Patents Assigned to IGT
  • Patent number: 12347264
    Abstract: A method of interacting with an electronic gaming machine that executes a program for a wagering game includes generating a video image including the electronic gaming machine, the electronic gaming machine is within a view of a player, generating virtual content associated with the game executed by the electronic gaming machine, and displaying the virtual content to the player to augment the player's view of the electronic gaming machine, the virtual content appears to the player to be on or adjacent to the electronic gaming machine. Related electronic gaming machines and electronic gaming systems are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventor: David Vincent Froy, Jr.
  • Patent number: 12340272
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and devices for automatically verifying the authenticity and integrity of documents such as but not limited to instant lottery tickets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: IGT Global Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth E. Irwin, Jr., Joseph Brandimore, Brian Ingram
  • Patent number: 12340659
    Abstract: A system that utilizes a mobile device and a funding instrument associated with an external funding source to first transfer funds from the external funding source to a gaming establishment account and then, responsive to a completion of the first transfer, automatically transfer funds from the gaming establishment account to an electronic gaming machine and/or a gaming table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Jeffery Shepherd, Kevin Higgins
  • Publication number: 20250201051
    Abstract: A system includes a communication interface, a processing circuit and a memory coupled to the processing circuit. The memory includes machine readable instructions that, when executed by the processing circuit, cause the processing circuit to receive, into the processing circuit, trigger data that corresponds to a virtual reality (VR) casino component and to generate, by the processing circuit, the VR casino component that corresponds to the trigger data. The processor circuit is further caused to apply custom characteristic data that is associated with an operator of the VR casino component to generate a VR casino component model and receive operational data that is associated with performance of the VR casino component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2023
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Applicant: IGT
    Inventor: Dwayne NELSON
  • Publication number: 20250201077
    Abstract: A system determines a gaming device of a plurality of gaming devices and transmits a message to the gaming device, the message including an invitation to participate in a competitive wagering game. In response to an acceptance of the respective invitation, the gaming device is included in a plurality of active gaming devices and a competitive wagering game is initiated including a plurality of wagering games at the active gaming devices. A plurality of base game results is generated and it is determined whether each base game result is a winning base game result. A winning competitive game result is also selected from the plurality of base game results for the competitive wagering game. For each winning base game result, a base game award is provided at the corresponding gaming device, and a competitive game award is provided at the gaming device associated with the winning competitive game result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2025
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Applicant: IGT
    Inventors: Nathan AJHAR, Nick HILLSTROM, Yu CHONG
  • Publication number: 20250201056
    Abstract: Provided is a gaming device including a first speaker that provides a first portion of an audio output signal based on a first audio data signal received from an EGM, a second speaker that provides a second portion of the audio output signal based on a second audio data signal from the EGM, a first transceiver that is communicatively coupled to the EGM to determine a first distance between the first speaker and the EGM and to transmit the first audio data signal, and a second transceiver that is communicatively coupled to the EGM to determine a second distance between the second speaker and the EGM and to transmit the second audio data signal. The gaming device includes a processor circuit and a memory comprising machine-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor circuit, cause the processor circuit to modify the first portion of the audio output signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2023
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Applicant: IGT
    Inventors: Michael RUSS, Lukas ANGERMAYER, Michael BRUNNER, Julian HOFER
  • Publication number: 20250201076
    Abstract: A graphical user interface (GUI) of a gaming device displays a first option to play a bonus game at the first multiplier value and a second option to increase the first multiplier value for a future bonus game. Based on a selection of the first option by a player, the gaming device initiates the bonus game, generates a bonus game result, determines a first bonus game award based on the bonus game result, multiplies the first bonus game award based on the first multiplier to generate a first total bonus game award, and awards the first total bonus game award to the player. Based on a selection of the second option by the player, the gaming device increases the first multiplier value to a second multiplier value higher than the first multiplier value, removes the first bonus game trigger condition, and resumes play of the base wagering game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2023
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Applicant: IGT
    Inventors: Sylvia ROUSSEL, Richard SAVOIE
  • Publication number: 20250201064
    Abstract: A system receives a request to access a player account associated with a player and determines a set of available achievements, each available achievement of the set of available achievements associated with a game event in an available wagering game. The system determines, for each available achievement, whether the associated game event has occurred, and a display device displays the set of available achievements, an indication, for each available achievement, of whether the associated game event has occurred, and an achievement award for the available achievement. The system receives a player selection of a first available achievement of the set of available achievements, wherein the game event associated with the first available achievement has occurred. Based on the player selection, the achievement award associated with the first available achievement is awarded to the player and the first available achievement is associated with a cryptographic token.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2023
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Applicant: IGT
    Inventors: Todd GRIMM, Michael RUSS
  • Patent number: 12322255
    Abstract: An electronic gaming system is capable of forming a multi-player group to play a game; receiving, from a first gaming device, first game play information for a first game played by a first player member of the multi-player group on the first gaming device; determining that the first game play information comprises a first winning outcome corresponding to a first winning outcome; in response, allocating the first winning outcome among the first and second player members; and notifying a second gaming device of the second player member that the second player member has received the second portion of the first winning outcome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Fei Yi, Wei Gong
  • Patent number: 12322252
    Abstract: Gaming systems and methods that maintain a progressive award associated with a guaranteed minimum quantity of generations of a designated symbol in a sequence of one or more plays of a game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Timothy Kennedy, Robin Heenan
  • Patent number: 12322250
    Abstract: Systems and methods that employ advertising loyalty points to modify zero, one or more aspects of an electronic gaming machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Vincent S. Lai, Patrick Danielson, Dwayne R. Nelson
  • Publication number: 20250174077
    Abstract: A system includes 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 determine a first game session state of a first game session of a wagering game at an electronic game machine (EGM) by a player in a casino environment. The instructions further cause the processor circuit to replicate the first game session state in a second game session of the wagering game at a virtual gaming device in a virtual casino environment. The instructions further cause the processor circuit to initiate the second game session in the virtual casino environment for the player such that the first game session and the second game session comprise a continuous game session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Publication date: May 29, 2025
    Applicant: IGT
    Inventors: David FROY, Gaurav JARIWALA, Carman MISENER, Bethany PLIMMER, Jackie ALVAREZ, Fayez IDRIS, David SMALL, Anthony BAERLOCHER, Todd GRIMM, Karen VAN NIEKERK
  • Publication number: 20250174073
    Abstract: A processor circuit transmits display data corresponding to a shared virtual environment (SVE) to a plurality of player devices including user display data that causes a display device of each player device to render a portion of the SVE based on a virtual orientation of the player device and a virtual location of the player in the SVE. The processor circuit determines that a celebration trigger condition has been met for a first player of the plurality of players and selects a subset of players of the plurality of players based on the celebration trigger condition and a celebration viewing parameter value associated with each player of the subset of players. The processor circuit transmits celebration display data corresponding to the celebration to a subset of player devices associated with the subset of players to render celebration content associated with the celebration trigger condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Publication date: May 29, 2025
    Applicant: IGT
    Inventors: Bethany PLIMMER, Aaron COREY, Karen VAN NIEKERK, Todd GRIMM, Michael RUSS
  • Publication number: 20250174078
    Abstract: A first wager from a first player for a first wagering game at physical table game in a casino environment is determined, the physical table game including a physical game object. A second wager is determined from a second player for a second wagering game different from the first wagering game via a computing device associated with the second player. A sensor device at the physical table game detects a parameter value associated with physical game object. A first game result for the first wagering game is determined, and based on the detected parameter value, a second game result for the second wagering game is determined. In response to the second game result being a winning game result, a game award is provided to the second player.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Publication date: May 29, 2025
    Applicant: IGT
    Inventors: Aaron COREY, Jackie ALVAREZ, Gaurav JARIWALA, Daniel LANDRY, Anthony BAERLOCHER, David FROY, Carman MISENER, Michael RUSS
  • Publication number: 20250174070
    Abstract: A position and an orientation of a player in a player area surrounded by a three-dimensional holographic display device is determined. The display device displays a first wagering game and a second wagering game based on the position and the orientation of the player to position the first wagering game in a central field of view of the player and to position the second wagering game in a peripheral field of view outside the central field of view. A game event is determined in the second wagering game. Based on the determined game event, the display device moves the second wagering game to position the second wagering game in the central field of view of the player.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Publication date: May 29, 2025
    Applicant: IGT
    Inventors: David FROY, Stefan KEILWERT, Michael RUSS
  • Patent number: 12315342
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to systems and methods for providing game symbol removal operations in games. The game symbol removal operation allows a player of the gaming device to provide input regarding a set of game symbols to be removed from a first configuration of an array of cells. Removing the game symbol(s) in the set of game symbols from the first configuration of the array of cells forms a second configuration of the array of cells. A selected game symbol of the unremoved game symbols can have a higher probability of being a first game payline on the array of cells in the second configuration than on the array of cells in the first configuration. Removal of a particular game symbol from the array of cells allows a player to control his or her chances of winning and alter the proposed payouts for winning distributions of game symbols for at least one subsequent play of the game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Xiaodong Zhang, Hong Li
  • Patent number: D1080652
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventor: Roman Souza
  • Patent number: D1080735
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Legras, Tai Rosander, Charles W. Johnson, Matthew Franich, Steven McGahn
  • Patent number: D1080736
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: IGT GLOBAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Scott Hultzman, David Anagnostos, Apostolos D. Kallis
  • Patent number: D1079816
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Lance Hussey, Shushuo Wu