Abstract: Gaming systems and methods which enable a player to skip a bonus event, such as a play of a triggered bonus game, in exchange for a placement of a sporting event wager.

Abstract: Gaming systems and methods that for a play of a game randomly determine an award set associated with each specific triggering symbol and displays the award set in association with that triggering symbol. In various embodiments, the different triggering symbols are associated with different types of awards and different sets of awards. In various embodiments, the different triggering symbols include a first triggering symbol associated only with a plurality of different static awards, a second triggering symbol associated only with a plurality of different variable awards, and a third triggering symbol associated with the plurality of different static awards and the plurality of different variable awards.

Abstract: Method and apparatus are described which are used to provide enhanced functionality on gaming devices associated with the play of wager-based games. A secondary processor, separate from a game controller on the gaming device, can be used to provide the enhanced functionality. In one embodiment, the secondary processor can be used to control a display interface on a video display, such as a video display used to play a wager-based game on the gaming device. The display interface can be used to purchase items, such as a lottery ticket, under control of the secondary processor. After purchase, the lottery ticket can be dispensed from the gaming device using a printer. After the lottery ticket is dispensed, it can be reinserted into the gaming device and validated. If any winnings are associated with the lottery ticket, it can be credited to the electronic gaming machine.

Abstract: Gaming systems and methods which utilize the results of a sporting event to determine an outcome of a bingo game.

Abstract: A systems method and devices are provided. A system includes a processor circuit and a memory including machine-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor circuit, cause the processor circuit to perform operations described herein. Such operations include receiving a wager for a wagering game at a gaming device. The wagering game includes multiple game symbol positions and multiple paylines, each payline associated with a subset of game symbol positions. Operations include receiving from a player and via a graphical user interface, a selection of a feature that is provided after the wager is complete and determining a first prize outcome of the feature. Operations include receiving, after determining the first prize outcome of the feature, a second chance selection from a plurality of second chance options for the player to earn a second prize outcome.

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.

Abstract: In various embodiments, the system and method disclosed herein coordinates the access to persistent data amongst a plurality of disparate entities which otherwise have no player data sharing relationship with one another.

Abstract: A system and method that facilitates the transferring of funds between different financial institution accounts based on the transferring of funds between different gaming establishment accounts associated with different gaming establishments.

Abstract: Based on receipt of a validation request by a transceiver from a mobile device, a determination that a mobile device is authorized to provide remote input to a gaming device is made. A signal strength threshold for the transceiver is modified from a first signal strength threshold associated with a first distance between the transceiver and the mobile device to a second signal strength threshold associated with a second larger distance between the transceiver and the mobile device, wherein the second distance is greater than the first distance. Based on receipt of a remote connection request from the mobile device, a determination whether the remote connection request meets the second signal strength threshold is made. In response to determining that the remote connection request meets the second signal strength threshold, the mobile device is allowed to provide remote input instructions to the gaming device.

Abstract: Systems and methods for transferring funds from a financial institution account to a cashless wagering account and then to an electronic gaming machine without utilizing any physical forms of currency.

Abstract: A system that facilitates the transfer of an amount funds between one or more gaming establishment accounts associated with a player and one or more gaming table components associated with a gaming establishment gaming table currently associated with the player.

Abstract: Security-enhanced documents and methods of forming security-enhanced documents having indicia under a Scratch-Off Coating (SOC), and more particularly including digitally imaging video frames onto the display area and/or back of the documents. In certain embodiments, portions of digitally imaged video frames are also utilized as game play variable indicia.

Abstract: A full-color protected document, and methods and systems for making same, secured by a removable Scratch-Off Coating, where the protection against document alteration and/or copy type attacks is provided by digitally imaging Benday patterns and/or digital imaged background patterns around the variable indicia. By printing Benday patterns and/or imaged background using the same process color imagers, usability and integrity of the protected document are achieved relative to the consumer's perspective while at the same time providing a more secure, less expensive, and more aesthetically pleasing document design.

Abstract: In various embodiments, the present disclosure relates generally to gaming systems and methods that provide a first game sequence including an accumulation of designated symbols during a plurality of sequential plays of one or more of a plurality of different games of the first game sequence. In various embodiments, the gaming system determines which of the plurality of different games are employed for each play of a game of the first game sequence based on the quantity of accumulated symbols for that first game sequence prior to the start of that game play.

Abstract: A processor circuit provides a real-time environmental model of a shared virtual environment (SVE) comprising a plurality of virtual persons in a virtual gaming environment. Display data corresponding to the SVE to a first player device worn by a first player is transmitted, including user display data that causes a display device in the first player device to render a portion of the SVE from a point of view (POV) of the first player based on a virtual orientation of the first player device and a virtual location of the first player in the SVE. Based on a determined player status of the second player, a sensory interactivity parameter of the second player is modified to modify at least one of a visibility, an audibility, and a tangibility a second player avatar associated with the second player in the SVE in the POV of the first player.

Abstract: A gaming device includes a display device, a processor circuit, a first gaming device display interface coupled between the processor circuit and the display device, a second gaming device display interface coupled between the processor circuit and the display device in parallel with the first gaming device display interface, and a memory coupled to the processor circuit. First graphical content is provided to the display device via the first gaming device display interface. In response to a determination that a first trigger condition indicative of a power consumption reduction state for the gaming device has been satisfied, second graphical content is provided to the display device via the second gaming device display interface, and provision of the first graphical content to the display device via the first gaming device display interface is discontinued.

Abstract: A gaming device includes a display device, a processor circuit, a first gaming device display interface coupled to the processor circuit, a second gaming device display interface coupled in series between the first gaming device display interface and the display device, and a memory coupled to the processor circuit. First graphical content is provided to the second gaming device display interface via the first gaming device display interface, and the first graphical content is provided to the display device via the second gaming device display interface. In response to a determination that a first trigger condition indicative of a power consumption reduction state for the gaming device has been satisfied, second graphical content is provided to the display device via the second gaming device display interface, and discontinue provision of the first graphical content via the first gaming device display interface is discontinued.

Abstract: A system and method for facilitating the purchase of digital lottery tickets, the validation of digital lottery tickets, and the redemption of digital lottery tickets. The systems and methods provide improved security and protection against fraudulent validation and redemption of digital lottery tickets.

Abstract: Systems and methods which utilize zero, one or more random determinations in association with a determination of an award of a placed sporting event wager.