Patent application number | Description | Published |
20140274316 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A BONUS ROUND OF A GAME WHICH PROVIDES FOR PLAYER INFLUENCE OF VOLATILITY - In some embodiments, a player may influence the volatility of a bonus round of a game by placing elements collected during a primary game onto symbol positions of the bonus round. In some embodiments, if a symbol position onto which a player placed one or more bonus round symbols is selected as an active symbol position for an event instance of the bonus round, the player wins a prize. Additionally, a multiplier may be applied to the value of the prize or other benefit may be provided to the player if the player placed more than one bonus round symbol element on the position. Thus, a player having a plurality of bonus round symbols to place may choose to increase the frequency of prizes won (e.g., by distributing the bonus round symbols over more positions) or increase the value of prizes (e.g., by grouping more symbols on fewer positions). | 09-18-2014 |
20140274366 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MODIFYING SELECTIONS AVAILABLE IN A BONUS GAME - In at least one embodiment, systems, methods and articles of manufacture provide for a game comprising a primary game and a bonus round comprising a plurality of player selectable elements, in which game an outcome of the primary game may include an eliminator symbol which functions to render unavailable for selection at least one of the player selectable elements. In one embodiment, the lowest value player selectable element is removed or rendered unavailable, thus effectively increasing the player's chances of selecting a higher value player selectable element. | 09-18-2014 |
20140370961 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A BONUS GAME - Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture provide for bonus symbols and/or other reel symbols in a slot-style game that may be associated with (e.g., functionally connected to) a plurality of bonus areas or elements. In some embodiments, each reel of a slot-style game may be specifically associated with and/or tied-to one of the bonus areas or elements. According to some embodiments, values and/or parameters associated with and/or assigned to the plurality of bonus areas and/or elements may be adjusted by a player in connection with initiation and/or play of a bonus game. According to some embodiments, the bonus areas/elements may be presented and/or configured as “trap doors” having values that can fall through the doors when opened, and thus disappear (e.g., be deleted or cleared). | 12-18-2014 |
20150018071 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PLACEMENT OF WILD SYMBOLS IN A GAME - Certain embodiments provide for replacing all regular symbols located in respective symbol positions comprising a predetermined set of symbol positions of a symbol matrix (e.g., all the regular symbols on a reel of a reeled slot machine-type game) with at least one special symbol (e.g., a wild symbol which may be output as taking up the entirety of the reel) if the predetermined set of symbol positions (e.g., the symbol positions comprising the reel) satisfy a qualifying condition. In one embodiment the qualifying condition is that each regular symbol in a symbol position of the predetermined set of symbol positions is part of a respective winning combination of symbols (e.g., each symbol on the reel is part of a winning combination along an active payline) after an initial resolution of an outcome for a game event (e.g., after an initial resolution of a spin). | 01-15-2015 |
20150099568 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VISUALLY REPRESENTING PROBABILITY OF WINNING A PRIZE - In at least one embodiment, systems provide for determining symbols for a wagering game (e.g., for a bonus round of the wagering game) by determining a wager amount associated with a player of a wagering game and selecting, based on the wager amount, a first plurality of symbols for use in representing a probability of obtaining a winning outcome in the game. The systems may further provide for determining a second plurality of symbols, the second plurality of symbols comprising the outcome, and placing into symbol positions of a game interface of the wagering game (i) the first plurality of symbols and (ii) the second plurality of symbols. After an animation of the symbol positions which displays the first plurality of symbols and the second plurality of symbols, the second plurality of symbols may be displayed along a payline to display the outcome. | 04-09-2015 |
20150099575 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING A BONUS ROUND OF A GAME - In at least one embodiment, systems provide for modifying a bonus round of a wagering game by (i) storing, in association with a player, a plurality of game elements acquired by the player during play of at least one game of a plurality of qualifying games, each such game element corresponding to a respective functionality which causes a modification of a bonus round to which it is applied; and (ii) upon receiving a request to apply one of the game elements in a current bonus round, modifying the current bonus round in accordance with the functionality corresponding to the requested game element. In one embodiment, the applied game element had been acquired by the player in a first game and is applied in a second game. | 04-09-2015 |
20150235514 | GAMING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ENHANCED WAGERING OPPORTUNITIES - A gaming system including a central server linked to a plurality of gaming machines. In one embodiment, the gaming system provides players with one or more enhanced wagering opportunities. One enhanced wagering opportunity enables a player to continue playing one or more primary games at the maximum wager even if the player's continued play causes the gaming device's credit meter to fall below zero credits. In one such embodiment, after playing one or more maximum wager games which cause the credit meter to drop below zero, the player's player tracking account is utilized to cover any amount of credits the gaming device's credit meter is below zero. | 08-20-2015 |
20150248813 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A BONUS ROUND OF A GAME WHICH PROVIDES FOR PLAYER INFLUENCE OF VOLATILITY - In some embodiments, a player may influence the volatility of a bonus round of a game by placing elements collected during a primary game onto symbol positions of the bonus round. In some embodiments, if a symbol position onto which a player placed one or more bonus round symbols is selected as an active symbol position for an event instance of the bonus round, the player wins a prize. Additionally, a multiplier may be applied to the value of the prize or other benefit may be provided to the player if the player placed more than one bonus round symbol element on the position. Thus, a player having a plurality of bonus round symbols to place may choose to increase the frequency of prizes won (e.g., by distributing the bonus round symbols over more positions) or increase the value of prizes (e.g., by grouping more symbols on fewer positions). | 09-03-2015 |