Method and apparatus for gaming in a series of sessions
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1. A gaming apparatus, comprising in combination:
- a display means displaying a game theme characterized as a series of game events which transpire over a protracted season,a processor having means to drive said display means and advance said game theme,a random number generator operatively coupled to said processor to control gaming results of said processor and its driving of said display means,a plurality of inputs including wagering means enabled by a player and allowing the player to initiate and sustain play of said gaming apparatus, and a player memory card including memory storage means on said card removably accessible to said processor to upload and download information between said processor and said player memory card reflective of present status of an ongoing game, said information reflective of said present status of said game theme temporally current with said protracted season.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus which allows player gaming to transpire over a series of sessions without a player losing credit for performances in earlier sessions. A player card carries thereon the current status of the player'"'"'s performance during the course of previous sessions and it updated during subsequent sessions. Milestones are recognized as opportunities for providing the player with awards as these milestones are achieved.
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1. A gaming apparatus, comprising in combination:
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a display means displaying a game theme characterized as a series of game events which transpire over a protracted season, a processor having means to drive said display means and advance said game theme, a random number generator operatively coupled to said processor to control gaming results of said processor and its driving of said display means, a plurality of inputs including wagering means enabled by a player and allowing the player to initiate and sustain play of said gaming apparatus, and a player memory card including memory storage means on said card removably accessible to said processor to upload and download information between said processor and said player memory card reflective of present status of an ongoing game, said information reflective of said present status of said game theme temporally current with said protracted season. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for gaming involving a machine and a game capable of being played in a series of session over a protracted period of time, the steps including:
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providing a game having a game theme formed from several individual game events, providing a player a player memory card and reading the present status of the game from the player memory card, playing the game based on the present status of the game as reflected on the player memory card, and writing an update of the new status of the game on the player memory card at the end of a session when the player present elects to stop playing. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for gaming involving a gaming apparatus, the steps including:
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providing a player a player memory card, reading a present status of a game either at a beginning of the game, while in progress, or at the end of the game from the player memory card, configuring the game with a game theme characterized as a series of game events which transpire over a protracted period of time, allowing the player to play the game based on the present status of the game as reflected on the player memory card, and writing an update of a subsequent status of the game on the player memory card at the end of a session when the player present elects to stop playing thereby defining a subsequent effective game status correlative to a beginning game state, in progress game state, or an end of game state. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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