input commands for playing a game; and a processor that operates to: control the display to perform a variable display of a plurality of symbols in each of a plurality of variable display sections that are... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, Pllc

20080085760 - Method of playing a slot machine game with a player selected pay schedule: The present invention includes a variety of methods for player selection of a pay schedule for a slot game. In general, the player selects a pay schedule, places a wager, spins the slot reels, and collects awards according to the selected pay schedule. The player may select one of the... Agent: Ptt Llc (d/b/a High 5 Games)

20080085754 - Slot machine and playing method thereof: When a plurality of symbols are arranged on a plurality of defined areas provided in a form of matrix on a display, and the plurality of symbols arranged on the plurality of defined areas are rearranged, at least one of the plurality of defined areas is set as a specific... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080085755 - Slot machine and playing method thereof: A slot machine is operable to cause, when a sub game in which a specific symbol is selected from among a plurality of symbols by an external input was executed, a predetermined number of times of special game as a unit game to be executed after the sub game, vary... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080085762 - Gaming device and method of use: A gaming apparatus includes a first and second gaming device. A controller is in communication with the gaming devices. The controller is configured to receive a wager on the first gaming device and play a base game on the first gaming device. The controller can determine if a bonus qualifying... Agent: Ian F. Burns & Associates

20080085763 - Systems, apparatus and methods for ticket sales for on-line lotteries and on-line games: Various systems, apparatus and methods for purchasing tickets for on-line lottery and on-line game without the use of a selection slip are disclosed. A player uses a player terminal to make selections for the on-line lottery or on-line game. The player's selections are recorded in a lottery computer system in... Agent: Bhupinder Randhawa Lottocheck Corporation

20080085764 - Progressive gaming system and method of use: A progressive gaming system includes a gaming device and a non-gaming device. A controller is in communication with the gaming device and the non-gaming device. The controller is configured to receive a first wager from the gaming device, play a first game on the gaming device and apportion a first... Agent: Ian F. Burns & Associates

20080085769 - Secondary game: In various embodiments, a player may participate in a game at a nearby gaming table via a mobile device.... Agent: Dean P. Alderucci

20080085770 - Instantaneous interactive network based gaming and betting management system: An instantaneous gaming and betting management system is designed to offer users the ability to select blocks from a gaming matrix using wired and or wireless devices over a network based system. The games can be sporting events, community events. Algorithms can be deployed to help equalized the probabilities of... Agent: Dwight M. Morgan

20080085775 - Data recording medium and game device: A data recording medium for use in a game device comprises a first printed layer in which a first code pattern, which is detected by a first code pattern detecting unit of the game device, is printed and a second printed layer in which a second code pattern, which is... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080085773 - Eletronic game system with character units: An electronic game system is provided. The system can include a base station operable to communicate with an electronic system and a first character unit operable to communicate with the base station. The first character unit stores first data associated with a first character. The system can also include a... Agent: Bell, Boyd, & Lloyd LLP

20080085774 - Gaming device with embedded data system: Systems and methods for operating a gaming machine having an embedded data system on a persistent memory are disclosed. One aspect of the systems and methods includes providing a database manager that maintains the database on the persistent memory. The database may be a relational database, a hierarchical database, or... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.a.

20080085749 - Card game device, card data reader, card game control method, recording medium, program, and card: A card game apparatus includes a large-size panel display, a main control unit that controls screens on the large-size panel display, and a plurality of terminal apparatuses that are communicably connected to the main control unit. A game player purchases an integrated circuit card and, for example, eleven player cards... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080085750 - Gaming machine and gaming method thereof: A gaming environment, in which an award is provided based on the symbol combination arranged in the symbol display area, is described. Especially a gaming environment, in which the display mode of the symbol display area is changed from a first display mode in which the symbols are displayed to... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20080085759 - Gaming apparatus and method of gaming including interactive gaming symbols for producing different outcomes: A method and apparatus including at least one interactive gaming symbol. The interactive gaming symbol may operate either at random or upon the initiation and direction of a player to replace a gaming symbol with a replacement symbol. The replacement symbol may alter the outcome of the game depending on... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20080085761 - System and method of conducting game show and interactive gaming implementing the same: A system and method are provided for conducting a game show which is adopted to be presented as a televised game show, a promotional game on a touch-screen computer monitor, or an interactive floor game. Game includes a floor grid and a spinning wheel. Grid can be computer-controlled, interactive floor... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.l.p.

20080085765 - Electronic game tracking adapter: An electronic game tracking adapter facilitates deployment, use, and sponsoring of electronic games in a manner that avoids limitations associated with proprietary solutions. The electronic game tracking adapter provides a basis for rewarding game developers, sponsors, and the like. The adapter further provides methods and systems for game assessment, feedback,... Agent: Strategic Patents P.c..

20080085766 - Image integration with replaceable content: A video game adapter interface apparatus has a user input device and an associated video display. The user selects a distinguishable visual image representation for association into a video game's audiovisual presentation, such as where that user is identified. For example, color, size graphics or shape can be used to... Agent: Sitrick & Sitrick

20080085767 - Game device, game device control method, and information storage medium: To provide a game device for allowing a game player to relatively readily control an operation target player character object so as to make a motion according to a moving speed of the moving body object. The present invention relates to a game device for displaying an image obtained by... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080085768 - Handheld facility electronic game tracking: An electronic game tracking platform facilitates deployment, use, and sponsoring of electronic games in a manner that avoids limitations associated with proprietary solutions. The electronic game tracking platform provides a basis for rewarding game developers, sponsors, and the like. The platform further provides methods and systems for game assessment, feedback,... Agent: Strategic Patents P.c..

20080085771 - Server based gaming system having system triggered loyalty award sequences: A gaming system including a central server linked to a plurality of gaming tables. In one embodiment, the gaming system provides players with one or more loyalty incentives, such as one or more loyalty awards, utilizing one or more loyalty incentive award sequences. In one embodiment, the gaming system determines... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20080085772 - Server based gaming system having system triggered loyalty award sequences: A gaming system including a central server linked to a plurality of gaming tables. In one embodiment, the gaming system provides players with one or more loyalty incentives, such as one or more loyalty awards, utilizing one or more loyalty incentive award sequences. In one embodiment, the gaming system determines... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20080081685 - Online wagering method: A method of online wagering on events such as sports, financial markets, politics, entertainment, and the like. The user is required to select an event and wager on the outcome of the selected event by entering a bid amount. The user also selects time period and day of the wager.... Agent: Edwin Tarver

20080081684 - Products and processes for processing information related to weather and other events: According to an embodiment, a method includes receiving a plurality of bets, in which each bet defines a respective amounted wagered, a respective area, and a respective weather-related event. Data that represents the plurality of bets is displayed. An outcome of a weather-related event is determined and at least one... Agent: Dean P. Alderucci

20080081687 - Conversion of lowest value symbols into special symbols in a gaming machine: Upon a trigger event occurring during a main game on a video slot machine, a number of free games having a special feature are awarded to the player. For each trigger event that occurs during the free games, the lowest value symbol displayed for each free spin becomes a wild... Agent: Patent Law Group LLP

20080081689 - Gaming device and method of use: A gaming device allows a player to play a game. A controller is in communication with the gaming device. The controller is configured to receive a wager and allow a player to play several games. The controller records at least one variable about the games played. The controller determines a... Agent: Ian F. Burns & Associates

20080081693 - Gaming machine and method of playing game: A gaming machine is provided. This gaming machine comprises: a display for displaying a plurality of blocks appearing in a predetermined shape; and a controller for providing a prize when an arrangement shape formed by a combination of blocks displayed on the display matches a predetermined arrangement shape. The plurality... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080081692 - Physiological user interface for a multi-user virtual environment: A system and method for incorporating biofeedback training into each user's interaction with a multi-user virtual environment, such as a multi-user videogame or a multi-user computer-simulated task, and for enhancing each user's sense of immersion in the multi-user virtual environment, by using measured values of physiological functions received as real-time... Agent: National Aeronautics And Space Administration Langley Research Center

20080081696 - Game for mobile station users: A method (200) to support gaming on mobile stations (110, 112, 114, 116, 118). The method can include selecting an active player (120) from a plurality of mobile station users (120, 122, 124, 126, 128). Further, unit information (132, 134, 136, 138) can be collected for a plurality of mobile... Agent: Cuenot & Forsythe, L.L.C.

20080081697 - Communication methods and apparatus for online games: By providing voice recognition in a gaming environment, an IVR server may operate to revoice a player with a voice tone pitch and accent more appropriate to the player's character. This improves the quality of the illusion of the game play. Furthermore, accurate volume may be applied to particular voices... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20080081698 - Im contact list entry as a game in progress designate: A method and apparatus for using a contact-list entry of an IM contact-list interface to designate an IM game in progress to facilitate switching between an IM conversation and an IM game.... Agent: Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP

20080081699 - Interactive games on a television via internet protocol: Particular embodiments of the disclosed subject matter provide methods and systems to support interactive games on a television via internet protocol. An example embodiment includes receiving a game selection from a remote user through a set-top box via a network, activating the selected game on a games server, and communicating... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080081700 - System for providing and presenting fantasy sports data: The system provides a method to present a Fantasy League and Fantasy Games in a fully customizable format. The system provides a match up experience where the owner can focus on his own team as if it were a single game with all of the owner's players participating (even though... Agent: Dla Piper US LLP

20080081682 - Card gaming machine with plural terminals and card gaming method thereof: A gaming environment, in which a game is executed by controlling plural terminals to which inputs from players are received, and an award is provided based on the player's cards distributed to the terminal, is described. Especially a gaming environment, in which a game is executed by allocating one card... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20080081683 - Gaming machine and gaming method thereof: A gaming environment in which an award is provided based on the marks shown on the cards distributed to the player and the dealer respectively is described. Especially a gaming environment the betted amount betted by the player is pooled when the player plays to a draw with the dealer,... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20080081686 - Electronic gaming devices: An electron game machine is provided that may be used in association with standard or special type lottery tickets to enhance a lottery players game experience. The machine may be configure for single or plural play options and may be recharged for reuse. Game play data may be entered manually... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20080081688 - Gaming system and method with wager variability: A gaming machine that provides a wagering game, including a user interface in communication with a game controller, through the operation of which a player selects one of a plurality of wager options that determine a number of symbols to be active and inactive in the wagering game. For at... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080081690 - 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

20080081691 - 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

20080081694 - Interactive toy and display system: An interactive toy system comprising a toy and a display configured to exhibit an electronic image associated with the toy. The system also includes a console configured to control the image exhibited by the display. Further, an adapter is configured to form a communication link between the toy and the... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20080081695 - Viewer interactive event system: An Internet or phone polling system provides audiences of competitive events the opportunity to interact with these events by determining which contestants may compete and the activities the contestants will perform. The audience may then judge the performance of each contestant by rating performances. The audience members compete against one... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080081701 - Virtual environment for computer game: A multi-user virtual reality universe (VRU) process receives input from multiple remote clients to manipulate avatars through a modeled 3-D environment. A VRU host models movement of avatars in the VRU environment in response to client input, which each user providing input for control of a corresponding avatar. The modeled... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP