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6908384 Voucher-based terminals for use in a gaming system  
Voucher-enabled player terminals having games of chance thereon, for use in a gaming system having a network connection and a central server, are disclosed. The terminals can both read and print...
6905411 Player authentication for cashless gaming machine instruments  
A method and gaming machine/system designed or configured to provide security to cashless gaming system instruments, such as EZ PAY tickets, by placing authentication information data on the...
6905414 Banning verbal communication to and from a selected party in a game playing system  
Voice communication between players using one or more multiplayer game console is selectively controlled. A player may selectively block voice communications with another player during a current...
6902480 Method and system for providing electronically placed wagers for another  
A wager is placed by a first user for a second user, through a wager server. The wager is composed from a selection of events and associated odds. The wager is tracked by the wager server. Once an...
6899622 Electronic pull tab gaming system  
A gaming system produces a multiple-play physical pull tab ticket at the request of a player. Each chance in the game is associated with a game play record which has been produced and stored in the...
6899621 System and method for selling lottery game tickets  
A system and method of selling pre-printed lottery game tickets, on-line lottery game tickets, or a combination of pre-printed and on-line lottery game tickets in a retail store is disclosed. At...
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...
6896619 Apparatus and method for a cashless actuated gaming system  
A gaming machine adapted to print validated tickets for a game player includes a microprocessor for controlling game operation (e.g., slot machine operation) and including a cashout signal input, a...
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...
6887159 System and method for matching users of a gaming application  
A platform for matching users of a gaming application comprises a memory and a processor. The memory stores profile information for a plurality of users of a gaming application. The processor...
6887154 Shared progressive gaming system and method  
A progressive system (local and wide) where a primary and secondary progressive meter is maintained is disclosed. When a progressive win event occurs, there are two payouts: the first payout...
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...
6884162 System and method to support gaming in an electronic network  
A system and method to support electronic gaming in an electronic network includes an event server that provides restricted access to various types of game services. One or more system users may...
6884172 Electronic game system  
A computer-based electronic gaming system is provided that maintains a persistent game world for one or more users or game players. The game system may provide a game world for a plurality of...
6884174 Communication protocol for gaming system configuration  
A method and apparatus for communicating gaming machine settings is disclosed. In one embodiment a universal configuration communication protocol is provided for retrieving or modifying, over a...
6884173 Configuration technique for a gaming machine  
A plurality of EGMs are connected within a network. Each of the EGMs is remotely configurable so as to enable an operator to select any desired parameter of the game. The configuration of one EGM...
6884168 Method of tracking and using player error during the play of a casino game  
A player makes a wager and a starting video poker hand is displayed to the player. The gaming machine calculates the highest expected value for the five card hand displayed. The gaming machine then...
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...
6881148 Net game system, processing method for playing net game, and computer-readable storage medium for storing program for playing net game  
Network game system for playing a game with the aim of a achieving a predetermined goal. The game is played, via data terminals operated by member players, in a game space provided on a game...
6878062 Method for performing games  
A method for carrying out a game of the type comprising the steps of noting written information on a writing surface with the aid of a writing means. The writing surface is provided with a...
6875104 Totalizator terminal, winning horse picking method and program  
The totalizator terminal of the present invention comprises a ticket issuing unit which selects an odd or even horse or gate number of a horse expected to be the first for all races, and a repaying...
6875110 Multi-system gaming terminal communication device  
A gaming machine with a communication multiplexer device that allows communications between the gaming machine and one or more game service servers all within a single network interface is...
6869361 System, apparatus and method employing controller for play of shared bonus games  
The present invention includes a system, apparatus and method for providing a bonus game which may be shared competitively, collaboratively or both among a plurality of players. Each player...
6866587 Wide area real-time software environment  
A system for the remote monitoring or modification, whether temporary or permanent, of a running application's attributes. These attributes include, for example, art, sound, music, text,...
6866586 Cashless transaction clearinghouse  
A disclosed cashless instrument transaction clearinghouse provides clearinghouse server including a network interface allowing the cashless instrument transaction clearinghouse to communicate with...
6863612 System and method for interactive on-line gaming  
An interactive gaming system includes customer located equipment and a gaming service provider. The customer located equipment is connected to the gaming service provider through a broadband access...
6860810 Gaming machines and systems offering simultaneous play of multiple games and methods of gaming  
Gaming apparatus and methods of conducting a wagering game of chance. A gaming machine is disclosed which is configured for mutually concurrent play of a plurality of games of chance on a single...
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...
6860806 Virtual horseracing system  
An object of the present invention is to provide a user even at a place away from a racecourse with computer graphic horses having existing past data therein, and also with real time data, and...
6855058 Game progress management device, game server device, terminal device, game progress management method and game progress management program  
A network game is continued in simulated fashion when a fault occurs in a communication circuit. A CPU 261 of a control section of an arcade's server device is provided with: an abnormality...
6855057 Network game system, network game device, network game method and readable storage medium storing network game program  
A network game having bi-directional characteristics by means of a network, wherein prescribed data corresponding to a game result is transmitted to a game-player and the game result is provided...
6855054 Gaming methods and apparatus using interchangeable symbols  
Methods of playing games of chance and gaming devices and systems comprising a display of a plurality of symbols where at least one symbol may be interchanged with another symbol of the plurality...
6848997 Network game system, game device terminal used in it and storage medium  
In this game system, a plurality of game devices 1 are connected to a game parent station 7 over a communication network 3 , and an online game application may be executed on the game devices ...
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...
6840861 Method and apparatus for interactive real time distributed gaming  
The present invention relates to a method for playing an interactive real time distributed game including receiving at a scoring database a next play prediction for a sporting event from a remote...
6837793 Method and apparatus for gaming machines with a quasi-competition play bonus feature  
The present invention provides a player an enhanced gaming experience by using strategy and random selection to impart at least the perception of elements of skill to players to provide access to...
6837792 Automatic discard rack  
A device, referred to as the “automatic discard rack” for use on casino gaming tables or elsewhere to hold and mix playing cards, such as cards discarded following each hand of a played game....
6839435 Ranking display method for game machine  
Ranking display method for a game machine wherein, when a score along with an E mail address is inputted from a personal computer, a server stores the inputted score and E mail address, and when...
6835138 Internet bingo game method and system capable of promoting perception and studying ability  
If a person who opens Internet bingo game selects subjects, data pool is formed of many bingo data materials in a subject database, and N 2 bingo data materials are selected from data pool to fill...
6835137 Game apparatus and communication game system  
Replay data for replaying the process during which a player played a game is downloaded via a network, and the player can actually play the game while playing back the replay data. No real-time...
6830515 Method and apparatus for supporting wide area gaming network  
A method of monitoring and providing support to a gaming device that includes monitoring the gaming device to determine an occurrence of an event, generating a message regarding the event, encoding...
6827644 Magic game system  
A system is provided for distributing magic games from a web server via the internet, in which a game provider provides magic games from the web server, while a user communicates the magic games...
6824462 Method and system for evaluating skills of contestants in online coding competitions  
This invention relates to a method and apparatus for providing a coding competition. In one embodiment, a method for providing a coding competition includes transmitting a coding problem to...
6817948 Dynamic tournament gaming method and system  
Dynamic tournament gaming method and system, including the provision of a plurality of gaming terminals selectively interlinkable together with a host terminal so that current players of the...
6814663 Online digital photography game system  
An online digital photography game system allows multiple participants in the game by submitting digital photography game entries, where the digital photography game system determines a game winner...
6811487 Using transferred operation key status data to synchronize games running on multiple independent game systems  
When users simultaneously play the same game with interconnected game machines, processing delays would conventionally cause inconsistencies in game content between different game machines. To...
6811486 Method and apparatus for enhancing game play through savable game play state  
A system and method for maintaining player's enhanced game play state in a gaming environment is disclosed. In particular, the player may restore enhanced game play states from previously played...
6811488 Gaming system with location verification  
A system and method for providing an automated gaming service to one or more players can be implemented in a computer-based environment allowing automated computation of wagers, payouts, and other...
6810528 System and method for providing an on-line gaming experience through a CATV broadband network  
A system for providing online content, in particular interactive gaming, over a network includes a server terminal as part of a head end facility and a client console located in one or more...