Gaming device having multiple game play option

• US 10,445,988 B2
• Filed: 01/23/2018
• Issued: 10/15/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 07/24/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Acres Technology
• Original Assignee: Patent Investment & Licensing Company
• Inventors: Acres, John F.
• Primary Examiner(s): Laneau, Ronald
• Application Number:
  US15/878,086
• Publication Number:
  US 20180151031A1
• Time in Patent Office: 630 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3211 Display means
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3213 Details of moving display elements, e.g. spinning reels, tumbling members
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3225 Data transfer within a gaming system, e.g. data sent between gaming machines and users
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3244 Payment aspects of a gaming system, e.g. payment schemes, setting payout ratio, bonus or consolation prizes
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3246 involving coins and/or banknotes
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3267 Game outcomes which determine the course of the subsequent game, e.g. double or quits, free games, higher payouts, different new games
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/34 depending on the stopping of moving members in a mechanical slot machine, e.g. "fruit" machines

Abstract

Embodiments of this concept are directed to gaming devices that are configured to initiate multiple gaming events in response to a player input. The gaming device may include game initiating inputs that initiate a predetermined number of gaming events in response to the player input, or the gaming device may include configurable game initiating inputs that initiate a number of gaming events specified by the player, specified the gaming device, or specified by a gaming server. The gaming device or gaming server may set the number of initiated game events in response to the occurrence of a triggering event.

Claims

1. A gaming device comprising:

an acceptor for engaging a physical object for applying value for wagering;

a game operable for play on the gaming device;

a first actuator operable to initiate a predetermined number of game cycles greater that one in response to a single actuation of the first actuator;

a processor programmed to;

automatically accept a separate wager for each game in the game cycle equal to the wager amount,

automatically play each game in the game cycle;

display an outcome of each game in the game cycle for a first predetermined time when the outcome is a winning outcome, and

display the outcome of each game in the game cycle for a second predetermined time when the outcome is a losing outcome,

in response to the single actuation of the first actuator; and

at least one of a ticket printer, a bill dispenser, and a coin dispenser for cashing out any remaining value on the gaming device in response to actuation of a second actuator.

2. The gaming device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further programmed to credit any winnings from the game to the player in each of the cycles.

3. The gaming device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further programmed to end the game cycle when the applied value is less than the wager amount for the next cycle.

4. The gaming device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further programmed to pause the cycles to allow a player to add additional value via the acceptor or adjust the wager amount when the accepted value is less than the wager amount for the next cycle.

5. The gaming device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further programmed to, before initiating the predetermined number of cycles:

randomly determine gaming event outcomes for each of the games in the predetermined number of cycles; and

rearrange a sequence order of the game outcomes in the predetermined number of cycles with respect to a design criterion.

6. The gaming device of claim 5, wherein the design criterion moves at least one winning gaming event outcome to a later order position in the sequence.

7. A gaming device comprising:

an acceptor for engaging a physical object for applying value for wagering;

a meter for storing game play credits that result from the applied value;

a game operable for play on the gaming device;

an actuator for applying at least some of the game play credits as a wager on the game;

a processor programmed to operate a multiple game set having a predetermined number of games including;

initiate a first gaming event;

display an outcome of the first gaming event for a first predetermined time when the outcome is a winning outcome,

display the outcome of the first gaming event for a second predetermined time when the outcome is a losing event;

automatically initiate a second gaming event on the gaming device,

display an outcome of the second gaming event for a first predetermined time when the outcome is a winning outcome,

display the outcome of the second gaming event for a second predetermined time when the outcome is a losing outcome, and

automatically initiate subsequent gaming events until the number of games in the multiple game set have been played,

in response to a single actuation of a second actuator; and

at least one of a ticket printer, a bill dispenser, and a coin dispenser for cashing out any remaining value on the gaming device in response to actuation of a second actuator.

8. The gaming device of claim 7, wherein the processor is further programmed to end the multiple game set when the game play credits for the next game are less than the wager amount.

9. The gaming device of claim 7, wherein the processor is further programmed to automatically adjust the wager amount to the amount of credits available to a player for wagering on the gaming device when the game play credits for the next game are less than the wager amount.

10. The gaming device of claim 7, wherein the processor is further programmed to pause the multiple game set for a predetermined amount of time to allow a player to add additional credits to the gaming device or adjust the wager amount when the game play credits for the next game are less than the wager amount.

11. The gaming device of claim 7, wherein the processor is further programmed to, before operating the multiple game set:

randomly determine gaming event outcomes for each of the gaming events in the multiple game set; and

rearrange a sequence order of the gaming event outcomes in the multiple game set with respect to a design criterion.

12. The gaming device of claim 11, wherein the design criterion moves at least one winning gaming event outcome to a later order position in the sequence.