VIDEO CONTENT DETERMINATIVE KENO GAME SYSTEM AND METHOD

• US 20070021185A1
• Filed: 06/12/2006
• Published: 01/25/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/23/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: IGT (International Game Technology)
• Original Assignee: IGT (International Game Technology)
• Inventors: Tedesco, Daniel, Sammon, Russell, Hayashida, Jeffrey, WALKER, Jay, Tulley, Stephen
• Granted Patent: US 8,597,101 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/18
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3232 wherein the operator is informed
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/329 Regular and instant lottery, e.g. electronic scratch cards

Abstract

A keno game is tied to video content such that events in the video content determine the outcome of the keno game. The outcome determinative events are selected from a set of potential outcome determinative events and marked with cues when the video content is displayed to the keno players and other video content watchers. The cues may be audible or visual and accentuate the fact that an outcome determinative event has occurred. If the player'"'"'s wager has enough of the outcome determinative events selected relative to the actual outcome determinative events, the player may receive a benefit.

Claims

1-25. -25. (canceled)

26. A method of conducting a keno game comprising:

conducting the keno game by displaying video content with cues designating drawn pay events associated therewith;

presenting the cues to a player of the keno game to alert the player that a pay event has occurred.

27. The method of claim 26 further comprising selling tickets for the keno game.

28. The method of claim 27 wherein selling tickets comprises letting the player select pay events from a set of potential pay events.

29. The method of claim 27 wherein selling tickets comprises randomly selecting pay events from a set of potential pay events.

30. The method of claim 26 wherein presenting the cues to the player comprises audibly presenting the cues to the player.

31. The method of claim 26 wherein presenting the cues to the player comprises visually presenting the cues to the player.

32. The method of claim 26 further comprising randomly selecting pay events within the video content from a set of predetermined potential pay events.

33. The method of claim 26 further comprising associating a different number with each of the pay events.

34. The method of claim 33 further comprising randomly selecting numbers to associate the different number with each of the pay events.

35. The method of claim 33 further comprising randomly selecting pay events from a set of predetermined potential pay events associated with the video content such that selected pay events determine if the player is a winner.

36. The method of claim 26 further comprising receiving a ticket from the player after the keno game has completed and determining if the ticket has indicia relating to presented cues of the video content.

37. The method of claim 36 further comprising providing an award for a winning ticket received from the player.

38. The method of claim 26 further comprising accounting with a third party for keno ticket sales.

39. The method of claim 26 further comprising accounting with a third party for keno ticket winnings.

40. A system for conducting a keno game comprising:

a display adapted to present video content to keno players;

video content suitable for presentation on the display and having one or more pay events contained therein and designated by corresponding cues, wherein the pay events are adapted to be presented to the keno players during playback of the video content such that particular pay events being present in the video content controls how winning tickets are determined.

41. A system comprising:

a display;

a network interface; and

a controller operatively coupled to the network interface and adapted to;

conduct a keno game by displaying video content with cues designating drawn pay events associated therewith on the display; and

present the cues to a player of the keno game to alert the player that a pay event has occurred.

42. The system of claim 41 wherein the controller is further adapted to sell tickets for the keno game.

43. The system of claim 41 wherein the controller is further adapted to account with a third party for keno ticket sales.

44. The system of claim 41 wherein the controller is further adapted to account with a third party for keno ticket winnings.

45. A system comprising:

a user interface; and

a controller operatively coupled to the user interface and adapted to;

receive data from keno game establishments related to video based keno games conducted by the keno game establishments; and

account with the keno game establishments for video based keno games.

46. The system of claim 45 wherein the controller is adapted to receive data from the keno game establishments wirelessly.

47. The system of claim 45 wherein the controller is adapted to receive data from the kneo game establishments through a wirebased network.

48. The system of claim 45 wherein the controller is adapted to account with the keno game establishments by tracking drawn pay events and tickets sold.

49. The system of claim 45 wherein the controller is further adapted to account with players possessing winning keno tickets for video based keno games.