Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to a gaming system, device, and method supportive of a self-evolving, AI-based playstyle models. A gaming system, device, and method are provided that identify data associated with a gameplay session at a gaming device, provide the data to a machine learning network; receive an output from the machine learning network in response to the machine learning network processing the data using a playstyle model, the output including an indication associated with modifying the playstyle model; and modify the playstyle model based on the indication. The data includes at least one of: a gameplay decision received during the gameplay session; and an emotional state of a user in association with the gameplay decision.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 5, 2023
Date of Patent:
May 6, 2025
Assignee:
IGT
Inventors:
David Froy, Thomas Trenkler, Karen Van Niekerk, Michael Russ, David Small
Abstract: Gaming systems, gaming devices and methods that provide games that control volatility. In one embodiment, the gaming system disclosed herein enables a player to select values, or cells associated with values, that are displayed in a particular arrangement. The player selected values are distributed to other values or cells according to one or more predefined rules. In one embodiment, one or more of the player selectable values are progressive award values. At some point during the game, the gaming system randomly picks one of the remaining values that have not been selected and provides an award to the player based at least in part on the selected value.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 17, 2024
Date of Patent:
May 6, 2025
Assignee:
IGT
Inventors:
Scott A. Caputo, Ernie M. Lafky, Bryan D. Wolf, Paulina Rodgers, Cameron A. Filipour, Adam M. Meyer, Adam M. Singer
Abstract: Gaming systems and method that provide a play of a multi-stage game including a first stage during which a quantity of sections of a wheel are accumulated for subsequent use in a second stage of the play of the multi-stage game, and the second stage during which the accumulated quantity of sections of the wheel are employed to select sections of the wheel before the sections are displayed with awards displayed in association with the selected sections.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 4, 2023
Date of Patent:
May 6, 2025
Assignee:
IGT
Inventors:
Chris Peterson, Yu Chong, Nick Hillstrom, Nathan Ajhar
Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to systems and methods for providing reel-spin game enhancement features. A player enrolled with a subscription service server is presented with an opportunity to enhance game features associated with a gaming device after a result of a game played on the gaming device is determined. The gaming device determines that only when the result of the game played corresponds to a predetermined outcome, a respin option becomes available for the player. This option is rendered as an offer for the player to activate a game enhancement feature for a respin during a subsequent play of the reel-spin game. The game enhancement features include holding or locking a symbol in the reels of the reel-spin game, adding a score multiplier, or adding a modified symbol to a particular position or reel, during the respin of the subsequent play of the reel-spin game.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 10, 2024
Date of Patent:
May 6, 2025
Assignee:
IGT
Inventors:
Elisabeth Kiss, Susanne Kiss, Julia-Ines Lerchbaumer, Bruno Rittner, Michael Russ
Abstract: Lottery tickets and lottery gaming systems and methods providing such lottery tickets, wherein the lottery tickets each have a connected symbol set path feature including a plurality of connected symbol sets along a bonus award path, a plurality of player symbols, and potential awards that can be won based on the symbol sets and the connected symbol sets along the bonus award path and the player symbols.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 14, 2022
Date of Patent:
May 6, 2025
Assignee:
IGT GLOBAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Inventors:
Marc Mendoza, David Stark, Joy Barbee, Kary Hacker
Abstract: Devices, systems and methods are provided. A gaming device includes a non-optical gesture input device to detect gesture inputs performed by a user, a processor circuit and a memory coupled to the processor circuit. The memory includes machine-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor circuit, cause the processor circuit to receive a first gesture input value from the non-optical gesture input device and that corresponds to a user-specific gesture that the user performs, associate the first gesture input value with a first gaming device operation to be performed by the gaming device, and responsive to receiving the first gesture input value that is associated with the first gaming device operation, cause the gaming device to perform the first gaming device operation.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 3, 2022
Date of Patent:
May 6, 2025
Assignee:
IGT
Inventors:
Michael Russ, Stephan Adamek, Elisabeth Kiss, Gerhard Pichler, Bruno Rittner, Thomas Trenkler
Abstract: Systems and methods that orchestrate security measures between one or more gaming establishment accounts and/or a payment instrument, such as a debit card, employed to access funds associated with the gaming establishment account.
Abstract: A gaming device includes an input device, a processor circuit and a memory coupled to the processor circuit. The memory includes machine-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor circuit, cause the processor circuit to perform operations herein. Operations include providing an online virtual environment that includes a wagering tournament game that is accessible to multiple users in different physical locations. Operations include receiving, via the input device and from the users, login credentials that provide the users with access to the online virtual environment and providing access to the online virtual environment using multiple gaming channels that includes a first gaming channel and a second gaming channel that is different from the first gaming channel. Operations include providing image data received from an image capture device of one of the users with other ones of the users in the online virtual environment.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 27, 2023
Publication date:
May 1, 2025
Applicant:
IGT
Inventors:
Bethany PLIMMER, Aaron COREY, Gaurav JARIWALA, David FROY, Fayez IDRIS, Jackie ALVAREZ, Michael RUSS
Abstract: An electronic gaming machine (“EGM”) can include a set of mechanical reels; a display surface; and a projector. The projector can be configured to project a digital element on the display surface. The display surface can be located between the projector and the set of mechanical reels.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 27, 2023
Publication date:
May 1, 2025
Applicant:
IGT
Inventors:
David FROY, Sven AURICH, Michael RUSS, David SMALL, Soheil LATIFI, Stefan KEILWERT
Abstract: A video lottery system may include a processor circuit and a memory coupled to the processor circuit. The memory comprises machine-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor circuit, cause the processor circuit to obtain, by a mobile player device associated with a player, site controller information from a local site controller associated with a video lottery terminal (VLT). The instructions further cause the processor circuit to transmit, by the mobile player device, a network request to a remote server for player information from a player database. The instructions further cause the processor circuit to receive, by the mobile player device from the remote server, the player information. The instructions further cause the processor circuit to provide, by the mobile player device, the player information in an encoded format to the local site controller.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 1, 2023
Publication date:
May 1, 2025
Applicant:
IGT
Inventors:
Robert WALKER, Bradley BOUDREAU, Theodore STROUT
Abstract: A processor circuit of a wearable gaming device receives display data corresponding to a real-time environmental model of a shared virtual environment (SVE) including a plurality of virtual persons and a plurality of virtual gaming devices, the display data including user display data that causes a display device to render a portion of the SVE based on a virtual orientation of the gaming device and a virtual location of a respective player of a plurality of players in the SVE, the portion of the SVE for the player comprising a virtual representation of another player of the plurality of players in the SVE. The processor circuit receives user input from the player for a virtual wagering game in the SVE and, based on a winning result for the virtual wagering game, provides a game award to the first player.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 27, 2023
Publication date:
May 1, 2025
Applicant:
IGT
Inventors:
David FROY, Michael RUSS, Fayez IDRIS, Gaurav JARIWALA, Anthony BAERLOCHER, Karen VAN NIEKERK, Bethany PLIMMER, David SMALL, Todd GRIMM
Abstract: Systems and methods that utilize non-fungible tokens in association with the occurrence of gaming environment events and offer a marketplace to transact against such non-fungible tokens.
Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to an escape room game that includes a plurality of puzzles corresponding to different solutions to be solved by a player in a specific order and within a predetermined period of time and in a room with defined boundaries for successful completion of the escape room game. The players can wager on a predicted level of performance of the player in the escape room game. Awards are provided by the gaming system based on the wagers and an actual level of performance of the player in solving one or more of the puzzles.