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6923721 Apparatus and method for maintaining game state  
A system and method for maintaining player's game state (award credits or game pieces) in a gaming environment is disclosed. In particular, the player may restore the game state from previously...
6923720 Synchronization of display indicia on standalone gaming machines  
A method and gaming machine for generating display indicia in synchronization with an adjacent gaming machine is disclosed. The gaming machine includes a display, an emitter, and a sensor. The...
6923718 Audio visual output for a gaming device  
A gaming device is provided in which a plurality of possible prizes includes both monetary prizes and/or an audio and/or motion picture output a performance of a celebrity. The output which is...
6921334 Gaming machine  
A gaming machine for playing a lotto or bingo type game has display means, and game control means arranged to control images displayed on the display means. The game control means are arranged to...
6918830 Gaming device having game scheme allowing player skill to affect symbol movement without affecting award  
The present invention involves a gaming device with a bonus scheme which includes a plurality of parent regions and sub-regions. The gaming device moves at least one symbol with respect to the...
6916243 Gaming machine  
A first display displays a predetermined number of symbols among a plurality of symbols including at least one special symbol. A storage stores a first number of times that a special symbol...
6910963 Game system, game control method, and computer-readable storage medium  
In a game system having a display unit capable of displaying a game screen ( 100 ), an input unit for supplying a signal corresponding to a player's operation, and a game controller for executing a...
6908385 Casino video security system  
Disclosed is a casino security system for a gaming table comprising at least one video camera for providing video images of the gaming table and a video recorder for recording the video images of...
6908390 Apparatus and method for a gaming tournament network  
A gaming system may include a number of gaming units and a host computer operatively coupled to the gaming units, and be configured to allow a gaming tournament to be conducted. Each of the gaming...
6908381 Electronic game for computer or slot machine  
An electronic game for interactive play on a screen of a slot machine, gaming machine, or computer. The game comprises a display having a plurality of indicia, displayed in a plurality of rows and...
6905405 Method and apparatus for gaming using symbols movable in the plane of a display  
Methods of playing games of chance and gaming devices employing a plurality of symbol carriers, each symbol carrier bearing substantially continuously visible symbols. At least one symbol carried...
6905406 Gaming device having resultant wild symbols  
A gaming device including a plurality of reels or cards having several symbols. The symbols include at least two complimentary wild symbols that form resultant wild symbols on related reels or...
6902478 Method and apparatus for an interactive bonus game  
An interactive bonus game played in conjunction with a base game. To initiate play, a player selects a character from a list of characters in a gaming device. The player then makes a wager and...
6899628 System and method for providing game event management to a user of a gaming application  
A system for managing game events comprises a first server, a second server, a processor remotely coupled to the first server and the second server, and a memory coupled to the processor. The first...
6899627 USB device protocol for a gaming machine  
A disclosed gaming machine has a plurality of “gaming peripherals,” each communicating with a master gaming controller via a standard peripheral interface such as the USB (Universal Serial...
6896180 System and method for securely storing and controlling the dispensing of a payout  
In a system and method for securely storing and controlling the dispensing of a payout, the system includes a payout dispenser for securely storing and dispensing a payout, and a terminal for...
6893343 Gaming machine and method of controlling the same  
A random number selector selects a random number. A symbol selector selects a symbol associated with the random number. A symbol display displays the symbol. A sound data selector selects at least...
6889977 Game machine and game parlor  
A game machine enabled to make various responses by adding the psychosomatic state and emotion of the player as one of conditions for determining the responding manner. The psychosomatic state of...
6890254 Gaming device having a replicating 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...
6890259 Modular tilt handling system  
A modular tilt handling system for controlling how tilts are declared, displayed and cleared in a gaming machine. The modular tilt handling system includes a plurality of gaming software elements...
6892182 Method and apparatus for ticket generation and accounting  
A method and apparatus for generating and accounting for vouchers or tickets is disclosed. In accordance with a method of the invention, a voucher is issued by a voucher generation device...
6887151 System and method for determining the outcome of a wager for a gaming application  
A system for determining the outcome of a wager associated with a gaming application comprises a server, a memory remotely coupled to the server, and a processor coupled to the memory. The server...
6884165 Gaming device having multiple award profiles  
A gaming device having a plurality of award profiles and a library of audio messages that the game uses in connection with the award profiles. The award profiles each include a series of award...
6884166 System and method for establishing a wager for a gaming application  
A system for establishing a wager for a gaming application comprises a server, a processor remotely coupled to the server, and a memory coupled to the processor. The server hosts a gaming...
6884167 Electronic gaming device offering a game of knowledge for enhanced payouts  
One embodiment of the present invention provides for receiving an indication of a wager, displaying a set of spinning reels, receiving a response to a game of knowledge while the reels are...
6881146 Gaming machine with pattern-driven bonus array  
A game of chance is played on a gaming machine controlled by a processor in response to a wager. The game includes an array of locations displayed on a video display and individually selectable by...
6878064 Video and reel card game  
An amusement apparatus in association with a video program and a computer for various mechanical controls that are player-operable and responsive for card value and suit generation during the...
6878061 Gaming device with bonus scheme providing increased reward for selecting related symbols  
The present invention relates to a bonus scheme for a gaming device which presents a plurality of selections to a player. When a player chooses a selection, the game exhibits a non-terminating...
6869358 System and a method for operating on-line governmental lottery games  
The present invention relates to a system and a method for facilitating governmental lottery games with a screening, a verification, and a subscription play function. A lottery agent system of the...
6866583 Gaming device having wild indicators  
The present invention provides a gaming device having wild indicator symbols associated with symbols displayed within a display device on a set of reels. The wild indicator symbols may also be...
6866581 Video gaming apparatus for wagering with universal computerized controller and I/O interface for unique architecture  
A computerized wagering gaming system and method is disclosed. The system includes a universal computerized game system operable to control a computerized wagering game, including a controller...
6863606 Method of playing a game involving questions and answers  
A method of playing a wagering game is disclosed which simulates a knowledge base same. The method electronically selects one of the plurality of questions, displays the electronically selected...
6863607 Gaming device having a changing multiple selection set bonus scheme  
A gaming device and method having a bonus round, where the bonus round forms a plurality of sets of symbols from a plurality of symbols, and enables the player to predict which set of symbols will...
6860808 Coin and bill video game terminal system  
A video game terminal system includes a tournament mode, as well as an option for a user to enter a random draw for each game played. This arrangement acts as an incentive for competitive play, as...
6860814 Gaming apparatus having door mounted display  
A gaming apparatus for presenting a wager-type game comprises a cabinet and a door connected to the cabinet, the door moveable between a first position and a second position. In its first position,...
6854729 Play media shooting machine with improved stop control  
The game machine includes a start detection unit for detecting an input from a user to start shooting balls, a shooting control unit for initiating shooting the balls in response to the start...
6855053 Gaming apparatus and method  
A gaming apparatus includes a wager receipt mechanism and a player interface each having a display device, a payout device, and a processor. A processor is coupled with the wager receipt mechanism,...
6855055 Method for controlling length of casino game  
A casino game wherein the player has a fixed number of play positions. During play of the casino game at least one of the visible play positions has a hidden element changing the fixed number to...
6855052 Gaming device having first chance means and serially dependent second chance means  
A gaming device having a first chance opportunity and a second, serially dependent, chance opportunity is provided. The first chance opportunity is preferably a multiple reel game having a special...
6852027 Gaming device having rate dependent game  
The present invention provides a gaming device having a game that may be implemented in a primary or bonus game. More specifically, the present invention provides a processor controlled gaming...
6852028 Prolonged casino game method and apparatus  
A casino game and method having at least one hidden attribute for each of a finite number of icons and at least one additional hidden attributes for at least one of the finite number of icons. An...
6852030 Gaming device having risk evaluation bonus round  
A gaming device and preferably a bonus round game of a gaming device that provides an offer/acceptance game, wherein the player preferably knows all the necessary information to make an informed...
6848993 Game of chance using patterns of symbols having at least two defining criteria  
A casino game of chance incorporates a pattern of a plurality of symbols such as a matrix of dice or playing card images or the like. From this matrix, numerous single line and multi-line game...
6848996 Gaming device with sound recording changes associated with player inputs  
The present invention involves a gaming device which includes in data storage at least one primary sound file, at least one variant sound file which is a variation of the primary sound file and at...
6843724 Electronic amusement device offering secondary game of chance and method for operating same  
An electronic amusement device and a method for operating the device are disclosed. In accordance with the present invention, a slot machine server controls a secondary game of chance played at a...
6843722 Gaming device having a selection-type bonus game that activates a mechanical device  
A gaming device having a bonus game wherein a mechanical device activates immediately after a player picking a selection having a terminator which ends a selection portion of the bonus game. The...
6840856 Apparatus for and method of video gaming  
A method and apparatus for playing a game of skill and chance for one or more players, in which colored, numbered balls comprise the contest elements. Players can bet on obtaining predetermined...
6840855 Apparatus for and method of playing games of chance  
A method and apparatus for playing a game of skill and chance for one or more players, in which colored, numbered balls comprise the contest elements. Players can bet on obtaining predetermined...
6837788 Method of playing a dual wagering game  
A dual wagering game method for one or more players based on simultaneous participation in two mutually exclusive game components with a payoff being the product of the game component outcomes....
6835133 Slot-table game apparatus and method of playing slot-table game  
An apparatus and method for playing a table game is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a base, a table-top, and a payline display proximate the table-top. The table-top is adjustable into first and...