Game of Skill with Wagering Components

• US 20130053118A1
• Filed: 08/31/2011
• Published: 02/28/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Multimedia Games Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Multimedia Games Incorporated
• Inventors: Schueller, Darren Michael, Willyard, Rodney Lynn, Dominello, James Michael
• Application Number:
  US13/223,085
• Publication Number:
  US 20130053118A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/17
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3218 wherein at least part of the system is portable
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3223 Architectural aspects of a gaming system, e.g. internal configuration, master/slave, wireless communication
• 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 17/3258 Cumulative reward schemes, e.g. jackpots
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3295 Games involving skill, e.g. dexterity, memory, thinking

Abstract

An article of manufacture includes a computer readable medium and computer-executable instructions carried on the computer readable medium. The instructions are readable by a processor. The instructions, when read and executed, cause the processor to present a game of skill including at least one goal associated with a portion of the game, accept a wager for a randomized prize, conduct a randomized selection process to determine the randomized prize, provide interactive control of the game of skill to a user in response to the wager, and determine whether the goals has been successfully accomplished by the user.

Claims

1. An article of manufacture, comprising:

a computer readable medium; and

computer-executable instructions carried on the computer readable medium, the instructions readable by a processor, the instructions, when read and executed, for causing the processor to;

present a game of skill in response to accepting a wager, the game of skill including at least one goal associated with a portion of the game;

provide interactive control of the game of skill to a user in response to the wager;

determine whether the goal has been successfully accomplished by the user;

determine a randomized prize in response to the wager;

provide the randomized prize to a user of the game if the goal has been successfully accomplished;

not provide some or all of the randomized prize to the user if the goal has not been successfully accomplished; and

deposit some or all of the portion of the randomized prize not provided to the user in an accumulator.

2. The article of claim 1, wherein the accumulator includes a progressive payout.

3. The article of claim 1, further comprising instructions for causing the processor to load a user profile of a user of the game of skill.

4. The article of claim 3, further comprising instructions for causing the processor to award non-monetary rewards to the user profile, based on the play of the game of skill.

5. The article of claim 4, further comprising instructions for causing the processor to provide redemption options for non-monetary rewards.

6. The article of claim 3, further comprising instructions for causing the processor to add the results of playing the game to the user profile.

7. The article of claim 1, further comprising instructions for causing the processor to unlock additional portions of the game if the goal has been successfully accomplished.

8. The article of claim 1, wherein the determining a randomized prize includes a bingo game.

9. The article of claim 1, wherein determining a randomized prize includes a lottery drawing.

10. The article of claim 1, wherein determining a randomized prize includes looking up the randomized prize from a prize table.

11. The article of claim 1, wherein:

determining a randomized prize includes looking up the randomized prize from a prize table; and

the prize table includes accumulated randomized prizes from previous wagers in the accumulator.

12. The article of claim 11, wherein:

the wager is made on an electronic gaming machine; and

the accumulated randomized prizes in the accumulator are associated with previous wagers from the same electronic gaming machine.

13. The article of claim 11, wherein:

the wager is made on a first electronic gaming machine;

the accumulated randomized prizes in the accumulator are associated with one or more second electronic gaming machines; and

the first electronic gaming machine and the second electronic gaming machines reside within the same gaming network.

14. The article of claim 11, wherein:

the processor is configured to accept wagers associated with a set of games including the game of skill; and

the accumulated randomized prizes in the accumulator are associated with previous wagers from the same game of skill.

15. The article of claim 11, wherein:

the processor is configured to accept wagers associated with a set of portions of the game; and

the accumulated randomized prizes in the accumulator are associated with previous wagers from the same portion of the game.

16. An electronic device, comprising:

a computer-readable medium;

a processor coupled to the computer-readable medium;

a display;

one or more input/output controls;

an accumulator stored in the computer-readable medium;

instructions readable by the processor and stored on the computer-readable medium, the instructions, when read and executed, causing the processor to;

accept a wager through the input/output controls;

present a game of skill on the display in response to the wager, the game including a goal associated with a portion of the game;

in response to the wager, provide interactive control of the game to a user through the display and input/output controls;

determine whether the goal has been successfully accomplished;

conduct a randomized selection process to determine a randomized prize;

provide the randomized prize to the user if the goal has been successfully accomplished;

not provide some or all of the randomized prize to the user if the goal has not been successfully accomplished; and

add some or all of the portions of the randomized prize not awarded to the user to the accumulator.

17. The electronic device of claim 16, wherein the accumulator includes a progressive payout.

18. The electronic device of claim 16, further comprising instructions for causing the processor to load a user profile of a user of the game of skill based on input received through the input/output controls.

19. The electronic device of claim 18, further comprising instructions for causing the processor to award non-monetary rewards to the user profile, based on the play of the game of skill.

20. The electronic device of claim 19, further comprising instructions for causing the processor to provide redemption options for non-monetary rewards.

21. The electronic device of claim 18, further comprising instructions for causing the processor to add the results of playing the game to the user profile.

22. The electronic device of claim 16, further comprising instructions for causing the processor to unlock additional portions of the game if the goal has been successfully accomplished.

23. The electronic device of claim 16, wherein the randomized selection process includes a bingo game.

24. The electronic device of claim 16, wherein the randomized selection process includes a lottery drawing.

25. The electronic device of claim 16, wherein the randomized selection process includes looking up the randomized prize from a prize table.

26. The electronic device of claim 16, wherein:

the randomized selection process includes looking up the randomized prize from a prize table; and

the prize table includes accumulated randomized prizes from previous wagers in the accumulator.

27. The electronic device of claim 26, wherein:

the wager is made on an electronic gaming machine; and

the accumulated randomized prizes in the accumulator are associated with previous wagers from the same electronic gaming machine.

28. The electronic device of claim 26, wherein:

the wager is made on a first electronic gaming machine;

the accumulated randomized prizes in the accumulator are associated with one or more second electronic gaming machines; and

the first electronic gaming machine and the second electronic gaming machines reside within the same gaming network.

29. The electronic device of claim 26, wherein:

the processor is configured to accept wagers associated with a set of games including the game of skill; and

the accumulated randomized prizes in the accumulator are associated with previous wagers from the same game of skill.

30. The electronic device of claim 26, wherein:

the processor is configured to accept wagers associated with a set of portions of the game; and

the accumulated randomized prizes in the accumulator are associated with previous wagers from the same portion of the game.

31. A method for providing skill game play with wagering components, comprising:

accepting a wager;

presenting a game of skill on a display in response to the wager, the game including a goal associated with a portion of the game;

in response to the wager, providing interactive control of the game to a user through the display and input/output controls;

determining whether the goal has been successfully accomplished.

conducting a randomized selection process to determine a randomized prize;

providing the randomized prize to the user if the goal has been successfully accomplished;

not awarding some or all of the randomized prize to the user if the goal has not been successfully accomplished; and

adding some or all of the parts of the randomized prize not awarded to the user to an accumulator.

32. The method of claim 31, wherein the accumulator includes a progressive payout.

33. The method of claim 31, further comprising loading a user profile of the user of the game of skill based on input received through the input/output controls.

34. The method of claim 33, further comprising awarding one or more non-monetary rewards to the user profile, based on the play of the game of skill.

35. The method of claim 34, further comprising providing redemption options for the non-monetary rewards.

36. The method of claim 33, further comprising adding the results of playing the game to the user profile.

37. The method of claim 31, further comprising unlocking additional portions of the game if the goal has been successfully accomplished.

38. The method of claim 31, wherein the randomized selection process includes a bingo game.

39. The method of claim 31, wherein the randomized selection process includes a lottery drawing.

40. The method of claim 31, wherein the randomized selection process includes looking up the randomized prize from a prize table.

41. The electronic device of claim 31, wherein:

the randomized selection process includes looking up the randomized prize from a prize table; and

the prize table includes accumulated randomized prizes from previous wagers in the accumulator.

42. The electronic device of claim 41, wherein:

the wager is made on an electronic gaming machine; and

the accumulated randomized prizes in the accumulator are associated with previous wagers from the same electronic gaming machine.

43. The electronic device of claim 41, wherein:

the wager is made on a first electronic gaming machine;

the accumulated randomized prizes in the accumulator are associated with one or more second electronic gaming machines; and

the first electronic gaming machine and the second electronic gaming machines reside within the same gaming network.

44. The electronic device of claim 41, further comprising accepting wagers associated with a set of games including the game of skill, wherein the accumulated randomized prizes in the accumulator are associated with previous wagers from the same game of skill.

45. The electronic device of claim 41, further comprising accepting wagers associated with a set of portions of the game, and wherein the accumulated randomized prizes in the accumulator are associated with previous wagers from the same portion of the game.