Gaming device and method for playing game

• US 20080108420A1
• Filed: 10/17/2007
• Published: 05/08/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/17/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Reginald Groves
• Original Assignee: Reginald Groves
• Inventors: Groves, Reginald
• Application Number:
  US11/975,285
• Publication Number:
  US 20080108420A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/20
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3262 Player actions which determine the course of the game, e.g. selecting a prize to be won, outcome to be achieved, game to be played
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/34 depending on the stopping of moving members in a mechanical slot machine, e.g. "fruit" machines

Abstract

The present invention provides a gaming device having an interface for inputting a player-selected series of indicia chosen by a player and an output generator for generating a randomly-selected series of indicia. An actuator is provided for activation by the player to generate the randomly-selected series of indicia. The gaming device compares the player-selected series of indicia against the randomly-selected series of indicia to determine an outcome.

Claims

1. A gaming device comprising:

housing;

an interface associated with said housing for inputting a player-selected series of indicia;

an output generator associated with said housing for generating a randomly-selected series of indicia; and

an actuator associated with said housing for activation by said player to generate said randomly-selected series of indicia;

wherein said gaming device compares said player-selected series of indicia against said randomly-selected series of indicia to determine an outcome.

2. The gaming device of claim 1 further comprising a display associated with said housing for displaying said randomly-selected series of indicia.

3. The gaming device of claim 2 wherein said display is capable of displaying the player-generated series of indicia.

4. The gaming device of claim 1 wherein said output generator comprises a processor-based device.

5. The gaming device of claim 4 wherein said processor-based device utilizes a software program for generating a randomly-selected series of indicia.

6. The gaming device of claim 1 wherein said output generator is a mechanical device.

7. The gaming device of claim 6 wherein said mechanical device comprises a plurality of slot machine reels.

8. The gaming device of claim 1 wherein said player-selected series of indicia comprises a numerical or alphabetic representation of a calendar month, a day, and a year, or any combination thereof.

9. The gaming device of claim 1 further comprising a value input device.

10. The gaming device of claim 1 further comprising a user-observable device for identifying a winning outcome.

19. The gaming device of claim 1 wherein said player-selected series of indicia comprises letters of the alphabet.

20. The gaming device of claim 1 wherein said player-selected series of indicia comprises a numerical or alphabetic representation of a calendar month, day, and year, or any combination thereof.

11. A method of playing a game comprising:

choosing a player-selected series of indicia;

inputting said player-selected series into a gaming device; and

requesting a randomly-selected series of indicia from said gaming device wherein

said gaming device has an output generator for generating a randomly-selected series of indicia and compares said player-selected series against said randomly-selected series to determine an outcome.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising placing a wager on said game.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising determining a payout amount based on the outcome.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein said gaming device provides a payout if said outcome is an exact match between said input series and said random series.

15. The method of claim 13 wherein said gaming device provides a payout if said outcome is a partial match between said input series and said random series.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein said gaming device is a slot machine comprising a plurality of reels, each reel having a plurality of indicia thereon.

17. The method of claim 16 wherein said step of requesting a randomly-selected series of indicia from said gaming device comprises spinning said plurality of reels.

18. The method of claim 16 wherein the gaming device comprises a stand alone virtual slot machine.