IPC분류정보
| 국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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| 국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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| 출원번호 |
US-0705045
(2010-02-12)
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| 등록번호 |
US-8152171
(2012-04-10)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
- Miltenberger, Paul D.
- Nicely, Mark C.
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| 출원인 / 주소 |
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| 대리인 / 주소 |
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| 인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
10 인용 특허 :
356 |
초록
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A gaming device including at least one wagering station and a rotor. The rotor supports a series of symbols arranged about a center. The rotor also supports a series of landings arranged adjacent to the series of symbols. In operation, at least one ball travels along the rotor and eventually reaches
A gaming device including at least one wagering station and a rotor. The rotor supports a series of symbols arranged about a center. The rotor also supports a series of landings arranged adjacent to the series of symbols. In operation, at least one ball travels along the rotor and eventually reaches a landing. One or more of the elements of the gaming device has a designated shape, construction or function to enable designated operations of a primary game, a secondary outcome determiner or a combination thereof.
대표청구항
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1. A method of operating a gaming system, said method comprising: causing at least one processor to execute a plurality of instructions stored in at least one memory device to operate with at least one display device to display a plurality of different wagering areas, the plurality of different wage
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A method of operating a gaming system, said method comprising: causing at least one processor to execute a plurality of instructions stored in at least one memory device to operate with at least one display device to display a plurality of different wagering areas, the plurality of different wagering areas including a plurality of game wagering areas;causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to operate with the at least one display device to display a roulette wheel having a plurality of sectors, said plurality of sectors including: (a) a plurality of game sectors, each game sector associated with one of the game wagering areas and with a game outcome, and(b) a bonus sector;causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to operate with at least one input device to enable a player to place a wager on one or more of the plurality of different wagering areas for a play of a game; andfor said play of the game: (a) causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to operate with the at least one display device to display a first spin of the roulette wheel,(b) causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to randomly determine a first one of the sectors for the first spin of the roulette wheel,(c) causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to operate with the at least one display device to display an indication of the first determined sector,(d) when the first determined sector is one of the plurality of game sectors, causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to determine any award based on the game outcome associated with the first determined sector and based on the wagered-on wagering areas,(e) when the first determined sector is the bonus sector: (i) causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to operate with the at least one display device to display a second spin of the roulette wheel,(ii) causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to randomly determine an additional one of the sectors for the second spin of the roulette wheel,(iii) causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to operate with the at least one display device to display an indication of the additional determined sector for the second spin of the roulette wheel, and(iv) causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to determine any award resulting from the additional determined sector based on the wagered-on wagering areas, and(f) causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to cause any determined award to be provided to the player. 2. The method of claim 1, which includes, when the first determined sector is the bonus sector, causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to determine the award based on the additional determined sector and also based on a wager amount of any wager by the player on any wagering area associated with the additional determined sector. 3. The method of claim 1, which includes, when the first determined sector is the bonus sector, causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to determine the award based on whether the additional determined sector is the bonus sector. 4. The method of claim 1, which includes, when the first determined sector is the bonus sector, causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to determine a plurality of additional sectors for the second spin of the roulette wheel. 5. The method of claim 4, which includes, when the first determined sector is the bonus sector, causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to determine any award resulting from the plurality of additional determined sectors based, at least in part, on a quantity of the plurality of additional determined sectors which are the bonus sector. 6. The method of claim 4, wherein the plurality of additional sectors includes a designated quantity of additional sectors. 7. The method of claim 4, which includes causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to determine a first award portion based on a first one of the plurality of additional determined sectors using a first paytable and causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to determine a second award portion based on a second one of the plurality of additional determined sectors using a different second paytable. 8. The method of claim 1, which includes, when the first determined sector is the bonus sector: causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to operate with the at least one display device to display a plurality of balls each randomly coming to rest in one of the sectors for the second spin of the roulette wheel,causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to operate with the at least one display device to display an indication of each sector in which at least one of the plurality of balls came to rest, andcausing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to determine any award based, at least in part, on a quantity of the balls which came to rest in the bonus sector. 9. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of different wagering areas includes a bonus wagering area associated with the bonus sector. 10. The method of claim 9, which includes, when the first determined sector is the bonus sector: causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to determine a plurality of additional sectors for the second spin of the roulette wheel, andcausing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to determine any award based, at least in part, on an application of a modifier to any wager by the player on the bonus wagering area, the modifier determined based on a quantity of the plurality of determined additional sectors which are the bonus sector. 11. The method of claim 10, wherein the modifier is a multiplier, and which includes causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to apply the multiplier to any wager amount of any wager by the player on the bonus wagering area. 12. The method of claim 9, which includes, when the first determined sector is the bonus sector: causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to operate with the at least one display device to display a plurality of balls each randomly coming to rest in one of the sectors for the second spin of the roulette wheel,causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to operate with the at least one display device to display an indication of each sector in which at least one of the plurality of balls came to rest, andcausing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to determine any award based, at least in part, on an application of a modifier to any wager by the player on the bonus wagering area, the modifier determined based on a quantity of balls which came to rest in the bonus sector. 13. The method of claim 9, which includes, when the additional determined sector is one of the game sectors, causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to determine any award based on any wager by the player on the bonus wagering area. 14. The method of claim 9, which includes, when the additional determined sector is the bonus sector, causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to cause a jackpot award to be provided to the player based on any wager by the player on the bonus wagering area. 15. The method of claim 14, wherein the jackpot award is a first jackpot award and one of the game sectors is a designated game sector, and which includes, when the additional determined sector is the designated game sector after the second spin of the roulette wheel, causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to cause a second jackpot award to be provided to the player based on any wager by the player on the bonus wagering area, the first jackpot award being larger than the second jackpot award. 16. The method of claim 1, which includes, when the first determined sector is the bonus sector: causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to operate with the at least one display device to display the second spin of the roulette wheel,causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to randomly determine n−1 additional sectors for the second spin of the roulette wheel, n being greater than 1,causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to operate with the at least one display device to display an indication of the additional n−1 determined sectors,after displaying the indication of the additional n−1 determined sectors, causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to randomly determine a final sector,causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to operate with the at least one display device to display an indication of the determined final sector, andwhen each of the additional n−1 determined sectors and the determined final sector is the bonus sector, causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to cause a jackpot award to be provided to the player. 17. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of sectors is a first plurality of sectors, and which includes causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to operate with the at least one display device to display the roulette wheel including the first plurality of sectors and a second plurality of sectors concentric with the first plurality of selectors, each of the second plurality of sectors configured to be randomly associated with any one of the first plurality of selectors for at least one spin of the roulette wheel. 18. The method of claim 17, which includes: causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to operate with the at least one display device to display the first spin of the roulette wheel,causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to randomly determine a designated one of the first plurality of sectors and a designated one of the second plurality of sectors for the first spin of the roulette wheel,causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to operate with the at least one display device to display an indication of the determined designated one of the first plurality of sectors and the determined designated one of the second plurality of sectors,when the designated one of the first plurality of sectors or the designated one of the second plurality of sectors is one of the game sectors, causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to determine any award based on the wagered-on wagering areas, andcausing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to cause any determined award to be provided to the player. 19. The method of claim 17, which includes, when the first determined sector is the bonus sector: causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to operate with the at least one display device to display the second spin of the roulette wheel,causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to randomly determine an additional designated one of the first plurality of sectors and an additional designated one of the second plurality of sectors for the second spin of the roulette wheel,causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to operate with the at least one display device to display an indication of the additional designated one of the first plurality of sectors and the additional designated one of the second plurality of sectors,when the additional designated one of the first plurality of sectors or the additional designated one of the second plurality of sectors is one of the game sectors, causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to determine any award based on the wagered-on wagering areas, andcausing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to cause any determined award to be provided to the player. 20. The method of claim 19, which includes causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to determine any award based, at least in part, on whether the additional designated one of the first plurality of sectors is associated with the additional designated one of the second plurality of sectors after said second spin of the roulette wheel. 21. The method of claim 1, wherein the bonus sector is associated with a first probability of occurring, at least one of the plurality of game sectors is associated with a different second probability of occurring, and the first probability of occurring is higher than the different second probability of occurring, and which includes causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to randomly determine any sector for the play of the game based, at least in part, on both the first probability of occurring and on the different second probability of occurring. 22. The method of claim 1, wherein any random determination of any sector for any spin of the play of the game is displayed as a ball coming to rest in one of the sectors for that spin. 23. The method of claim 1, wherein when the additional determined sector is a same sector as the first determined sector, any nonzero award determined for the first spin of the roulette wheel is less than any award determined for the second spin of the roulette wheel. 24. The method of claim 23, wherein the plurality of game sectors includes at least a first subset of game sectors and a different second subset of game sectors, and which includes causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to determine any award based on which subset of the game sectors includes the additional determined sector. 25. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of game sectors includes at least a first subset of game sectors and a different second subset of game sectors, and which includes causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to determine any award based on which subset of the game sectors includes the first determined sector or which subset of the game sectors includes the additional determined sector. 26. The method of claim 1, which includes, when the additional determined sector is the bonus sector, causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to determine a nonzero award based on at least one wager by the player on at least one of the plurality of game wagering areas. 27. The method of claim 1, which includes, when the first determined sector is the bonus sector, causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to determine an award of zero resulting from the additional determined sector when the additional determined sector is not the bonus sector. 28. The method of claim 1, wherein the bonus sector includes at least one selected from the group consisting of: a designated sector, a different-colored sector, and a different-sized sector. 29. The method of claim 1, which includes causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to apply a designated paytable for the first spin of the roulette wheel when the first determined sector is one of the plurality of game sectors and causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to apply said same designated paytable for the second spin of the roulette wheel when the additional determined sector is one of the plurality of game sectors. 30. The method of claim 1, which includes, when the first determined sector is the bonus sector, causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to determine a designated award resulting from the additional determined sector when the additional determined sector is one of the game sectors, the designated award being greater than the award that would have been provided when the first determined sector had been said same game sector as the additional determined sector. 31. The method of claim 1, which includes, when the additional determined sector is the bonus sector, causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to determine a value of the award, said value not being based on any wager by the player on any of the game wagering areas.
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