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7291070 Methods and systems for electronic virtual races  
A game of chance includes steps of accepting at least one of a wager and a selection of a predicted outcome of a competitive activity; randomly selecting an actual outcome of the competitive...
7291069 Central determination gaming system with a game outcome generated by a gaming terminal and approved by a central controller  
A central determination gaming system including a plurality of gaming terminals in communication with a central controller. In one embodiment, upon initiation of a game at one of the gaming...
7288026 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...
7288027 Cheater detection in a multi-player gaming environment  
A first instance of a game application is executed on a first computing system. The first computing system is coupled to communicate with a second computing system executing a second instance of...
7288025 Apparatus and method for controlling and preventing compulsive gaming  
A system and method for passively tracking the play of gaming devices which allows compulsive gambling to be controlled. Players provide identification information and physical recognition data is...
7288028 Method and apparatus for quickly joining an online game being played by a friend  
The user who has signed onto an online gaming service can be immediately joined in playing an instance of a game with a friend appearing in the user's friends list. After signing onto the online...
7285049 Universal overlay games in an electronic gaming environment  
A new method and system for displaying winning and non-winning game results in a traditional gaming environment is disclosed. The system of the present invention uses an overlay game to present an...
7285050 Gaming system  
In a gaming system provided with a plurality of terminals operable by the respective plurality of the players; and a gaming server communicating with the plurality of the terminals, the gaming...
7285048 Restricted multimedia episode distribution with synthetically generated random outcomes to players with intra-episode biometric image based authentication  
Remote-player virtual gaming is provided, off-site or on-site casino premises, using randomly selected entertaining multimedia gaming episodes, with randomly generated gaming outcomes. The randomly...
7285047 Method and system for real-time rendering within a gaming environment  
A method and system for real-time rendering within a gaming environment. Specifically, one embodiment of the present invention discloses a method of rendering a local participant within an...
7285046 Mobile gaming system  
A mobile gaming system includes a mobile communication device connected to a gaming device via a wireless network. Encrypted gaming outcomes are transmitted from the gaming device to the mobile...
7278918 Multi-station gaming system and method  
Gaming methods, apparatus, and program products prompt players to move between different gaming machines or player stations ( 103 ) included in a gaming system ( 100 ). One preferred method...
7278921 Participant search method in online game or online chat, participant searching device, participant network server, network terminal and computer program  
A participant search method in an online game and online chat, wherein, when starting an online game or online chat on a network connecting a plurality of subscribers to each other with a network...
7278920 Theater-based gaming system enabling a multi-player game throughout a system of the theaters  
A multiple player game for more than one player at more than one location may be created by enabling input to and control of a gaming environment by a first player at a first location, receiving a...
7275991 Slot machine with ticket-in/ticket-out capability  
A gaming apparatus which comprises a slat machine capable of accepting either paper currency, preprinted coupons, or cash out slips. The slot machine also includes a printer that prints and...
7273415 Gaming device having a bonus scheme with multiple selection groups  
A gaming device having a bonus round with multiple selection groups is provided. The gaming device provides a plurality of selection groups including a final selection group. Each non-final...
7263474 Cultural simulation model for modeling of agent behavioral expression and simulation data visualization methods  
A computer simulation method is provided for modeling the behavioral expression of one or more computerized agents for running a simulation against real-world input data, and providing a visual...
7260834 Cryptography and certificate authorities in gaming machines  
The casino gaming system includes gaming machines and a gaming server having keys. A network bus interconnects the gaming machines and the gaming server. The network bus provides a communication...
7258614 Interactive photo gaming with user ratification  
A mechanism is disclosed for engaging in interactive photo gaming with user ratification. The mechanism can be used to provide a picture-tag game or other games. In a picture-tag game, for...
7251788 Simulated speed-of-light delay for recreational benefit applications  
Recreations which simulate space travel with space communication simulate the communication delays that would inhere at space distances. Recreation-related communications are passed through a...
7247092 Gaming device having a multiplier poker game  
A video poker gaming device, a method of operating a gaming device and a method of playing a poker game including a plurality of cards displayed to a player where the cards are drawn from a deck of...
7247095 Method and system for marketing and game selection for lottery products  
A game selection device for use in a lottery system includes data storage for a plurality of game types, information corresponding to each of the game types, and at least one play option...
7244182 Two wire exchange system  
A two wire exchange system is disclosed that enables a gaming device having one communication port to function as a gaming device having a plurality of communication ports. The two-wire exchange...
7244181 Multi-player game employing dynamic re-sequencing  
A solution for network latency inherent in a multiplayer online game involving more than two players. The solution is a dynamic re-sequencing and synchronization mechanism that enables seamless and...
7243363 Entertainment system, picture display apparatus, information processing apparatus and synchronization control method  
An entertainment system comprised of plural game playing machines interconnected over a communication channel in which the pictures generated and displayed in the game playing machines are...
7240093 Use of online messaging to facilitate selection of participants in game play  
A method and system facilitating selection of participants in multiplayer online electronic games. The method provides an efficient procedure for players to host and join new instances of...
7231447 Network game system and method for providing continued network games  
A network game system for operating on a network a game made up of basic content containing a basic program for executing start of a game solely and one or more types of relevant content each...
7229354 Interactive wagering systems and methods for restricting wagering access  
Systems and methods are provided for an interactive wagering application that restricts wagering access. The restrictions may be based on user-defined restrictions on the location of the user...
7229349 Multi-player game system and multi-player game program  
A multi-player game system includes number-of-players detection means for detecting the number of players participating in the game; primary game field data storage means for storing primary game...
7223173 Game system and game information storage medium used for same  
A game system includes a housing to be held by a player. The housing incorporates an XY-axis acceleration sensor to detect an acceleration in a X-axis direction and a Y-axis direction and a Z-axis...
7217190 Cashless gaming system: apparatus and method  
An apparatus and method for cashless gaming wherein a player can access credits via a pin activated keypad located on the gaming machine. Real-time accounting allows the player to redeem credits...
7214133 Method and apparatus for retrieving recorded races for use in a game  
A recorded race is downloaded from an online gaming service. The recorded race is associated with a game program. The game program is launched on a game console. The recorded race is applied to the...
7211000 Gaming utilizing actual telemetry data  
Gaming utilizing actual telemetry data. In one embodiment, a system including a source of actual telemetry data regarding an event, such as a sporting event, and a gaming application utilizing the...
7207886 Game system, game data exchange control method, game machine, and computer readable storage medium  
There is provided a game system which makes it possible to implement a transaction desired by a side which receives a game element. When delivering a game element from a user of a first game...
7204758 Video game apparatus and control method thereof, and program of video game and computer-readable recording medium having program recorded thereon  
A video game determines a reward acquired by a player character that has won a battle. If the player character inflicts damage of at least a predetermined value on an enemy character and kills the...
7201660 Gaming machine maintenance system and method  
A handheld maintenance module may be provided with a display unit capable of generating video images, a wireless transceiver device capable of wireless dats transmission and reception and adapted...
7201661 Video gaming device and communications system  
A video gaming device includes a game computer which is connected to a central computer and a plurality of player stations connected to the game computer. Connection of the player stations may be...
7201659 Data delivery system, data delivery server and video game device  
In a data delivery system utilizing a network 400, a data delivery server 100 receives a recording medium specifying information stored in a recording medium 300 from a video game device ...
7192348 Central determination gaming system which provides a player a choice in outcomes  
A central determination gaming system which provides a player a choice in outcomes. In one embodiment of the present invention, upon a player initiating a game play at one of a plurality of gaming...
7189161 Slim terminal gaming system  
A computer gaming system and method of operation thereof are provided that both drastically reduce the cost of gaming stations and allow contemporaneous access to multiple game programs from a...
7186181 Wide area program distribution and game information communication system  
Methods and apparatus are described for distributing gaming applications to a plurality of gaming sites located in a plurality of regulatory regions via a wide area network. Each regulatory region...
7182690 System and method for saving status of paused game of chance  
A game of chance involving a progression of events is conducted on one or more gaming machines. After receiving a wager from a player at a gaming machine, play of the game is initiated. If the game...
7179168 Systems and methods for allocating an outcome amount among a total number of events  
Systems and methods are provided for operating a gaming system. In one embodiment, an outcome amount associated with a total number of events is determined. For example, a total payout amount...
7181494 Comparing the position of shared objects  
The present invention provides a computer network configured to define and update data structures within a shared computer-generated environment, wherein a local instantiation 1001 of one of said...
7177428 System and method for downloading electronic information to a video lottery terminal  
This invention relates to reprogramming of in-circuit programmable chips installed in video lottery terminals (VLTs) by downloading electronic information (software) to such chips. Encrypted...
7175529 Method and apparatus for RF transmitter layout in a gaming hall  
A method of administering a game in a wireless embodiment utilizing multiple transmitters connected to a game server and base station controller is disclosed. The method comprises generating game...
7172508 Multi-person parimutuel betting games based on sporting events  
A parimutuel betting game based on events unfolding during a live sporting event, a principal objective being to acquire the largest number of betting tokens by the end of the sporting event. An...
7171154 Method of communication by e-mail  
The present invention provides an electronic mail communication method via a stuffed toy. At a mail center, a mail address for an owner of a stuffed toy is acquired together with ID code assigned...
7169050 Online gaming cheating prevention system and method  
A method, system, and software for preventing cheating during online gaming on a first computer system, include receiving information regarding cheaters detected during online gaming gathered by a...
7169053 Centralized smart card money management  
Gaming machines connected to a network each have a smart card reader and an internal memory for receiving electronic tokens downloaded from the smart cards. In a secure room of a casino, there are...