Abstract: A gaming device, and related devices, methods, and systems, initiates a wagering game at a primary gaming device associated with a primary player. The system receives a first message from a secondary gaming device associated with a secondary player. The first message includes a request to access the wagering game at the secondary gaming device. The system receives a second message from the primary gaming device authorizing the secondary gaming device to access the wagering game. The secondary gaming device, in response to receiving the second message, displays user interface elements representative of the wagering game being played by the primary player in near-real time.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to electronic playing cards, each of the playing cards comprising opposing first and second planar playing card surfaces such that, when being viewed by the corresponding player, the first planar playing card surface faces the other players and the second planar playing card surface faces the corresponding player. The first and/or second planar playing card surface can comprise a digital display. A gaming system can assign an electronic playing card to each player in a card game and determine and provide to each of the electronic playing cards an assigned playing card parameter (e.g., card suit and rank) for depiction by a digital display of the respective playing card.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to gaming systems and, in particular, to back-betting within a gaming system. As an example, a back-betting system is disclosed to include a first communication interface that facilitates machine-to-machine communications with an Electronic Gaming Machine (EGM) of a gaming system, where the first communication interface is used to exchange state-of-play information with the EGM. The system is also disclosed to include a second communication interface that facilitates machine-to-machine communications with a mobile device, where the second communication interface is used to exchange back-bet wager information and deliver an indication of an outcome of a back-bet placed during a back-betting session established with the mobile device.

Abstract: A gaming system may determine a player status of a player using the gaming device and, based on the determined player status of the player, may provide video of a live sporting event to a display device of the gaming device. The gaming system may select a set of wagers that are associated with defined events in the live sporting event and provide an indication of the set of wagers to the display device. The system may include a wager or other requirement for continuing providing the video. The system may determine whether the player has selected a wager from among the set of wagers which satisfies the wager requirement, and may suspend, continue, or resume providing the video of the live sporting event to the gaming device based on the determination.

Abstract: Disclosed are various methods for determining a wagering game to play on a client device. In some embodiments, the method includes receiving data describing an orientation of a client device and determining, based at least upon the orientation of the client device, a number of symbols to display in connection with a wagering game. The number of paylines to provide may be determined based on the orientation of the client device. An outcome of the wagering game may be determined based at least in part on the determined number of symbols and the determined number of paylines.

Abstract: A lottery gaming system and method providing a lottery game that enables a player to obtain a unique player set of symbols for a lottery ticket for a play of a lottery game. In various embodiments, the lottery gaming system and method enables the player to originally purchase the lottery ticket with a unique player set of symbols for the play of the lottery game. In various other embodiments, the lottery gaming system and method enables the player to change one or more of the symbols of player set of symbols of a lottery ticket for a play of the lottery game that the player previously purchased to obtain a replacement lottery ticket with a different player set of symbols (such as a unique player set of symbols) for that play of the lottery game.

Abstract: In response to receiving a wager, a plurality of game elements are displayed as part of the wagering game. The plurality of game elements includes a play area, an enemy element that travels along an enemy path from an enemy entry location toward an enemy goal location, and a defense element that attacks the enemy element when the enemy element is within a defense attack range of the defense element. An enemy health value of the enemy element is reduced based on the defense element attacking the enemy element when the enemy element is within the defense attack range of the defense element. Reducing the enemy health value of the enemy element to zero destroys the enemy element. In response to the enemy element being destroyed, a second monetary amount is credited to the first credit account.

Abstract: A roulette wheel device, and related devices, systems, and methods, includes a base coupled to a table, the base having a circular ball track within a circular rim. The roulette wheel device further includes a circular wheelhead rotatably coupled to the base within the ball track. The wheelhead includes a circular ring having a plurality of pockets, wherein the circular ball track is sloped downwardly toward the circular ring to direct a roulette ball into one of the plurality of pockets. The wheelhead further includes a circular display subassembly including a display device to selectively display graphical elements corresponding to the plurality of pockets. The circular ball track, the circular ring, and the circular display subassembly are substantially concentric.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to systems and methods that provide real-time head-to-head sports wagering between players of gaming devices. Using a gaming device, a player initiates a wagering invitation message including an invitation to wager on an event associated with a competitive sporting contest. The invitation to wager defines an outcome associated with the event and an amount for the wager. The other player, from their own gaming device, and upon receiving information about the invitation to wager, can accept, decline, or propose a modification to the invitation to wager. The players can exchange communications between an interface of their gaming devices about potential wagers, existing wagers, or past wagers. Aspects of the present disclosure provide an enhanced social experience in head-to-head competitive sports wagering from a gaming device.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to systems and methods that selectively alter a presentation of a live sporting event rendered to a display device. The presentation of a live sporting event rendered to a portion of the display device is changed from a live video stream, received from a video source, to a non-video alternative presentation of the live sporting event using play-by-play information received from a wagering host server. When a signal of the video source is lost or degraded, the non-video alternative presentation replaces the live video stream with play-by-play information in real time about the live sporting event. The play-by-play information is text about the live sporting event, a two-dimensional graphical representation of the live sporting event, or a three-dimensional graphical representation of the live sporting event.

Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatus are provided. An apparatus includes a user interface, a processing circuit, a ticket printer that prints tickets that display wager data, 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, from a player via the user interface, wager inputs corresponding to multiple wagers that correspond to predicted outcomes of multiple events that include a first event and a second event and to cause the printer to print first wager data corresponding to the first event on a first ticket and to print second wager data corresponding to the second event on a second ticket. Each of the first and second tickets include wager data corresponding to multiple ones of the wagers.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to gaming systems and, in particular, to back-betting within a gaming system. As an example, a back-betting system is disclosed to include a first communication interface that facilitates machine-to-machine communications with an Electronic Gaming Machine (EGM) of a gaming system, where the first communication interface is used to exchange state-of-play information with the EGM. The system is also disclosed to include a second communication interface that facilitates machine-to-machine communications with a mobile device, where the second communication interface is used to exchange back-bet wager information and deliver an indication of an outcome of a back-bet placed during a back-betting session established with the mobile device.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to gaming machines, systems, and methods. As an example, a method is disclosed that includes registering a first card read event at a first card reader; in response to registering the first card read event, extracting, with a processor, first card data that includes a first player identification number in a first player identification number format; registering a second card read event at a second card reader; in response to registering the second card read event at the second card reader, extracting, with the processor, second card data that includes a second player identification number in a second player identification number format; enabling, with the processor, a player to login to a first game management system; and providing, with the processor, the second card data to a second communication interface to enable the player to login to a second game management system.

Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for determining a wagering game to play on a client device. The client device can determine the orientation of a display using one or more sensors. The wagering game can be selected using the orientation. The selected wagering game can be rendered on the display. An outcome of the wagering game can be generated.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a gaming system including a housing and a configurable display panel supported by the housing, the configurable display panel including a support, a low electric power thin display device supported by the support and configured to selectively display different images based on signals from a processor, an electrical connector coupled to the low electric power thin display device, and a protective transparent outer layer coupled to the support and positioned over the low electric power thin display device.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to media and multimedia synchronization systems and methods. As a non-limiting example, a gaming system and method processes event-related signals from gaming devices to identify a particular occurrence of an event and generates a media content message based on the particular occurrence of the event and transmits the media content message to multiple target gaming devices. The multiple target gaming devices determine which of their output devices is available and causes the available output devices to present, synchronously with the output devices of the other target gaming devices, the media content to collectively provide a selected presentation.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to gaming machines, systems, and methods. As an example, a method is disclosed that includes receiving first player information from a player, logging the player into a first game management system with the first player information, providing the player with a query for information, where the query includes a request for information to create a second player account for the player in a second game management system. The method may further include receiving enrollment information, where the enrollment information includes at least some of the first player information stored in connection with a first player account maintained by the first game management system and transmitting the enrollment information to the second game management system, where the enrollment information enables the second game management system to create the second player account for the player.

Abstract: A gaming system, computer-implemented method and gaming device are provided. A gaming system includes a processor circuit, a memory coupled to the processor circuit. The memory includes machine-readable instructions that cause the processor circuit to provide, to a user, video of a streaming sporting event to a display device of a gaming device. A graphical user interface is generated on the display device and receives inputs from the user that correspond to a wager. A first wager input is received that selects a sporting event component of the wager in the streaming sporting event using the video of the streaming sporting event. A second wager input that identifies an action component of the wager is received. The action component defines a predicted occurrence that the user wagers will occur relative to the sporting event component in a future portion of the streaming sporting event.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to a lottery gaming system and method that determine that a selected user is associated with a lottery game entry in a lottery game having a winning lottery amount, receive an input of the selected user from a secondary game different from the lottery game, and, in response to receiving the input, determine an outcome modifier that adjusts a user share of the winning lottery amount. The present disclosure further relates to a gaming device that interacts with the lottery gaming system.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to multimedia synchronization systems and methods. As a non-limiting example, a method is disclosed that includes receiving a data stream, processing the data stream and identifying a particular occurrence of an event based on processing the data stream. The method is further disclosed to include generating an excitement message based on the particular occurrence of the event and transmitting the excitement message to a gaming device thereby enabling the gaming device to perform an action based on receiving the excitement message.