Systems and methods for a gaming device with wagering on personal information

• US 20050261054A1
• Filed: 05/05/2005
• Published: 11/24/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 05/07/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Daniel Bress, Steven Bress
• Original Assignee: Daniel Bress, Steven Bress
• Inventors: Bress, Steven, Bress, Daniel
• Application Number:
  US11/122,549
• Publication Number:
  US 20050261054A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/20
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• 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 17/3288 Betting, e.g. on live events, bookmaking
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3295 Games involving skill, e.g. dexterity, memory, thinking
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/34 depending on the stopping of moving members in a mechanical slot machine, e.g. "fruit" machines

Abstract

Systems and methods for wagering on personal information, such as birth days, anniversaries, phone numbers, state of birth, license plate numbers, etc. The preferred embodiment is a slot machine. The slot machines have different numbers of reels and different reel symbols depending upon the type of personal information being wagered on. A player selects personal information to wager upon. A player may wager on one or multiplies of like personal information. For example, a player may wish to wager on the birthdays of her three children. Systems and methods for calculating payoff odds for the different games are disclosed. In addition, other wagering games are disclosed.

Claims

1. An electronic slot machine having a plurality of reels, wherein the reels are mechanical or graphical representation of reels, comprising:

a plurality of reel symbols which in aggregate display personal information; and

means for selecting personal information to wager on.

2. The electronic slot machine of claim 1, wherein the personal information is a date.

3. The electronic slot machine of claim 1, wherein the personal information is a telephone number.

4. The electronic slot machine of claim 1, wherein the personal information is a license plate number.

5. The electronic slot machine of claim 1, wherein there is means for wagering on a plurality of personal information of the same type, at the same time.

6. The electronic slot machine of claim 1, wherein the means for selecting personal information to wager on is selected from the group consisting of a numeric keypad, a touch screen, a keyboard, a player tracking card.

7. The electronic slot machine of claim 1, wherein there are means for eliminating “

illegal”

results.

8. The electronic slot machine of claim 1, wherein each reel may have a different set of reel symbols.

9. The electronic slot machine of claim 8, wherein there are means for creating a set of reel symbols based upon what is wagered.

10. The electronic slot machine of claim 1, wherein there are means for displaying a plurality of personal information to wager on.

11. The electronic slot machine of claim 10, wherein there is means for allowing an individual to store personal information for future wagering.

12. The electronic slot machine of claim 11, wherein the personal information is stored in a player tracking card or server.

13. The electronic slot machine of claim 11, wherein there are means for an individual to associate graphic information with personal information.

14. The electronic slot machine of claim 1, wherein there is a plurality of betting lines and an equal number of discrete reel sets.

15. The electronic slot machine of claim 1, wherein there is a method to determine a winning wager other than the spinning of real or virtual reels.

16. The electronic slot machine of claim 15, wherein there is a method to display the spinning reels in a manner consistent with whether the result is a winning wager.

17. An electronic slot machine having a plurality of reels, wherein the reels are mechanical or graphical representation of reels, comprising:

a bonus reel which contains a plurality of reel symbols which display personal information; and

means for selecting personal information to wager on.

18. The electronic slot machine of claim 17, wherein the personal information is from the group of:

birthstone, state, horoscope sign, Chinese Lunar Calendar sign.

19. A keno game having a variety of balls, wherein the balls are physical or graphic representation of balls, comprising:

a plurality of ball symbols, which in aggregate display personal information,

means to divide the balls into a plurality of sets, wherein only one ball from each set is chosen

means for selecting personal information to wager on.

20. The electronic slot machine of claim 19, wherein the personal information is from the group of:

date, telephone number, license plate number.