The subject matter disclosed herein relates to an electronic gaming device. More specifically, the disclosure relates to providing one or more second chance and/or bonus game extended reel functionalities on a gaming device.
The gaming industry has numerous casinos located both worldwide and in the United States. Further, numerous gaming entities have one or more online (e.g., non-physical) locations on the Internet and/or on the worldwide web and/or on mobile gaming applications (e.g., hand held computers, notebook, etc.). A client of a casino or other gaming entity can gamble via various games of chance. For example, craps, roulette, baccarat, blackjack, and electronic games (e.g., a slot machine, online games of chances, online slot machines, etc.) are games of chance where a person may gamble on an outcome.
Paylines of an electronic gaming device (e.g., a slot machine, online games of chances, online slot machines, etc.) are one way utilized to determine when predetermined winning symbol combinations are aligned in a predetermined pattern to form a winning combination. A winning event occurs when the player successfully matches the predetermined winning symbols in one of the predetermined patterns. A bonus game may be triggered when a predetermined number of predetermined symbols are displayed (and/or any other triggering event). Further, the bonus game may have extended reels where the extended reels where utilized in a secondary base game.
A player's entertainment while playing one or more games may be enhanced by utilizing one or more second chance functionalities on the gaming device. By increasing the player's entertainment level, the player's enjoyment of the game may be enhanced, which may increase a player's game playing period.
A player may play a non-second chance game which includes both a base game and a bonus game. The base game is the first game play action which normally includes a first spinning of one or more reels and is based on a first wager. Whereas, a bonus game may be triggered (e.g., by obtaining the requirements of the bonus game triggering event-number of symbols, etc.) during the base game. There is no additional wager required for the initiation of the bonus game and when the bonus game includes free spins the one or more reels are respun for each free spin. In addition, the bonus game utilizes the same active areas as the base game. In another example, the bonus game may utilize the same active areas utilized in a secondary base game. Further, free spins may respin the one or more reels in their entirety. Further, a secondary base game (e.g., a second chance mode) may reveal one or more additional non-active reel areas after the completion of the first spin in the base game play mode to allow these non-active reel areas to become active and potentially generate one or more payouts and/or one or more bonus game initiating events. In addition, these newly active reel areas utilized for the secondary base game may be carried over (utilized) during the bonus game play.
Non-limiting and non-exhaustive examples will be described with reference to the following figures, wherein like reference numerals refer to like parts throughout the various figures.
Multi-media streams may be obtained for an entertainment event, a wagering event, a promotional event, a promotional offering, an advertisement, a sporting event, any other event, and/or any combination thereof. For example, the entertainment event may be a concert, a show, a television program, a movie, an Internet event, and/or any combination thereof. In another example, the wagering event may be a poker tournament, a horse race, a car race, and/or any combination thereof. The advertisement may be an advertisement for a casino, a restaurant, a shop, any other entity, and/or any combination thereof. The sporting event may be a football game, a baseball game, a hockey game, a basketball game, any other sporting event, and/or any combination thereof. These multi-media streams may be utilized in combination with the gaming table video streams.
Input device 112 may be mechanical buttons, electronic buttons, mechanical switches, electronic switches, optical switches, a slot pull handle, a keyboard, a keypad, a touch screen, a gesture screen, a joystick, a pointing device (e.g., a mouse), a virtual (on-screen) keyboard, a virtual (on-screen) keypad, biometric sensor, or any combination thereof. Input device 112 may be utilized to select one or more second chance base gaming options, to make a wager, to make a second chance base game wager, to control any object, to select one or more pattern gaming options, to obtain data relating to historical payouts, to select a row and/or column to move, to select a row area to move, to select a column area to move, to select a symbol (or image) to move, to modify electronic gaming device 100 (e.g., change sound level, configuration, font, language, etc.), to select a movie or song, to select live multi-media streams, to request services (e.g., drinks, slot attendant, manager, etc.), to select two dimensional (“20”) game play, to select three-dimensional (“30”) game play, to select both two-dimensional and three-dimensional game play, to change the orientation of games in a three-dimensional space, to move a symbol (e.g., wild, multiplier, etc.), and/or any combination thereof. These selections may occur via any other input device (e.g., a touch screen, voice commands, etc.). Input device 112 may be any control panel. A secondary base game (e.g., a second chance mode) may reveal one or more additional non-active reel areas after the completion of the first spin in base game play mode to allow these non-active reel areas to become active and generate one or more payouts and/or one or more bonus game initiating events.
Credit device 114 may be utilized to collect monies and distribute monies (e.g., cash, vouchers, etc.). Credit device 114 may interface with a mobile device to electronically transmit money and/or credits. Credit device 114 may interface with a player's card to exchange player points.
Device interface 116 may be utilized to interface electronic gaming device 100 to a bonus game device, a local area progressive controller, a wide area progressive controller, a progressive sign controller, a peripheral display device, signage, a promotional device, network components, a local network, a wide area network, remote access equipment, a slot monitoring system, a slot player tracking system, the Internet, a server, and/or any combination thereof.
Device interface 116 may be utilized to connect a player to electronic gaming device 100 through a mobile device, card, keypad, identification device 118, and/or any combination thereof. Device interface 116 may include a docking station by which a mobile device is plugged into electronic gaming machine 100. Device interface 116 may include an over the air connection by which a mobile device is connected to electronic gaming machine 100 (e.g., Bluetooth, Near Field technology, and/or Wi-Fi technology). Device interface 116 may include a connection to identification device 118.
Identification device 118 may be utilized to determine an identity of a player. Based on information obtained by identification device 118, electronic gaming device 100 may be reconfigured. For example, the language, sound level, music, placement of multi-media streams, one or more game functionalities (e.g., game type 1, game type 2, game type 3, etc.) may be presented, a second chance base gaming option may be presented, a repeat payline gaming option may be presented, a pattern gaming option may be presented, historical gaming data may be presented, a row rearrangement option may be presented, a column rearrangement option may be presented, a row area rearrangement option may be presented, a column area rearrangement option may be presented, a two dimensional gaming option may be presented, a three-dimensional gaming option may be presented, and/or the placement of gaming options may be modified based on player preference data. For example, the player may only want to play games that include second chance base gaming options only. Therefore, only games which include second chance base gaming options would be presented to the player. In another example, the player may only want to play games that include historical information relating to game play. Therefore, only games which include historical gaming data would be presented to the player. These examples may be combined.
Identification device 118 may utilize biometrics (e.g., thumb print, retinal scan, or other biometric). Identification device 118 may include a card entry slot utilized with input device 112. Identification device 118 may include a keypad with an assigned pin number for verification. Identification device 118 may include multiple layers of identification for added security. For example, a player could be required to enter a player tracking card, and/or a pin number, and/or a thumb print, and/or any combination thereof. Based on information obtained by identification device 118, electronic gaming device 100 may be reconfigured. For example, the language, sound level, music, placement of video streams, placement of images, and the placement of gaming options utilized may be modified based on a player's preference data. For example, a player may have selected baseball under the sporting event preferences; electronic gaming device 100 will then automatically display the current baseball game onto side display screen 108 and/or an alternate display screen as set in the player's options.
First display screen 102 may be a liquid crystal display (“LCD”), a cathode ray tube display (“CRT”), organic light-emitting diode display (“OLED”), plasma display panel (“PDP”), electroluminescent display (“ELD”), a light-emitting diode display (“LED”), or any other display technology. First display screen 102 may be used for displaying primary games (e.g., base game, secondary base game) and/or bonus games (e.g., free spins of base game), to display one or more warnings relating to one or more audio devices, one or more display devices, one or more electrical wires, one or more springs, one or more motors, one or more adjustable devices, and/or one or more sensors, advertising, player attractions, electronic gaming device 100 configuration parameters and settings, game history, accounting meters, events, alarms, and/or any combination thereof. Second display screen 104, third display screen 106, side display screen 108, and any other screens may utilize the same technology as first display screen 102 and/or any combination of technologies.
First display screen 102 may also be virtually combined with second display screen 104. Likewise second display screen 104 may also be virtually combined with third display screen 106. First display screen 102 may be virtually combined with both second display screen 104 and third display screen 106. Any combination thereof may be formed.
For example, a single large image could be partially displayed on second display screen 104 and partially displayed on third display screen 106, so that when both display screens are put together they complete one image. Electronic gaming device 100 may stream or play prerecorded multi-media data, which may be displayed on any display combination.
One or more cameras 120 and/or one or more sensors 122 may be utilized as one or more depth image sensing devices, which may be located in various locations, including but not limited to, above the base display, above second display, in one or more locations on gaming cabinet front, on a side of the gaming cabinet other than gaming cabinet front, and/or any other location.
In one embodiment, electronic gaming device 100 may not include separate one or more input devices, but instead may only utilize one or more depth image sensing devices. In another embodiment, a player may utilize one or more input devices and/or may utilize gestures that electronic gaming device 100, via one or more depth image sensing devices, recognizes in order to make inputs for a play of a game. A player may interact with electronic gaming device 100 via one or more depth image sensing devices for a plurality of various player inputs.
In one embodiment, one or more depth image sensing devices may include at least two similar devices. For example, each of the at least two similar devices may independently sense depth and/or image of a scene. In another example, such similar depth image sensing devices may then communicate information to one or more processors, which may utilize the information from each of the similar depth image sensing devices to determine the relative depth of an image from a captured scene.
In another embodiment, one or more depth image sensing devices may include at least two different devices. For example, and discussed in more detail below, one of the at least two different devices may be an active device and/or one of the at least two different devices may be a passive device. In one example, such an active device may generate a wave of measurable energy (e.g., light, radio, etc.). In another example, such a passive device may be able to detect reflected waves generated by such an active device. In another example, such an active device and such a passive device may each communicate data related to their respective activity to a processor, and such processor may translate such data in order to determine the depth and/or image of a scene occurring near electronic gaming device 100.
Electronic gaming device 100 may include at least one display device. Electronic gaming device 100 may include a base display and/or a second display. In one embodiment, base display may be the primary display for a first game and/or one or more second chance games. In another embodiment, second display may be the primary display for a second bonus game and/or one or more second chance base games. For example, base display may display: a reel-type video slot game; and upon a secondary base game triggering condition; second display may display a secondary base game; and/or upon a second chance game feature triggering event; first and/or second display (and/or Nth displays) may display a second chance game feature. In various examples, a reserving an electronic gaming device function may be initiated and/or displayed on a first screen, a second screen, an Nth screen, and/or any combination thereof. In one example, the reserved game play function for a first player may be initiated, displayed, and played on a first screen of the electronic gaming device while a normal game play function for a second player may be initiated, displayed, and played on a second screen of the electronic gaming device. The reserving function may be an automated game play where the player can play the electronic gaming device automatically and/or remotely. Further, the reserving function may be where a player holds an electronic gaming device for a specific period of time until they are able to start playing the electronic gaming device. For example, a player wants to play game X but has to go to the bathroom first. Therefore, the player reserves game X for 5 minutes (and/or any other amount of time).
In one embodiment, base display and second display may display separate portions of a common image. For example, second display may display a top portion of a wheel spinning while base display may display the bottom portion of the same wheel spinning.
Electronic gaming device 100 may also include one or more speakers. In one embodiment, one or more speakers may work in a synchronized manner to provide a surround sound effect. For example, as an object is displayed moving across the base display from left to right, one or more speakers may produce sound in such a manner as to create an audible sense of similar left to right movement. In another embodiment, one or more speakers may work asynchronously. In a further embodiment, a first speaker may produce sounds associated with a first symbol appearing in a play of a game, and a second speaker may produce sounds associated with a second symbol appearing in a play of the game.
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Electronic gaming system 200 may include video/multimedia server 202, which may be coupled to network 224 via a network link 214. Network 224 may be the Internet, a private network, and/or a network cloud. One or more video streams may be received at video/multimedia server 202 from other electronic gaming devices 100. Video/multimedia server 202 may transmit one or more of these video streams to a mobile phone 230, electronic gaming device 100, a remote electronic gaming device at a different location in the same property 216, a remote electronic gaming device at a different location 218, a laptop 222, and/or any other remote electronic device 220. Video/multimedia server 202 may transmit these video streams via network link 214 and/or network 224.
For example, a remote gaming device at the same location may be utilized at a casino with multiple casino floors, a casino that allows wagering activities to take place from the hotel room, a casino that may allow wagering activities (including second chance wagers) to take place from the pool area, etc. In another example, the remote devices may be at another location via a progressive link to another casino, and/or a link within a casino corporation that owns numerous casinos (e.g., MGM, Caesars, etc.).
Gaming server 204 may generate gaming outcomes. Gaming server 204 may provide electronic gaming device 100 with game play content. Gaming server 204 may provide electronic gaming device 100 with game play math and/or outcomes. Gaming server 204 may provide one or more of: a second chance game feature functionality; a second chance game feature evaluation functionality; a payout functionality; a base and/or bonus game play functionality; a base game evaluation functionality, a secondary base game evaluation functionality, and/or bonus game play evaluation functionality, other game functionality, and/or any other virtual game functionality. There are at least three types of game play in this disclosure which are a base game play, a secondary base game play, and a bonus game play. A player may play a non-second chance game which includes both a base game and a bonus game but does not include a secondary base game. The base game is the first game play action which normally includes a first spinning of one or more reels and is based on a first wager. Whereas, a bonus game may be triggered (e.g., by obtaining the requirements of the bonus game-# of symbols, etc.) during the base game. There is no additional wager required for the initiation of the bonus game and when the bonus game includes free spins the one or more reels are respun for each free spin. Further, free spins may respin the one or more reels in their entirety. In another example, the system, device, and/or method may include a base game, a bonus game, and a secondary base game. The secondary base game (e.g., a second chance mode) may reveal one or more additional nonactive reel areas after the completion of the first spin in base game play mode to allow these non-active reel areas to become active and generate one or more payouts and/or one or more bonus game initiating events. Therefore, in one example, a base game play is the first game play which requires a wager by the player to initiate base game play. In this example, a secondary base game play may be initiated when the base game play does not initiate one or more bonus games. In this example, the secondary base game play allows the base game to continue and provides an additional opportunity for the base game to activate one or more payouts and/or one or more bonus games. Further, in this example, a bonus game play may initiate a new base game (e.g., spin) without the required wager and/or provide a chance to obtain a prize without any required wager.
Player tracking server 206 may track a player's betting activity, a player's preferences (e.g., language, font, sound level, drinks, etc.). Based on data obtained by player tracking server 206, a player may be eligible for gaming rewards (e.g., free play), promotions, and/or other awards (e.g., complimentary food, drinks, lodging, concerts, etc.).
Voucher server 208 may generate a voucher, which may include data relating to gaming. Further, the voucher may include second chance wagering data and/or payline structure option selections. In addition, the voucher may include game play data (or similar game play data), repeat payline data, pattern data, historical payout data, column data, row data, and/or symbols that were modified.
Authentication server 210 may determine the validity of vouchers, player's identity, and/or an outcome for a gaming event.
Accounting server 212 may compile, track, and/or monitor cash flows, voucher transactions, winning vouchers, losing vouchers, second chance wagering data, and/or other transaction data. Transaction data may include the number of wagers, the size of these wagers, the date and time for these wagers, the identity of the players making these wagers, the frequency of the wagers, and/or verification data, and/or confirmation data. Accounting server 212 may generate tax information relating to these wagers. Accounting server 212 may generate profit/loss reports for players' tracked outcomes.
Network connection 214 may be used for communication between dedicated servers, thin clients, thick clients, back-office accounting systems, etc.
Laptop computer 222 and/or any other electronic devices (e.g., mobile phone 230, electronic gaming device 100, etc.) may be used for downloading new gaming device applications or gaming device related firmware through remote access.
Laptop computer 222 and/or any other electronic device (e.g., mobile phone 230, electronic gaming device 100, etc.) may be used for uploading accounting information (e.g., cashable credits, non-cashable credits, coin in, coin out, bill in, voucher in, voucher out, etc.).
Network 224 may be a local area network, a casino premises network, a wide area network, a virtual private network, an enterprise private network, the Internet, or any combination thereof. Hardware components, such as network interface cards, repeaters and hubs, bridges, switches, routers, firewalls, or any combination thereof may also be part of network 224.
A statistics server 226 may be used to maintain data relating to historical game play and/or second chance wagering data for one or more electronic gaming devices 100 and/or other events. This historical data may include winning amounts, winning data (e.g., person, sex, age, time on machine, amount of spins before winning event occurred, etc.), fastest winning event reoccurrence, longest winning event reoccurrence, average frequencies of winning events, average winning amounts, highest winning amount, lowest winning amount, locations for winning events, winning event dates, winning machines, winning game themes, and/or any other data relating to game play.
Searching server may implement a search on one or more gaming devices to obtain gaming data. Searching server may implement a messaging function, which may transmit a message to a third party (e.g., a player) relating to a search, a search status update, a game status update, a wager status update, a confirmation of a wager, a confirmation of a money transfer, and/or any other data relating to the player's account. The message can take the form of a text display on the gaming device, a pop up window, a text message, an email, a voice message, a video message and the like. Searching server may implement a wagering function, which may be an automatic wagering mechanism. These functions of searching server may be integrated into one or more servers.
Searching server may include one or more searching structures, one or more searching algorithms, and/or any other searching mechanisms. In general, the search structures may cover which EGMs paid out the most money during a time period, which EGMs kept the most money from players during a time period, which EGMs are the most popular (e.g., top games), which EGMs are the least popular, which EGMs have the most amount of money bet during a period, which EGMs have the highest bet volume, which EGMs are more volatile (e.g., volatility, or deviation from the statistical norms of bet volume, bet amount, pay out, etc.) during a time period, and the like. These searches may also be associated with location queries, time queries, and/or people queries (e.g., where are the electronic gaming machines that allow persistent game play options and/or allow secondary base game play mode, where are the table games that most of my friends bet on, where are my favorite EGMs, what are players betting on the most today, when are most bets placed, etc.).
The searching structures may be predetermined searching structures. For example, the method may start searching a first device, then a second device, then a third device, up to an Nth device based on one or more searching parameters (e.g., triggering event). In one example, the search may end once one or more triggering events are determined. In another example, the search may end once data has been received from a predetermined number (e.g., one, two, ten, one hundred, all) of the devices. In another example, the search may be based on a predetermined number of devices to be searched in combination with a predetermined number of search results to be obtained. In this example, the search structure may be a minimum of ten devices to be searched, along with a minimum of five gaming options to be determined.
In another example, the searching structures may be based on one or more specific games (e.g., a first EGM type, a second EGM type, etc.). Searching structure may search one or more of these games. In one example, a player may utilize a searching function to find one or more games that allow second chance function options and/or persistent game play options and/or to find one or more specific game types (e.g., game theme 1). The player may utilize the search feature to reload their persistent game configuration data and/or to restart a specific game type game play.
In another example, the searching structure may be based on a player's preferences, past transactional history, player input, a particular EGM, a particular casino, a particular location within a casino, game outcomes over a time period, payout over a time period, and/or any other criteria.
Processor 302 may execute program instructions of memory 304 and use memory 304 for data storage. Processor 302 may also include a numeric co-processor, or a graphics processing unit (or units) for accelerated video encoding and decoding, and/or any combination thereof.
Processor 302 may include communication interfaces for communicating with electronic gaming device 100, electronic gaming system 200, and user interfaces to enable communication with all gaming elements. For example, processor 302 may interface with memory 304 to access a player's mobile device through device interface 322 to display contents onto display 318. Processor 302 may generate a voucher based on a wager confirmation, which may be received by an input device, a server, a mobile device, and/or any combination thereof. A voucher device may generate, print, transmit, or receive a voucher and/or a persistent game play receipt (and/or any other form). Memory 304 may include communication interfaces for communicating with electronic gaming device 100, electronic gaming system 200, and user interfaces to enable communication with all gaming elements. For example, the information stored on memory 304 may be printed out onto a voucher by printer 308. Videos or pictures captured by camera 312 may be saved and stored on memory 304. Memory 304 may include a confirmation module, which may authenticate a value of a voucher and/or the validity of the voucher. Processor 302 may determine the value of the voucher based on generated voucher data and data in the confirmation module. Electronic gaming device 100 may include a player preference input device. The player preference input device may modify a game configuration. The modification may be based on data from the identification device.
Memory 304 may be non-volatile semiconductor memory, such as read-only memory (“ROM”), erasable programmable read-only memory (“EPROM”), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (“EEPROM”), flash memory (“NVRAM”), Nano-RAM (e.g., carbon nanotube random access memory), and/or any combination thereof.
Memory 304 may also be volatile semiconductor memory such as, dynamic random access memory (“DRAM”), static random access memory (“SRAM”), and/or any combination thereof.
Memory 304 may also be a data storage device, such as a hard disk drive, an optical disk drive such as, CD, DVD, Blu-ray, a solid state drive, a memory stick, a CompactFlash card, a USB flash drive, a Multi-media Card, an xD-Picture Card, and/or any combination thereof.
Memory 304 may be used to store read-only program instructions for execution by processor 302, for the read-write storage for global variables and static variables, read-write storage for uninitialized data, read-write storage for dynamically allocated memory, for the read-write storage of the data structure known as “the stack,” and/or any combination thereof.
Memory 304 may be used to store the read-only paytable information for which symbol combinations on a given payline that result in a win (e.g., payout) which are established for games of chance, such as slot games and video poker.
Memory 304 may be used to store accounting information (e.g., cashable electronic promotion in, non-cashable electronic promotion out, coin in, coin out, bill in, voucher in, voucher out, electronic funds transfer in, etc.).
Memory 304 may be used to record error conditions on an electronic gaming device 100, such as door open, coin jam, ticket print failure, ticket (e.g., paper) jam, program error, reel tilt, etc., and/or any combination thereof.
Memory 304 may also be used to record the complete history for the most recent game played, plus some number of prior games as may be determined by the regulating authority.
Smart card reader 306 may allow electronic gaming device 100 to access and read information provided by the player or technician, which may be used for setting the player preferences and/or providing maintenance information. For example, smart card reader 306 may provide an interface between a smart card (inserted by the player) and identification device 324 to verify the identity of a player.
Printer 308 may be used for printing slot machine payout receipts, persistent game play data receipts, second chance wager payouts, second chance wagering vouchers, slot machine wagering vouchers, non-gaming coupons, slot machine coupons (e.g., a wagering instrument with a fixed waging value that can only be used for non-cashable credits), drink tokens, comps, and/or any combination thereof.
Electronic gaming device 100 may include a jackpot controller 310, which may allow electronic gaming device 100 to interface with other electronic gaming devices either directly or through electronic gaming system 200 to accumulate a shared jackpot.
Camera 312 may allow electronic gaming device 100 to take images of a player or a player's surroundings. For example, when a player sits down at the machine his or her picture may be taken to include his or her image into the game play. A picture of a player may be an actual image as taken by camera 312. A picture of a player may be a computerized caricature (i.e., avatar) of the image taken by camera 312. The image obtained by camera 312 may be used in connection with identification device 324 using facial recognition. Camera 312 may allow electronic gaming device 100 to record video. The video may be stored on memory 304 or stored remotely via electronic gaming system 200. Videos obtained by camera 312 may then be used as part of game play, or may be used for security purposes and/or a validating procedure (e.g., persistent gaming receipt validation, etc.). For example, a camera located on electronic gaming device 100 may capture videos of a potential illegal activity (e.g., tampering with the machine, crime in the vicinity, underage players, etc.).
Network interface 314 may allow electronic gaming device 100 to communicate with video/multimedia server 202, gaming server 204, player tracking server 206, voucher server 208, authentication server 210, and/or accounting server 212, and/or any other second chance wagering related server (e.g., server to confirm another event (e.g., a horse race, football game, etc.)).
Input device 316 may be mechanical buttons, electronic buttons, a touch screen, and/or any combination thereof. Input device 316 may be utilized to make a wager, to make a second chance wager, to select one or more game elements, to select one or more gaming options, to make an offer to buy or sell a voucher, to determine a voucher's worth, to cash in a voucher, to modify electronic gaming device 100 (e.g., change sound level, configuration, font, language, etc.), to modify one of one or more audio devices, one or more display devices, one or more electrical wires, one or more springs, one or more motors, one or more adjustable devices, and/or one or more sensors, to select a movie or music, to select live video streams (e.g., sporting event 1, sporting event 2, sporting event 3), to request services (e.g., drinks, manager, etc.), and/or any combination thereof.
Display 318 may show video streams from one or more content sources. Display 318 may encompass first display screen 102, second display screen 104, third display screen 106, side display screen 108, and/or another screen used for displaying video content.
Credit device 320 may be utilized to collect monies and distribute monies (e.g., cash, vouchers, etc.). Credit device 320 may interface with processor 302 to allow game play to take place. Processor 302 may determine any payouts, display configurations, animation, and/or any other functions associated with game play. Credit device 320 may interface with display 318 to display the amount of available credits for the player to use for wagering purposes. Credit device 320 may interface via device interface 322 with a mobile device to electronically transmit money and/or credits. Credit device 320 may interface with a player's pre-established account, which may be stored on electronic gaming system 200, to electronically transmit money and/or credit. For example, a player may have a credit card or other mag-stripe card on file with the location for which money and/or credits can be directly applied when the player is done. Credit device 320 may interface with a player's card to exchange player points.
Electronic gaming device 100 may include a device interface 322 that a user may employ with his or her mobile device (e.g., smart phone) to receive information from and/or transmit information to electronic gaming device 100 (e.g., watch a movie, listen to music, obtain verbal betting options, verify identification, transmit credits, etc.).
Identification device 324 may be utilized to allow electronic gaming device 100 to determine an identity of a player. Based on information obtained by identification device 324, electronic gaming device 100 may be reconfigured. For example, the language, sound level, music, placement of video streams, placement of images, placement of gaming options, and/or the tables utilized may be modified based on player preference data.
For example, a player may have selected a specific baseball team (e.g., Atlanta Braves) under the sporting event preferences, the electronic gaming device 100 will then automatically (or via player input) display the current baseball game (e.g., Atlanta Braves vs. Philadelphia Phillies) onto side display screen 108 and/or an alternate display screen as set in the player's options.
A voucher device 326 may generate, print, transmit, or receive a voucher. The voucher may represent a wagering option, a wagering structure, a wagering timeline, a value of wager, a payout potential, a payout, and/or any other wagering data. A voucher may represent an award, which may be used at other locations inside of the gaming establishment. For example, the voucher may be a coupon for the local buffet or a concert ticket.
Sensor 328 may be one or more sensors which may be utilized to obtain data from around the gaming device, one or more player inputs, and/or utilized for security and/or maintenance purposes.
Validation module 402 may utilize data received from voucher device 326 to confirm the validity of the voucher and/or a persistent gaming data (e.g., a persistent gaming receipt validation procedure).
Voucher module 404 may store data relating to generated vouchers, redeemed vouchers, bought vouchers, and/or sold vouchers.
Reporting module 406 may generate reports related to a performance of electronic gaming device 100, electronic gaming system 200, video streams, gaming objects, credit device 114, and/or identification device 118.
Maintenance module 408 may track any maintenance that is implemented on electronic gaming device 100 and/or electronic gaming system 200. Maintenance module 408 may schedule preventative maintenance and/or request a service call based on a device error.
Player tracking preferences module 410 may compile and track data associated with a player's preferences.
Animation module may generate, compile, transmit, and/or store one or more animations and/or presentations based on one or more scene data, one or more scenes, one or more reference models, one or more game play data, one or more player profiles, and/or any combination thereof.
Game evaluation module 412 may evaluate one or more outcomes for one or more events relating to game play.
Payout module 414 may determine one or more payouts which may relate to one or more inputs received from the player, electronic gaming device 100, and/or electronic gaming system 200.
Sensor module may generate, compile, transmit, and/or store any data relating to one or more scene data, one or more scene, and/or any other sensor data. This data may include one or more gestures (e.g., body movement made by one or more players).
Scene module may generate, compile, transmit, and/or store on one or more scene data, one or more scenes, one or more reference models, one or more game play data, one or more player profiles, and/or any combination thereof.
Sensor and scene evaluation module may evaluate any data stored on, transmitted to, and/or transmitted from sensor module and scene module. Sensor and scene evaluation module may obtain data including one or more gestures (e.g., body movement made by one or more players) from sensor module and compare this data to one or more body reference models, body part reference models, device reference models, gaming device reference models, floor plan reference models, and/or any other reference models from reference models module to determine one or more actions.
Sensor and scene output module may evaluate the combined output of sensor module and scene module.
Reference models module may generate, compile, transmit, and/or store one or more body reference models, body part reference models, device reference models, gaming device reference models, floor plan reference models, and/or any other reference models which can be utilized by any of the other modules.
Audio module may generate, compile, transmit, and/or store one or more audio structures, sound wave configurations, and/or any other audio data.
Audio device adjustment module may adjust one or more audio devices. These devices may be adjusted physically (e.g., moved) and/or by changing one or more device characteristics.
Display device adjustment module may adjust one or more display devices. These devices may be adjusted physically (e.g., moved) and/or by changing one or more device characteristics.
Bonus module 416 may generate a bonus game, evaluate the results of the bonus game, trigger bonus game presentations, generate bonus game payouts, and/or display any data relating to the bonus game. A player may play a non-second chance game which includes both a base game and a bonus game but does not include a secondary base game. The base game is the first game play action which normally includes a first spinning of one or more reels and is based on a first wager. Whereas, a bonus game may be triggered (e.g., by obtaining the requirements of the bonus game-# of symbols, etc.) during the base game. There is no additional wager required for the initiation of the bonus game and when the bonus game includes free spins the one or more reels are respun for each free spin. Further, free spins may respin the one or more reels in their entirety. In another embodiment, a secondary base game (e.g., a second chance mode) may reveal one or more additional non-active reel areas after the completion of the first spin in base game play mode to allow these non-active reel areas to become active and generate one or more payouts and/or one or more bonus game initiating events. Therefore, in one example, a base game play is the first game play which requires a wager by the player to initiate base game play. In this example, a secondary base game play may be initiated when the base game play does not initiate one or more bonus games. In this example, the secondary base game play allows the base game to continue and provides an additional opportunity for the base game to activate one or more payouts and/or one or more bonus games. Further, in this example, a bonus game play may initiate a new base game without the required wager and/or provide a chance to obtain a prize without any required wager.
Statistics module 418 may be used to maintain data relating to historical game play (including second chance wagering data—(dollar amount, credit amount, spins, credits per line bet, time period, maximum win amount, one or more triggering events to stop game play, etc.)) for one or more electronic gaming devices 100. This historical data may include winning amounts, winning data (e.g., person, sex, age, time on machine, amount of spins before winning event occurred, etc.), fastest winning event reoccurrence, longest winning event reoccurrence, average frequencies of winning events, average winning amounts, highest winning amount, lowest winning amount, locations for winning events, winning event dates, winning machines, winning game themes, and/or any other data relating to game play. In one example, the system, device, and/or method may track the percentage of secondary base game winning events and/or secondary base game triggering events.
Progressive module 420 may generate, transmit, compile, and/or store one or more data points relating to one or more progressives and/or subscription progressives (e.g., a progressive a player selects and pays to enter). For example, a normal progressive is where the player enters the progressive and has no choice. If the player plays game X, then they are part of the progressive. However, a subscription progressive allows the player to select whether to be part of the progressive game play or not. In other words, a player can choice to be part of progressive A for a first spin of a game play, then progressive B for a second spin of a game play, and then no progressive for a third spin of a game play on the electronic gaming device.
Persistence game module may generate, transmit, compile, and/or store one or more data points and/or presentations relating to one or more persistence gaming options and/or persistence gaming wagers.
Presentation and implementation module 424 may generate, transmit, compile, implement, and/or store one or more presentations.
Tracking module may generate, transmit, compile, and/or store one or more data points related to tracking one or more second chance wagers and/or second chance wager players.
Signage module 426 may generate, transmit, compile, initiate, and/or store one or more presentations for one or more signs.
Advertisement module 428 may generate, transmit, compile, present, implement, initiate, and/or store one or more advertisements. Advertisement module 428 may generate, compile, transmit, and/or store advertisement information relating to one or more second chance, subscription based progressive, and/or any other gaming feature. These advertisements may be presented on one or more display screens, an internet website, and/or any other advertisement avenue.
Searching module may implement a search on one or more gaming devices to obtain gaming data. Searching module may implement a messaging function, which may transmit a message to a third party (e.g., a player) relating to a search, a search status update, a game status update, a wager status update, a confirmation of a wager, a confirmation of a money transfer, and/or any other data relating to the player's account. The message can take the form of a text display on the gaming device, a pop up window, a text message, an email, a voice message, a video message and the like. Searching module may implement a wagering function, which may be an automatic wagering mechanism. These functions of searching module may be integrated into one or more servers.
Searching module may include one or more searching structures, one or more searching algorithms, and/or any other searching mechanisms. In general, the search structures may cover which EGMs paid out the most money during a time period, which EGMs kept the most money from players during a time period, which EGMs are the most popular (e.g., top games), which EGMs are the least popular, which EGMs have the most amount of money bet during a period, which EGMs have the highest bet volume, which EGMs are more volatile (e.g., volatility, or deviation from the statistical norms of bet volume, bet amount, pay out, etc.) during a time period, and the like. These searches may also be associated with location queries, time queries, and/or people queries (e.g., where are the second chance base game play functionality games, where are theme 1 gaming machines, where are the table games that most of my friends bet on, where are my favorite EGMs, what are players betting on the most today, when are most bets placed, etc.).
The searching structures may be predetermined searching structures. For example, the method may start searching a first device, then a second device, then a third device, up to an Nth device based on one or more searching parameters (e.g., triggering event). In one example, the search may end once one or more triggering events are determined. In another example, the search may end once data has been received from a predetermined number (e.g., one, two, ten, one hundred, all) of the devices. In another example, the search may be based on a predetermined number of devices to be searched in combination with a predetermined number of search results to be obtained. In this example, the search structure may be a minimum of ten devices to be searched, along with a minimum of five gaming options to be determined. For example, a player may want to search for games that have not won a prize over $100 during the last 100 spins. The search may look at the first 10 devices and only find two gaming options. Therefore, the search would continue until five gaming options where discovered which meant that 56 devices needed to be examined.
In another example, the searching structures may be based on one or more specific games (e.g., a first EGM type, a second EGM type, etc.). Searching structure may search one or more of these games.
In another example, the searching structure may be based on a player's preferences, past transactional history, player input, a particular EGM, a particular casino, a particular location within a casino, game outcomes over a time period, payout over a time period, and/or any other criteria.
Wild module may generate a wild game, evaluate the results of the wild game, trigger wild game presentations, generate wild game payouts, and/or display any data relating to the wild game. Further, wild module may determine one or more outcomes of one or more interactions (e.g., collisions of one or more symbols).
Scatter module may generate a scatter game, evaluate the results of the scatter game, trigger scatter game presentations, generate scatter game payouts, and/or display any data relating to the scatter game.
Subscription-based progressive module may generate, compile, transmit, and/or store one or more subscription based progressive structures and/or any other data relating to one or more subscription based progressive structures and/or subscription based second chance base game play.
3D gesturing module may generate, compile, transmit, and/or store one or more data points, presentations, reference modules, and/or structure relating to any aspect of 3D gesturing.
Pseudo module may generate, transmit, compile, and/or store one or more data points and/or presentations relating to one or more pseudo gaming options and/or pseudo gaming wagers.
Skill-based module may generate, compile, store, and/or transmit one or more skill-based structures and/or one or more skill-based tournament structures. Skill-based evaluation module may evaluation one or more outcomes of one or more skill-based games and/or skill-based tournament games.
Mobile device module may generate, compile, store, and/or transmit one or more data relating to the mobile device. Further, mobile device module may interact and communicate with mobile device to transfer and/or receive data from and/or to mobile device.
Game configuration module may generate, compile, store, and/or transmit one or more game configuration data. Further, mobile device may also include a game configuration module.
Installation verification module may verify the installation parameters on one or more of audio devices, one or more display devices, one or more electrical wires, one or more springs, one or more motors, one or more adjustable devices, and/or one or more sensors to one or more reference data points. Installation verification module may generate a warning when the data points are outside of a specific parameter range. One or more warnings may be transmitted to an external device, a server, a mobile device, and/or a warning display on electronic gaming device 100 based on the verification data.
Locking module may control the locking mechanism for one or more audio devices, one or more display devices, one or more electrical wires, one or more springs, one or more motors, one or more adjustable devices, and/or one or more sensors. Locking module may control any locking mechanism for electronic gaming device 100. Locking module may generate a warning when a locking data point is outside of a specific parameter. These warnings may be transmitted to an external device, a server, a mobile device, and/or a warning display on electronic gaming device 100.
It should be noted that one or more modules may be combined into one module. Further, there may be one evaluation module where the determined payout does not depend on whether there were any wild symbols, scatter symbols, base game play, secondary base game play, bonus game play, and/or any other specific symbols. Further, any module, device, and/or logic function in electronic gaming device 100 may be present in electronic gaming system 200. In addition, any module, device, and/or logic function in electronic gaming system 200 may be present in electronic gaming device 100.
In one embodiment, a system, device, and/or method may offer bets that are dependent on a function of a primary slot machine and/or any other device. For example, a second window may open on a primary game screen (and/or any other display and/or any other output device) that offers a wager on the outcome of the next game (e.g., spin, etc.). In one example, the wagering option may be whether the next game (e.g., spin, etc.) will be a winner or a loser. The player may make the wager and play the game. If the results of the game play is consistent with the player's bet, the player wins and is awarded a prize. In one example, the gaming system does not determine the outcome of the future game play before the wager and/or odds are accepted and/or created. In this example, this gaming option may not need to be approved as a gaming device and may not be subject to the rigorous standards of a regulated gaming device. In this example, an accounting system that accepts bets and pays winning bets may be utilized. In these examples, the player is betting on some characteristic of slot machine play and/or another verifiable event outcome.
In one example, the types of wagers that can be accepted are not relegated to the outcomes of the player's slot machine. In various examples, the possibilities for betting options are related to the events and/or occurrences that can be observed, recorded, and/or verified by the system. For example, one wagering option may be whether the progressive jackpot will be triggered and/or hit in the next 3 minutes (specific time period) and/or next 10 spins (specific spin number). In another example, one wagering option may be whether another person (e.g., a friend, a wife, a husband, a stranger, etc.) will win on the next spin. In this example, a loyalty card (and/or some other identification method) may be utilized to identify the player and/or a specific gaming device identification number may be utilized. In another example, one wagering option may be whether the mystery progressive will be hit (e.g., won) before it reaches a certain number (e.g., $300, $1,000, etc.).
In another example, the credits for the wager and the winnings may be moved to and from the primary gaming device through automatic fund transfer (“AFT”) transactions from the system. Further, the system may act as the book maker for the bets. The system may meter and account for all transfers in total and by each game in which pseudo wagers have been made.
In another example, the system may determine the one or more event outcomes via SAS communications, communications with a class II server, and/or other communication protocol and/or other forms of communication methods. The system may record one or more outcomes for the wager and relays the results to the player and/or one or more EGMs. In addition, the system may allow for a ticket to be printed as a pseudo wager receipt but this may not be necessary as the pseudo wager information is already stored on the system. In addition, in cases where the pseudo wager cannot be completed, the pseudo wager may be returned to the player or to the player's account. In various examples, one or more rules may be implemented for pseudo wagers that depend on an event occurring over a time period and/or as other events happen to prevent the player from trying to cancel wagers as a limit is approached. For example, a player may want to cancel a bet that the next four spins will be winner once the second spin was not a winner. However, the system may not allow this.
Second chance module 430 may generate, transmit, compile, and/or store one or more data points and/or presentations relating to one or more second chance features and/or second chance functions. Second chance module 430 may evaluate one or more outcomes for one or more events relating to second chance base game play. Further, second chance module 430 may determine one or more outcomes of one or more interactions. Second chance module 430 may generate one or more presentations for one or more second chance functions. In addition, second chance module 430 may verify that one or more second chance functions are in compliance with one or more second chance base game play parameters.
Dynamic second chance module may generate, transmit, compile, and/or store one or more data points and/or presentations relating to one or more dynamic second chance features and/or dynamic second chance functions where the dynamic second chance is related to one or more stacking functions.
In one example, a dynamic stack may include two identical symbols being located adjacent to each other. Further, the dynamic stack may increase in size from spin-to-spin; decrease in size from spin-to-spin; change symbols from spin-to-spin (e.g., transition from a first symbol for a first spin to a second symbol for a second spin); change from a first symbol to a non-first symbol from spin-to-spin; disappear and reappear from spin-to-spin; change shape from spin-to-spin (e.g., go from an L shape to an X shape from a first spin to a second spin); turn on and off from a first spin to a second spin; and/or any combination thereof. In this example, the expanding sections (e.g., secondary base game play mode) only relate to the areas where one or more stacking symbols were located.
Expanding display areas module 432 may generate, transmit, compile, and/or store one or more data points and/or presentations relating to one or more expanding display areas utilized with the second chance base game (e.g., secondary base game) features and/or functions. In addition, expanding display areas module 432 may generate, transmit, compile, and/or store one or more data points and/or presentations relating to one or more expanding display areas utilized with bonus game.
Expanding counter module 434 may generate, transmit, compile, and/or store one or more data points and/or presentations relating modifying the expanding counter every time a base game occurs without a secondary base game mode being triggered. Further, the expanding counter module 434 may reset the expanding counter once a secondary base game mode is triggered.
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At step 1204, the player selects the number of paylines to play. In one embodiment, the player can select from a plurality of different paylines to play. In a further embodiment, the player can only play a predetermined number of paylines. An example of this embodiment may be the instance where the gaming system only allows a player to play forty paylines, and cannot select to play more or less paylines. In another embodiment, the gaming system does not offer paylines, but rather offers a different way to evaluate the game play. One example of a different way may be sometime referred to as a 243-ways evaluation, where symbols may be evaluated based on the existence of like-symbol clusters on adjacent reels, starting with the left-most reel and continuing right, instead of how many paylines run through the like-symbol clusters.
At step 1206, the player makes a wager on the game. In one embodiment, the wager may be a multiple of the number of paylines selected at step 1204. In another embodiment, the wager may not be a multiple of the number of paylines selected at step 1204. In a further embodiment, the wager may include a side-wager (e.g., ante bet), which may, in one example of such an embodiment, be used to make the player eligible to be awarded the extra functionality discussed above. It should be appreciated that in some embodiments, the order of steps 1204 and 1206 may not be critical, and so for example, a player can select the wager they wish to place, and then select the number of paylines they want it applied to, and that these embodiments are expressly contemplated as being within the scope of the present disclosure.
Continuing to step 1208, the gaming system pulls random numbers from a random number generator (“RNG”). In one embodiment, the system pulls one random number for each reel. In another embodiment, the system pulls one random number which may be utilized to determine the stop positions for each reel. In another embodiment, the random numbers determined by the RNG may be based on the time that the numbers may be pulled. In another embodiment, the random numbers determined by the RNG may be based on the prior numbers pulled.
At steps 1210 and 1212, the gaming system utilizes the random numbers pulled at step 1208 to determine the primary game symbols to display in the play of the primary game, which in turn both determines the presentation of the game to the player and evaluates the game outcome. In one embodiment, the random numbers pulled determine the stopping positions for the reels, which may be then caused to stop at those associated positions, and then the gaming system evaluates the displayed primary game symbols to determine the game outcome. In another embodiment, the gaming system determines the game outcome based on the pulled random numbers, and then causes the game to present an associated outcome to the player.
At step 1214, the win or loss outcome may be identified for the player. In one embodiment, this step can include additional messaging, which provides information related to the win or lose, such as why the player won or lost. In another embodiment, this step can include identification of the amount of any award earned by the player.
At step 1304, the player selects the number of paylines to play. In one embodiment, the player can select from a plurality of different paylines to play. In a further embodiment, the player can only play a predetermined number of paylines. An example of this embodiment may be the instance where the gaming system only allows a player to play forty paylines, and cannot select to play more or less paylines. In another embodiment, the gaming system does not offer paylines, but rather offers a different way to evaluate the game play. One example of a different way may be sometime referred to as a 243-ways evaluation, where symbols may be evaluated based on the existence of like-symbol clusters on adjacent reels, starting with the left-most reel and continuing right, instead of how many paylines run through the like-symbol clusters.
At step 1306, the player makes a wager on the game. In one embodiment, the wager may be a multiple of the number of paylines selected at step 1304. In another embodiment, the wager may not be a multiple of the number of paylines selected at step 1304. In a further embodiment, the wager may include a side-wager, which may, in one example of such an embodiment, be used to make the player eligible to be awarded the extra functionality discussed above. It should be appreciated that in some embodiments, the order of steps 1304 and 1306 may not be critical, and so for example, a player can select the wager they wish to place, and then select the number of paylines they want it applied to, and that these embodiments may be expressly contemplated as being within the scope of the present disclosure.
Continuing to step 1308, the gaming system pulls random numbers from a random number generator “RNG”. In one embodiment, the system pulls one random number for each reel. In another embodiment, the system pulls one random number which may be utilized to determine the stop positions for each reel. In another embodiment, the random numbers determined by the RNG may be based on the time that the numbers may be pulled. In another embodiment, the random numbers determined by the RNG may be based on the prior numbers pulled.
At step 1310, the gaming system utilizes the random numbers pulled at step 1308 to evaluate the game outcome. In one embodiment, the random numbers pulled determine the stopping positions for the reels, which may be then caused to stop at those associated positions, and then the gaming system evaluates the displayed primary game symbols to determine the game outcome. In another embodiment, the gaming system determines the game outcome based on the pulled random numbers, and then causes the game to present an associated outcome to the player.
At step 1312, the gaming system determines if a secondary or bonus game may be triggered. In one embodiment, the bonus game is triggered by the display of a plurality of matching symbols at a plurality of predetermined symbol positions within a play of the primary game. In one example, the bonus game may be triggered if a plurality of matching symbols is displayed on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th reel. In another example, the bonus game may be triggered if matching symbols are displayed on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd reels. In a further example, the bonus game may be triggered if matching symbols occur at predetermined symbol positions that include consecutive and non-consecutive reels. In another example, a bonus game (e.g., secondary game) may be triggered in any way (e.g., one special symbols in any locations, one special symbol in one or more predetermined locations, two special symbols in any locations, two special symbols in one or more predetermined locations, three special symbols in any locations, three special symbols in one or more predetermined locations, etc.).
If it is determined that a bonus or secondary game was not triggered, the process continues to step 1314, where the base game may be fully presented to the player. As discussed above, the orders of step 1310, 1312, and 1314 can be changed without affecting the novel concepts disclosed herein.
At step 1316, the win or loss outcome of the primary game may be identified for the player. In one embodiment, this step can include additional messaging, which provides information related to the win or lose, such as why the player won or lost. In another embodiment, this step can include identification of the amount of any award earned by the player
If it is determined at step 1312 that a bonus or secondary game was triggered, then process 1300 continues to step 1318, where the secondary game may be presented to the player. As discussed above, there are numerous ways to present the secondary or bonus game to the player.
At steps 1320 and 1322, the outcome of the secondary game may be evaluated and presented to the player. In one embodiment, the outcome of the bonus game will always be a winning outcome. In another embodiment, the outcome of the secondary game will cause a significant award to be provided to the player. In one example of such an embodiment, the award may not be provided by the gaming system, as a casino operator may need to verify tax information before allowing such an award to be provided to the player. In one embodiment, instead of the process 1300 ending after step 1322, the process continues to step 1314 so as to finalize the primary game outcome presentation to the player.
In one example, a patron of a game may want to take a break and come back on any machine on the floor and continue with the same game play and/or game configuration. Once a patron decides to take a break he/she activates the persistent game play feature using some action similar to a button activation which may record the persisting information including the game title, the denomination, pay lines, credit per lines, his current credits, any other bonus information, and/or any progressive information. In one example, after recording this information the device, system, and/or method may generate a unique number and/or any other information which identifies the state recorded which may be printed on a receipt and/or stored on a magnetic card based on the current setup. This may be further secured by providing an additional PIN number displayed which is required to be used to bring back the game state. Further, once he/she goes back to play, the machine may have an option to restore his/her session. Once the receipt and/or card is fed in the device, the system may validate the unique number or grid and optionally the PIN and/or biometric information and bring back and/or restore and/or load the previous game with the persisted title, denomination, payline, credit per line data, and/or the current available credits. This will enable the patron to continue to play from the prior saved state where he/she broke and/or stopped playing in the previous session.
In another example, the paytable may be transferred from the EGM to another device (e.g., mobile device, etc.). Further, jurisdictional information may be utilized to modify the saved persistent game play function. For example, a player may move from one jurisdiction to another which may require that the saved persistent game play be modified. In one example, a player may move from Las Vegas to Atlantic City which would require that the game configuration be modified.
In one example, a player tracking can be combined with a persistent game card to form a player tracking/persistent game card. In one example, the EGM may generate a greater number of random numbers (e.g., RNG) than would be needed for the persistent game play to ensure that enough gaming outcomes are transferred from the EGM to the mobile device. In this example, random numbers from 1-1000 may be generated for a second chance base game play player which may be utilized on the mobile device while a second player playing on the EGM may start with random number 1001. In another example, bonuses, additional credits, additional spins, and/or any other reward may be utilized to entice a player to transfer game play to their mobile device and continue playing instead of not playing during their break (e.g., lunch, etc.).
In one embodiment, the electronic gaming device may include a plurality of reels. The plurality of reels includes one or more areas. The electronic gaming device may include a memory where the memory includes one or more persistent game play modules. The electronic gaming device may include a processor where the processor may generate one or more symbols to be located in the one or more areas. The processor may generate one or more persistent game play data and to transfer the one or more persistent game play data.
In another example, the processor may generate a ticket which includes at least one of the one or more persistent game play data. Further, the processor may restart game play at a saved state based on at least one of the one or more persistent game play data. In addition, the processor may transfer at least one of the one or more persistent game play data to a magnetic card. In another example, the processor may restart game play at a predetermined phase based on at least one of the one or more persistent game play data. Further, the processor may transfer at least one of the one or more persistent game play data to a mobile device. In addition, the processor may initiate game play with a saved configuration based on at least one of the one or more persistent game play data. In one example, the processor may transfer game play data to a mobile device where the mobile device is configured to initiate a gaming session based on the transferred game play data. In addition, the processor may place the electronic gaming device into a reserved state based on the transferred persistent game play data. Further, the processor may initiate a warning based on reserved state becoming unreserved within a predetermined time period.
In another embodiment, a method of providing game play via an electronic mobile device may include generating via one or more processors one or more persistent game play data and transferring via the one or more processors the one or more persistent game play data.
The method may also include generating a ticket which includes at least one of the one or more persistent game play data; restarting game play at a saved state based on at least one of the one or more persistent game play data; transferring at least one of the one or more persistent game play data to a magnetic card; restarting game play at a predetermined phase based on at least one of the one or more persistent game play data; and/or transferring at least one of the one or more persistent game play data to a mobile device.
In another embodiment, the electronic gaming system may include a server including a server processor and a server memory. The system may include a display device including a plurality of reels where the plurality of reels includes one or more areas. The server memory includes one or more persistent game play structures and the server processor may generate one or more symbols to be located in the one or more areas. The server processor may generate one or more persistent game play data and to transfer the one or more persistent game play data.
Further, the server processor may generate a ticket which includes at least one of the one or more persistent game play data. In addition, the server processor may transfer at least one of the one or more persistent game play data to a magnetic card. The server processor may transfer at least one of the one or more persistent game play data to a mobile device.
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First electronic game display area image 1900A shows a game outcome where a player has won 10 free spins in a bonus game because the 3 bonus symbols were displayed in second active display reel 1904, third active display reel 1906, and/or fourth active display area 1908. In this example, a first message 1918 may state “CONGRATULATIONS! YOU WON 10 FREE SPINS BECAUSE 3 BONUS SYMBOLS WERE DISPLAYED!” It should be noted that any bonus game may be utilized and/or that any number of free spins (e.g., 1-N) may be utilized. In this example, 3 bonus symbols needed to be displayed on second active display reel 1904, third active display reel 1906, and/or fourth active display area 1908. In this example, a first bonus symbol 1912 was displayed on second active display reel 1904, a second bonus symbol 1914 was displayed on third active display reel 1906, and a third bonus symbol 1916 was displayed on fourth active display area 1908. However, 3 bonus symbols may have been displayed on fourth active display area 1908 to obtain the bonus free spins game. In addition, 2 bonus symbols may have been displayed on fourth active display area 1908 and 1 bonus symbol may have been displayed on either the third active display reel 1906 and/or the second active display reel 1904 to obtain the bonus free spins game. Any combination of 3 bonus symbols on any of the designated reels (e.g., reels 2-4) may be utilized. Further, any number of bonus symbols may be required (e.g., 1 to N) to initiate a bonus game and/or any number of reels (e.g., reels 1-5 and/or 1-N) may be utilized. In addition, any combination of reels may be utilized—bonus symbols may only count when they appear on reels 1, 3, 5 and N (and/or reels 2, 3, and 5- and/or reels 3, 4, and 6, etc.). In this example, the player obtained the bonus game utilizing the base game only and did not require a second chance base game play. The second chance base game play may be considered a secondary base game which is utilized with the base game play to enhance the probability of obtaining the bonus game play.
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In one example, the system, device, and/or method may award a bonus prize to the player in the case of a near miss by expanding the visible reel section. In another example, a certain symbol in a slot machine will award free spins if a certain number of that symbol appears in the visible reel space. A common occurrence may be that the player is short one or more of these symbols necessary to trigger the special event. In that circumstance, one or more reels in play may expand a random number of symbols vertically, revealing more symbols to the player and giving the player a better chance to win the special bonus prize. In addition to enhancing the probability that the player may win the bonus prize, there may also be incidental wins (e.g., payline wins) from revealing more symbols, which yields heightened anticipation for the player.
In another example, a game is played on an interface with 3 symbols displayed to the player vertically on the first and last reel, and 4 symbols displayed to the player vertically on the middle 3 reels. During a player paid-for spin, if there are 3 bonus symbols on the middle 3 reels, the player is awarded 8 free spins. In this example, whenever 2 of the 3 necessary bonus symbols are visible on the reel interface, these middle 3 reels expand between 1 or 4 vertical positions (and/or any other number), showing more symbols to the player and increasing the likelihood that the player will enter the free games. If the third bonus symbol appears, the player is awarded 8 free spins, in addition to any incidental wins that appear as a result of the expanded reels. In this example, additional opportunities are generated for free by the expansion of the vertical reels.
In various embodiments, any conceivable symbol-driven prize can have a “second chance” enhanced reel state, including progressives in a WAP or LAP or an MLP, special pick bonuses driven by a symbol, etc. In these embodiments, the enhanced reel state may be triggered in cases where the player is more than one symbol short of the goal. The reels may expand one tier when the player lands only 1 bonus symbol and a second tier when the player lands 2 bonus symbols, causing a cascade effect of the player accumulating more and more bonus symbols. Further in one example, instead of the reel space expanding randomly, any number of ways can be used to determine how many extra visible symbols the player is given, including: current wager; landing position of the existing triggering symbols; a progressive-like meter that increments the number of vertical symbols to expand as more games pass since the last expansion; sub-symbol indicators on the symbol itself; any and all combinations noted above. Further, the reels may expand in synchronicity or independently, and may expand vertically in either the up direction or down directions. In addition, the revealed reel space or reel(s) still spinning may also be taken from a different set of reels and outcomes to either increase the probability of landing a valuable symbol or decreasing to control the overall contribution. In addition, the expansion areas from base game into the secondary base game play may be kept for the bonus game (and/or into free spin mode).
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In one embodiment, the electronic gaming device may include a memory, a processor, a plurality of reels, and a display. The display may include active areas and inactive areas where the active areas may be utilized for payout determinations and bonus game initiation determinations and where the inactive areas may not be utilized for the payout determinations and the bonus game initiation determinations. The processor may initiate a base game, a bonus game, and a secondary base game. The base game may include a spin where the spin moves the plurality of reels and stops a movement of the plurality of reels to display at least a portion of the plurality of reels in the active areas. The processor may initiate a bonus game based on a predetermined number of a predetermined symbol being located in the active areas after the spin. The processor may initiate a secondary base game based on a number of the predetermined symbol being less than the predetermined number and a secondary base game triggering event where the secondary base game converts a first inactive area of the inactive areas to a first secondary base game active area where the first secondary base game active area is utilized for the bonus game initiation determinations.
In another example, the processor may initiate the bonus game based on the predetermined number of the predetermined symbol being located in the active areas and the first secondary base game active area. The processor may determine one or more payouts based on one or more symbols located in the active areas. The processor may determine one or more payouts based on one or more symbols located in the active areas and the first secondary base game active area. In another example, the plurality of reels may include a first reel, a second reel, a third reel, a fourth reel, and a fifth reel. The display may include three active areas for the first reel, four active areas for the second reel, four active areas for the third reel, four active areas for the fourth reel, and three active areas for the fifth reel during the base game (and/or any other configuration shown in this disclosure). In another example, the processor may initiate the bonus game based on the predetermined number of the predetermined symbol being located in a grouped area which includes the four active areas of the second reel, the four active areas of the third reel, and the four active areas of the fourth reel after the spin. Further, the secondary base game triggering event may be based on one or more symbols in the active areas. In addition, a number of secondary base game active areas may be based on one or more symbols in the active areas. Further, a number of secondary base game active areas and/or one or more locations for the secondary base game active areas may be based on an interaction between a first symbol with a second symbol. In addition, the interaction may be based on a distance from the first symbol to the second symbol. Further, the interaction may be based on a presentation path from the first symbol to the second symbol. In addition, the secondary base game may include a first secondary base game, a second secondary base game, a third secondary base game, and/or an Nth secondary base game. Further, a first set of plurality of reels may be utilized for the base game and a second set of plurality of reels may be utilized for the secondary base game. In addition, the first set of plurality of reels and the second set of plurality of reels may have different symbol configurations. Further, the second set of plurality of reels includes a first number of the predetermined symbol which is greater than a second number of the predetermined symbol utilized with the first set of plurality of reels. In addition, the plurality of reels may be digital reels.
In another embodiment, the method of providing gaming options via an electronic gaming device may include: determining via one or more processors one or more wagers relating to one or more game plays; initiating a base game, the base game including a spin where the spin moves a plurality of reels and stops a movement of the plurality of reels to display at least a portion of the plurality of reels in active areas of a display, the display including the active areas and inactive areas where the active areas are utilized for payout determinations and bonus game initiation determinations and where the inactive areas are not utilized for the payout determinations and the bonus game initiation determinations; initiating a bonus game based on a predetermined number of a predetermined symbol being located in the active areas after the spin; initiating a secondary base game based on a number of the predetermined symbol being less that the predetermined number and a secondary base game triggering event; and/or converting a first inactive area of the inactive areas to a first secondary base game active area where the first secondary base game active area is utilized for the bonus game initiation determinations.
In addition, the method may further include: initiating the bonus game based on the predetermined number of the predetermined symbol being located in the active areas and the first secondary base game active area; determining one or more payouts based on one or more symbols located in the active areas and the first secondary base game active area; and/or determining one or more payouts based on one or more symbols located in the active areas.
In one embodiment, the electronic gaming system may include a server memory, a server processor, and one or more gaming devices with a plurality of reels and a display. The display may include active areas and inactive areas where the active areas may be utilized for payout determinations and bonus game initiation determinations and where the inactive areas may not be utilized for the payout determinations and the bonus game initiation determinations. The server processor may initiate a base game, a bonus game, and a secondary base game. The base game may include a spin where the spin moves the plurality of reels and stops a movement of the plurality of reels to display at least a portion of the plurality of reels in the active areas. The server processor may initiate a bonus game based on a predetermined number of a predetermined symbol being located in the active areas after the spin. The server processor may initiate a secondary base game based on a number of the predetermined symbol being less than the predetermined number and a secondary base game triggering event where the secondary base game converts a first inactive area of the inactive areas to a first secondary base game active area where the first secondary base game active area is utilized for the bonus game initiation determinations.
In another example, the server processor may initiate the bonus game based on the predetermined number of the predetermined symbol being located in the active areas and the first secondary base game active area. The server processor may determine one or more payouts based on one or more symbols located in the active areas. The server processor may determine one or more payouts based on one or more symbols located in the active areas and the first secondary base game active area. In another example, the plurality of reels may include a first reel, a second reel, a third reel, a fourth reel, and a fifth reel. The display may include three active areas for the first reel, four active areas for the second reel, four active areas for the third reel, four active areas for the fourth reel, and three active areas for the fifth reel during the base game (and/or any other configuration shown in this disclosure). In another example, the server processor may initiate the bonus game based on the predetermined number of the predetermined symbol being located in a grouped area which includes the four active areas of the second reel, the four active areas of the third reel, and the four active areas of the fourth reel after the spin. Further, the secondary base game triggering event may be based on one or more symbols in the active areas. In addition, a number of secondary base game active areas may be based on one or more symbols in the active areas. Further, a number of secondary base game active areas and/or one or more locations for the secondary base game active areas may be based on an interaction between a first symbol with a second symbol. In addition, the interaction may be based on a distance from the first symbol to the second symbol. Further, the interaction may be based on a presentation path from the first symbol to the second symbol. In addition, the secondary base game may include a first secondary base game, a second secondary base game, a third secondary base game, and/or an Nth secondary base game. Further, a first set of plurality of reels may be utilized for the base game and a second set of plurality of reels may be utilized for the secondary base game. In addition, the first set of plurality of reels and the second set of plurality of reels may have different symbol configurations. Further, the second set of plurality of reels includes a first number of the predetermined symbol which is greater than a second number of the predetermined symbol utilized with the first set of plurality of reels. In addition, the plurality of reels may be digital reels.
In one embodiment, the electronic gaming device may include a memory, a display, a plurality of reels including active areas and inactive areas where the active areas are utilized for payout determinations and bonus game initiation determinations and where the inactive areas are not utilized for the payout determinations and the bonus game initiation determinations, and a processor which may initiate a base game. The base game including a spin where the spin moves the plurality of reels and stops a movement of the plurality of reels to display at least a portion of the plurality of reels on the display where a display area includes a base reel area and an expanded reel area. The may initiate a bonus game utilizing the base reel area and the expanded reel area.
In addition, the processor may initiate the bonus game based on a predetermined number of a predetermined symbol being located in the base reel area and the expanded reel area. Further, the processor may determine one or more payouts based on one or more symbols located in the base reel area and the expanded reel area. In addition, the plurality of reels may include a first reel, a second reel, a third reel, a fourth reel, and a fifth reel. The display may include three active areas for the first reel, four active areas for the second reel, four active areas for the third reel, four active areas for the fourth reel, and three active areas for the fifth reel during the base game. Further, the processor may initiate the bonus game based on the predetermined number of the predetermined symbol being located in a grouped area which includes the four active areas of the second reel, the four active areas of the third reel, and the four active areas of the fourth reel after the spin. In addition, a secondary base game triggering event may be based on one or more symbols in the base reel area and the expanded reel area. Further, a number of secondary base game active areas may be based on one or more symbols in the base reel area and the expanded reel area. In addition, at least one of a number of secondary base game active areas and one or more locations for the secondary base game active areas may be based on an interaction between a first symbol with a second symbol. Further, the expanded reel area may be based on a distance from the first symbol to the second symbol. In addition, the expanded reel area may be based on a presentation path from the first symbol to the second symbol. In addition, the bonus base game may include a first bonus base game and a second bonus base game. Further, a first set of plurality of reels may be utilized for the base game and a second set of plurality of reels may be utilized for the bonus base game. In addition, the first set of plurality of reels and the second set of plurality of reels have different symbol configurations. In addition, the second set of plurality of reels may include a first number of the predetermined symbol which is greater than a second number of the predetermined symbol utilized with the first set of plurality of reels. Further, the plurality of reels may be digital reels, mechanical reels, and/or a combination thereof. In addition, a first set of plurality of reels may be utilized for the base game, a second set of plurality of reels may be utilized for the bonus base game, and a third set of plurality of reels may be utilized for a secondary base game.
In another embodiment, a method of providing gaming options via an electronic gaming device may include: determining via one or more processors one or more wagers relating to one or more game plays; initiating a base game, the base game including a spin where the spin moves a plurality of reels and stops a movement of the plurality of reels to display at least a portion of the plurality of reels in active base reel areas and active expanded reel areas of a display where the active areas are utilized for payout determinations and bonus game initiation determinations and where the inactive areas are not utilized for the payout determinations and the bonus game initiation determinations; and/or initiating a bonus game utilizing the active base reel areas and the active expanded reel areas based on a predetermined number of a predetermined symbol being located in the active areas after the spin.
In addition, a first set of plurality of reels may be utilized for the base game and a second set of plurality of reels may be utilized for the bonus base game. Further, the first set of plurality of reels and the second set of plurality of reels have different symbol configurations. In addition, the second set of plurality of reels may include a first number of the predetermined symbol which is greater than a second number of the predetermined symbol utilized with the first set of plurality of reels.
Gaming system may be a “state-based” system. A state-based system stores and maintains the system's current state in a non-volatile memory. Therefore, if a power failure or other malfunction occurs, the gaming system will return to the gaming system's state before the power failure or other malfunction occurred when the gaming system is powered up.
State-based gaming systems may have various functions (e.g., wagering, payline selections, reel selections, game play, bonus game play, evaluation of game play, game play result, steps of graphical representations, etc.) of the game. Each function may define a state. Further, the gaming system may store game histories, which may be utilized to reconstruct previous game plays.
A state-based system is different than a Personal Computer (“PC”) because a PC is not a state-based machine. A state-based system has different software and hardware design requirements as compared to a PC system.
The gaming system may include random number generators, authentication procedures, authentication keys, and operating system kernels. These devices, modules, software, and/or procedures may allow a gaming authority to track, verify, supervise, and manage the gaming system's codes and data.
A gaming system may include state-based software architecture, state-based supporting hardware, watchdog timers, voltage monitoring systems, trust memory, gaming system designed communication interfaces, and security monitoring.
For regulatory purposes, the gaming system may be designed to prevent the gaming system's owner from misusing (e.g., cheating) via the gaming system. The gaming system may be designed to be static and monolithic.
In one example, the instructions coded in the gaming system are non-changeable (e.g., static) and are approved by a gaming authority and installation of the codes are supervised by the gaming authority. Any change in the system may require approval from the gaming authority. Further, a gaming system may have a procedure/device to validate the code and prevent the code from being utilized if the code is invalid. The hardware and software configurations are designed to comply with the gaming authorities' requirements.
As used herein, the term “mobile device” refers to a device that may from time to time have a position that changes. Such changes in position may comprise of changes to direction, distance, and/or orientation. In particular examples, a mobile device may comprise of a cellular telephone, wireless communication device, user equipment, laptop computer, other personal communication system (“PCS”) device, personal digital assistant (“PDA”), personal audio device (“PAD”), portable navigational device, or other portable communication device. A mobile device may also comprise of a processor or computing platform adapted to perform functions controlled by machine-readable instructions.
The methods and/or methodologies described herein may be implemented by various means depending upon applications according to particular examples. For example, such methodologies may be implemented in hardware, firmware, software, or combinations thereof. In a hardware implementation, for example, a processing unit may be implemented within one or more application specific integrated circuits (“ASICs”), digital signal processors (“DSPs”), digital signal processing devices (“DSPDs”), programmable logic devices (“PLDs”), field programmable gate arrays (“FPGAs”), processors, controllers, micro-controllers, microprocessors, electronic devices, other devices units designed to perform the functions described herein, or combinations thereof.
Some portions of the detailed description included herein are presented in terms of algorithms or symbolic representations of operations on binary digital signals stored within a memory of a specific apparatus or a special purpose computing device or platform. In the context of this particular specification, the term specific apparatus or the like includes a general purpose computer once it is programmed to perform particular operations pursuant to instructions from program software. Algorithmic descriptions or symbolic representations are examples of techniques used by those of ordinary skill in the arts to convey the substance of their work to others skilled in the art. An algorithm is considered to be a self-consistent sequence of operations or similar signal processing leading to a desired result. In this context, operations or processing involve physical manipulation of physical quantities. Typically, although not necessarily, such quantities may take the form of electrical or magnetic signals capable of being stored, transferred, combined, compared or otherwise manipulated. It has proven convenient at times, principally for reasons of common usage, to refer to such signals as bits, data, values, elements, symbols, characters, terms, numbers, numerals, or the like. It should be understood, however, that all of these or similar terms are to be associated with appropriate physical quantities and are merely convenient labels. Unless specifically stated otherwise, as apparent from the discussion herein, it is appreciated that throughout this specification discussions utilizing terms such as “processing,” “computing,” “calculating,” “determining” or the like refer to actions or processes of a specific apparatus, such as a special purpose computer or a similar special purpose electronic computing device. In the context of this specification, therefore, a special purpose computer or a similar special purpose electronic computing device is capable of manipulating or transforming signals, typically represented as physical electronic or magnetic quantities within memories, registers, or other information storage devices, transmission devices, or display devices of the special purpose computer or similar special purpose electronic computing device.
Reference throughout this specification to “one example,” “an example,” “embodiment,” and/or “another example” should be considered to mean that the particular features, structures, or characteristics may be combined in one or more examples. While there has been illustrated and described what are presently considered to be example features, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various other modifications may be made, and equivalents may be substituted, without departing from the disclosed subject matter. Additionally, many modifications may be made to adapt a particular situation to the teachings of the disclosed subject matter without departing from the central concept described herein. Therefore, it is intended that the disclosed subject matter not be limited to the particular examples disclosed. Further, one or more gaming options may be Internet based gaming options. Therefore, all of the examples and/or embodiments may be utilized via an Internet based gaming system.
This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/836,838, filed Aug. 26, 2015, which is a continuation in part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/807,962, filed Jul. 24, 2015, now U.S. Pat. No. 9,805,541. The present application claims priority to each of said applications and incorporates by reference each of said applications as if set forth fully herein.
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