Patents by Inventor Steven Andrew Koza

Steven Andrew Koza has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Player-controlled volatility in gaming equipment
    Patent number: 9836916
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for playing a wagering game on a gaming apparatus enables different paytables and related volatility wagers on at least one of an underlying wagering game and a side bet wager against a paytable. The method allows a player placing a wager on the underlying wagering game; and the player placing a wager on the side bet. The method further allows providing a physical random event outcome in the underlying wagering game on which both the underlying game and the side bet are based. At least one of the wager on the underlying wagering game and the wager on the side bet is made on at least one of two available wagers having differing volatilities from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Inventors: Steven Andrew Koza, Russell Brooke Dunn
  • PLAYER-CONTROLLED VOLATILITY IN GAMING EQUIPMENT
    Publication number: 20150339876
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for playing a wagering game on a gaming apparatus enables different paytables and related volatility wagers on at least one of an underlying wagering game and a side bet wager against a paytable. The method allows a player placing a wager on the underlying wagering game; and the player placing a wager on the side bet. The method further allows providing a physical random event outcome in the underlying wagering game on which both the underlying game and the side bet are based. At least one of the wager on the underlying wagering game and the wager on the side bet is made on at least one of two available wagers having differing volatilities from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: Steven Andrew Koza, Russell Brooke Dunn