GAMING SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD WITH A PLAYER DECISION FIELD FOR PROVIDING INTERACTIVE GAME RESULTS

• US 20100216538A1
• Filed: 05/03/2010
• Published: 08/26/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/11/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Everi Games Inc. (Everi Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Multimedia Games Incorporated
• Inventors: Lind, Jefferson C.
• Granted Patent: US 8,764,539 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/19
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• 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

Abstract

A system, apparatus, and method are disclosed wherein a decision field is displayed having a number of result tokens spaced apart at different locations about the decision field, with each result token displaying a respective potential result. A decision point is also displayed within the decision field. This decision point is associated with two or more direction options which are preferably graphically depicted along with the decision point, and the player is enabled to make a direction input to select one of the direction options.

Claims

1. A gaming method including:

following receipt of a wager by a player at a gaming device, initiating a wagering game;

displaying a decision field and a decision point within the decision field, the decision point being associated with two or more direction options;

responsive to a direction input from a player through a player interface, displaying a player token traversing the decision field along a player token path which includes a path portion associated with the selected direction option; and

in the event the player token path intersects a result token displayed on the display, awarding a potential result associated with the intersected result token.

2. The gaming method of claim 1, the step initiating the wagering game including determining a game outcome, the game outcome corresponding to a game result;

the decision field displaying step including providing the direction options in accordance with the game result.

3. The gaming method of claim 2, after the step displaying the player token traversing the decision field,

displaying an additional decision point within the decision field in the event the game result has not been achieved.

4. The gaming method of claim 2 including:

performing the game outcome determining step remotely from the gaming device; and

transmitting the game outcome information to the gaming device.

5. The gaming method of claim 2 including

determining the game outcome by reading a result from a lottery record.

6. The gaming method of claim 2 including

determining the game outcome by performing a bingo game.

7. The gaming method of claim 2 including

determining the game outcome by applying an outcome generating algorithm.

8. An apparatus including:

(a) a display device;

(b) a player input device;

(c) a presentation processor, the presentation processor configured to (i) transmit a first signal causing the display device to display a decision field and a decision point within the decision field, the decision point being associated with two or more direction options;

(ii) receive a direction input entered through the player input device, the direction input selecting one of the direction options associated with the decision point;

(iii) responsive to the player input, transmit a second signal causing the display device to display a player token traversing the decision field along a player token path from the decision point, the player token path including a path portion that is determined by the direction option selected by the player through the direction input; and

(iv) in the event that the player token path intersects a result token displayed on the display device, indicating a game outcome to be awarded to a player, provide a corresponding award to the player.