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Systems and methods for facilitating play using reversed payout tablesRelated Patent Categories: Amusement Devices: Games, Including Means For Processing Electronic Data (e.g., Computer/video Game, Etc.), Credit/debit Monitoring Or Manipulation (e.g., Game Entry, Betting, Prize Level, Etc.)Systems and methods for facilitating play using reversed payout tables description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20060223631, Systems and methods for facilitating play using reversed payout tables. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
[0001] This application claims priority from U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/374,384, filed Apr. 19, 2002, entitled "GAMING DEVICE METHODS AND APPARATUS EMPLOYING REVERSED PAYOUT TABLES", the content of which is hereby incorporated by reference herein in its entirety. CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED U.S. APPLICATIONS [0002] The present Application is related to commonly-owned, co-pending U.S. Reissue Application Ser. No. 10/222,523, filed Aug. 16, 2002, entitled "A GAMING DEVICE FOR OPERATING IN A REVERSE PAYOUT MODE AND A METHOD OF OPERATING SAME", the entirety of which is incorporated by reference herein for all purposes. FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0003] The present invention relates generally to a method and apparatus for operation of a gaming device. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0004] Game machines (e.g., reeled slot machines or video poker machines) generate more than $15 billion per year in revenue for casinos in the United States alone. This figure accounts for more than half of the gaming revenue for a typical United States casino. The situation is similar in other countries in which game machines are popular, such as Australia. Accordingly, casinos and other operators of game machines are interested in promoting the use of game machines in order to maintain or increase revenues. [0005] When a player feels unlucky and perceives the odds of winning to be low, the player may stop playing a gaming device or, even more troubling to the owner or operator of the gaming devices, travel to another casino where he perceives his odds of winning to be better. Commonly-owned, co-pending U.S. Reissue Application Ser. No. 10/222,523, filed Aug. 16, 2002, entitled "A GAMING DEVICE FOR OPERATING IN A REVERSE PAYOUT MODE AND A METHOD OF OPERATING SAME", provides various methods and apparatus for allowing play of a gaming device that is operable to determine payouts according to an alternate, or reverse, payout table. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0006] FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a slot machine according to one or more embodiments the present invention. [0007] FIG. 2a is one exemplary representation of a normal payout table according to one or more embodiments the present invention. [0008] FIG. 2b is one exemplary representation of a normal payout table according to one or more embodiments of the present invention. [0009] FIG. 2c is one exemplary representation of a normal payout table according to one or more embodiments of the present invention. [0010] FIG. 3a is an exemplary representation of a reverse payout table according to one or more embodiments of the present invention. [0011] FIG. 3b is an exemplary representation of a reverse payout table according to one or more embodiments of the present invention. [0012] FIG. 3c is an exemplary representation of a reverse payout table according to one or more embodiments of the present invention. [0013] FIG. 3d is an exemplary representation of a reverse payout table according to one or more embodiments of the present invention. [0014] FIG. 4a is an exemplary display of a normal payout table according to one or more embodiments of the present invention. [0015] FIG. 4b is a plan view of an exemplary normal payout table enabled slot machine according to one or more embodiments of the present invention. [0016] FIG. 4c is an exemplary display of a reverse payout table according to one or more embodiments of the present invention. [0017] FIG. 4d is a plan view of an exemplary reverse payout table enabled slot machine according to one or more embodiments of the present invention. [0018] FIG. 4e is a plan view of an exemplary reverse payout table enabled slot machine according to one or more embodiments of the present invention. [0019] FIG. 4f is a plan view of an exemplary reverse payout table enabled slot machine according to one or more embodiments of the present invention. [0020] FIG. 4g is a plan view of an exemplary reverse payout table enabled slot machine according to one or more embodiments of the present invention. Continue reading about Systems and methods for facilitating play using reversed payout tables... Full patent description for Systems and methods for facilitating play using reversed payout tables Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims Click on the above for other options relating to this Systems and methods for facilitating play using reversed payout tables patent application. ###  How KEYWORD MONITOR works... a FREE service from FreshPatents1. Sign up (takes 30 seconds). 2. Fill in the keywords to be monitored. 3. Each week you receive an email with patent applications related to your keywords. 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