Patents by Inventor Eric Ivan Effros

Eric Ivan Effros has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11941948
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: AGS LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Price Pawlak, Eric Ivan Effros
  • Publication number: 20230169830
    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: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Jamie Abrahamson, Eric Ivan Effros, Andrew Price Pawlak
  • Publication number: 20220172571
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Andrew Price Pawlak, Eric Ivan Effros
  • Patent number: 11257325
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: AGS LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Price Pawlak, Eric Ivan Effros
  • Publication number: 20190213837
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Applicant: AGS LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Price Pawlak, Eric Ivan Effros