Zone dependent payout percentage

• US 10,600,284 B2
• Filed: 07/02/2014
• Issued: 03/24/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 02/15/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Interactive Games LLC (Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P.)
• Original Assignee: CFPH LLC (Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P.)
• Inventors: Alderucci, Dean P., Amaitis, Lee, Gelman, Geoffrey M.
• Primary Examiner(s): McClellan, James S.
• Application Number:
  US14/322,536
• Publication Number:
  US 20150072768A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,092 Days
• Field of Search: 463 16, 463 20- 22, 463 25, 463 29, 463 40, 463 42
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3211 Display means
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/323 wherein the player is informed, e.g. advertisements, odds, instructions
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3237 about the players, e.g. profiling, responsible gaming, strategy/behavior of players, location of players
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3244 Payment aspects of a gaming system, e.g. payment schemes, setting payout ratio, bonus or consolation prizes

Abstract

Various embodiments include game configurations that are specific to a location.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

determining a first location of a mobile gaming device;

determining a first game configuration associated with the first location;

generating, by a computer system, a first game outcome using the first game configuration;

instructing a display screen of the mobile gaming device to display an indication of the first game outcome;

determining a second location of the mobile gaming device, wherein the second location is different from the first location;

determining a second game configuration associated with the second location, wherein the second game configuration is different from the first game configuration;

generating, by the computer system, a second game outcome using the second game configuration; and

instructing the display screen of the mobile gaming device to display an indication of the second game outcome,

in which the first location includes a location proximate to a merchant and the first configuration includes information about the merchant.

14. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a selection of the first location by a player of the mobile gaming device indicating a desire that the first location be associated with the first game configuration, and in which determining the first game configuration includes determining the first game configuration based on the selection.

15. The method of claim 1, in which determining the first game configuration includes determining the first game configuration based on a number of people proximate to the first location in order to manage the number of people proximate to the first location.

16. The method of claim 1, in which the first game configuration includes an ability to play a first game, and the second game configuration includes an ability to play a second game but not the first game.

17. The method of claim 1, in which the computer system includes the mobile gaming device.

18. The method of claim 1, comprising:

determining a first payout associated with the first game outcome; and

crediting a player account with a first amount based on the first payout.

2. The method of 1, in which determining the first game configuration includes determining a first payout percentage associated with the first location.

3. The method of 1, in which determining the first game configuration includes determining a first probability of occurrence for a third game outcome, wherein the first probability is associated with the first location.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

receiving a selection of the first location by the merchant indicating a desire that the first location be associated with the first game configuration, and in which determining the first game configuration includes determining the first game configuration based on the selection.

5. The method of 1, in which determining the first game configuration includes determining a first payout for a third game outcome, wherein the first payout is associated with the first location.

6. The method of 1, in which determining the first game configuration includes determining a first bet amount required for play of the mobile gaming device, wherein the first bet amount is associated with the first location.

7. The method of 1, in which determining the first game configuration includes:

accessing a lookup table which contains an ordered list of locations and associated game configurations;

finding within the lookup table the first location; and

determining that the first game configuration is associated with the first location.

8. The method of 1 further including:

transmitting to the mobile gaming device, after determining the second location, an indication of the second game configuration.

9. The method of 1 further including:

instructing the mobile gaming device to display the indication of the second game configuration.

10. The method of 1 further including:

transmitting to the mobile gaming device software for rendering the second game outcome according to the second game configuration.

11. The method of 1, in which determining the first game configuration includes determining a first image to be displayed during play at the mobile gaming device.

12. The method of 1, in which determining the first game configuration includes determining a first color to be displayed during play at the mobile gaming device.

13. The method of 1, in which determining the first game configuration includes determining a name of a first merchant to be displayed during play at the mobile gaming device.

19. A computer system comprising:

a processor operable to execute a set of instructions; and

a memory having stored thereon the set of instructions, in which the set of instructions, when executed by the processor, causes the computer system to perform a method comprising;

determining a first location of a mobile gaming device,

determining a first game configuration associated with the first location,

generating a first game outcome using the first game configuration,

determining a second location of the mobile gaming device, wherein the second location is different from the first location,

determining a second game configuration associated with the second location, wherein the second game configuration is different from the first game configuration,

generating a second game outcome using the second game configuration, and

instructing the display screen of the mobile gaming device to display an indication of the second game outcome,

in which the first location includes a location proximate to a merchant and the first configuration includes information about the merchant.