Abstract: In a method and system for presenting a game, such as a table game having a base portion and at least one side bet feature, a single combined wager is received, such as at a first wagering location as detected by a wager input sensor, and the combined wager is allocated, such as by a table controller, to an ante required for the base portion of the game and to a side bet required to the side bet feature of the game. An allocated portion of the combined wager to the ante and side bet feature may be variable, such as based upon input of the operator.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 2, 2020
Date of Patent:
August 27, 2024
Assignee:
AGS LLC
Inventors:
Jamie Abrahamson, Zbigniew Czyzewski, Michael Skvorzov
Abstract: A gaming table includes input sensors which are configured to receive multiple inputs from a player. The sensors are linked to a gaming table controller and are configured to receive different types of inputs from players at different times. One input may comprise a wager input in the form of one or more chips which are associated with the sensor. Another input may comprise a game play input, such as a spin input for a bonus game, received by a player placing their hand proximate to the sensor.
Abstract: A wager-based game provides a plurality of bet options including a plurality of bet level options having an associated wager and a mystery bet option. A bet level and a wager amount as a function of the selected wager option. The bet level is randomly established if the mystery bet option is selected by the player. The player may be provided an award based on the outcome of the base game, the bet level and a paytable.
Abstract: Push-button switches and components thereof, including push-button switch button covers, as well as methods of making the same and gaming machines having such push-button switches, are provided. The push-button switches are low profile and configured for aperture-free mounting, and the button covers are configured to convey information and have improved characteristics.
Abstract: Examples disclosed herein relate to a gaming device including a memory, a processor, a display, and a call tower. The call tower extends upwardly from the gaming device, such as above the display. The call tower includes a call tower video display and may include one or more plates, such as light or image plates. The gaming device includes a processor which presents a game via the display and causes the plates and/or call tower video display to display information, such as images.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 2, 2022
Date of Patent:
May 28, 2024
Assignee:
AGS LLC
Inventors:
Rachel Calhoun Lewis, Ian Robert Scott, Karl Frederick Zedell, Jr., Daniel Kendall Harden
Abstract: Table-based gaming actions are disclosed where additional prizes or other gains can be awarded after spinning of a first reward determining wheel of chance by spinning of one or more further wheels of chance where the further spinnings are enabled by a previous spin outcome landing on an outcome selecting segment that awards a partial reward and also awards the spinning of the next successive wheel of chance. Each of the successive wheels of chance is different from the others such that a variety of reward possibilities is provided. Different games, such as presented at different tables, may be linked, where the spinnings offer a jackpot and the odds of each player winning the jackpot is the same, regardless of the game being played.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 12, 2023
Date of Patent:
May 21, 2024
Assignee:
AGS LLC
Inventors:
Jamie Abrahamson, Eric Ivan Effros, Andrew Price Pawlak
Abstract: A bonus providing element distinct from an underlying game enables bonus awards to players at two or more player positions of the underlying game based upon receipt of a predetermined triggering outcome in the underlying game by the bonus providing element providing an indication of at least three individual random indicators, such as: a) a first random indicator configured to provide an identification of a first award to be awarded to qualifying players of the players of the underlying game; b) a second random indicator configured to provide an identification of a single one of the two or more player positions; and c) a third random indicator configured to provide an identification of a second award to be awarded to the player at the single one of the two or more player positions indicated by the second random indictor.
Abstract: Table-based gaming actions are disclosed where additional prizes or other gains can be awarded after spinning of a first reward determining wheel of chance by spinning of one or more further wheels of chance where the further spinnings are enabled by a previous spin outcome landing on an outcome selecting segment that awards a partial reward and also awards the spinning of the next successive wheel of chance. Each of the successive wheels of chance is different from the others such that a variety of reward possibilities is provided. For one embodiment, a bonus awarding segment of the first wheel has a highest probability of occurrence and a lowest initial payout value.
Abstract: A wager-based game includes a base game and a persistent feature game. A player may be provided an award based on the outcome of the base game. A counter may be incremented in response to an occurrence of a triggering symbol in the outcome of the base game and associated prize is added to an accumulator. The prize is awarded to the player if the counter is equal to a maximum value.
Abstract: Various aspects disclosed herein are directed to different systems and methods for providing a universal, adjustable printer bezel assembly which is compatible for use with a plurality of different types of ticket printer devices from different ticket printer manufacturers.
Abstract: An upright gaming machine includes a game determination component that facilitates a wager-based game result, input/output devices coupled to the game determination component, a gaming machine cabinet housing various gaming machine components, and lower and cash access doors located about the gaming machine cabinet. The lower door can be fully removable from the gaming machine, can facilitate access to an internal belly region, and can include a tethered locking arrangement having rotary latches, stationary pins, and a tether. The cash door includes a virtual pivot hinge opening arrangement that moves the cash door in a swivel motion from a closed position to an open position, where the swivel motion of the cash door is about a virtual axis having a center of rotation for which no physical component passes therethrough.
Abstract: An ancillary display for a gaming environment having one or more gaming machines each having a respective primary display that displays respective gaming action and/or gaming enticements includes a subarea image capturing circuit configured to capture video subarea signals corresponding to a predetermined subportion of imagery presented by at least one of the primary displays of at least one of the gaming machines, and one or more image output driver circuits configured to output ancillary imagery that is responsive to at least one of the captured video subarea signals.
Abstract: System, method and computer-readable storage media for presenting an outcome of a bingo game as a roulette-style game, the bingo game utilizing a plurality of bingo cards, the roulette-style game utilizing a virtual roulette wheel having a predetermined number of pockets. The bingo game having a pay table including a plurality of wagers and a payout associated with each wager. The bingo game uses predetermined interim patterns associated with a plurality of bingo cards, wherein roulette-style game data maps one or more of the predetermined interim patterns to each pocket of the virtual roulette wheel. Each wager of the pay table is associated with one or more of the pockets on the virtual roulette wheel.
Abstract: Examples disclosed herein relate to a gaming device including a memory, a processor, a display, a plurality of display areas located on the display, and a plurality of external lights located at an outer area of a front surface of the electronic gaming device. The plurality of external lights forming au-shape with a left side, a right side, and a bottom where each of the left side, the right side, and the bottom includes a first light column, a second light column, and a third light column. The gaming device including a processor that initiates a base game via the plurality of display areas located on the display.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 24, 2021
Date of Patent:
August 22, 2023
Assignee:
AGS LLC
Inventors:
Sigmund Hyunjai Lee, Karl Frederick Zedell, Jr., Rachel Calhoun Lewis, Ian Robert Scott, Wei Gu, Daniel Kendall Harden, Ariel David Turgel
Abstract: Table-based gaming actions are disclosed where additional prizes or other gains can be awarded when a community event occurs at a given table and the event had been wagered upon by side bets placed at that table. One of the possible awards is that for a shared multi-table progressive jackpot prize that receives contributions from side bets placed at different kinds of gaming tables including ones that have community events of different probabilities of occurrence and/or ones that have different numbers of operational betting positions. Methods are disclosed for equalizing the chance at each betting position for winning the multi-table progressive jackpot prize despite the differences in probability of occurrence of the respective community event and/or different numbers of operational betting positions at the respective tables.
Inventors:
Karl Frederick Zedell, Jr., Benjamin Martin, Carlos Martin Terminel Iberri, Daniel Kendall Harden, Zack Stephanchick, James Ely Tillery, Kevin Hohman, Parry Staley, Matthew Rodgers
Inventors:
Karl Frederick Zedell, Jr., Benjamin Martin, Carlos Martin Terminel Iberri, Daniel Kendall Harden, Zack Stephanchick, James Ely Tillery, Kevin Hohman, Parry Staley, Matthew Rodgers