System gaming

• US 8,517,819 B2
• Filed: 12/16/2011
• Issued: 08/27/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LNW Gaming Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Bally Gaming Incorporated (Scientific Games Corporation)
• Inventors: Kelly, Bryan M., Crowder, Robert W. Jr., Lockard, Dennis, Luciano, Robert A Jr., Tallcott, Jeffrey C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Lewis, David L
• Assistant Examiner(s): RENWICK, REGINALD A
• Application Number:
  US13/328,838
• Publication Number:
  US 20120088571A1
• Time in Patent Office: 620 Days
• Field of Search: 463/16, 463/42
• US Class Current: 463/20
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3211 Display means
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3239 Tracking of individual players
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3244 Payment aspects of a gaming system, e.g. payment schemes, setting payout ratio, bonus or consolation prizes

Abstract

A method provides a player tracking system and system gaming apparatus for playing non-base games by funding the credit side of a gaming cycle. The system further includes at least one gaming device having a base game. The player tracking system and system gaming apparatus includes a player tracking user interface. The player tracking user interface provides a player with an opportunity to select and play a non-base game that may be promotional-funded or player-funded.

Claims

1. A method for tournament gaming comprising;

allowing a wager on non-modified base game in normal mode and awarding pay table prize for a winning event on said base game,

monitoring said base game wager and win data,

processing a calculated normalized tournament score using said monitored data spanning multiple base game plays,

providing a tournament game and awarding a tournament prize to at least one tournament winner, wherein a player concurrently plays the base game and the tournament game;

wherein the tournament score calculation also uses the theoretical payout percentage for the base game in determining player ranking.

2. The method in claim 1, wherein the tournament game is provided as a free bonus or is player funded.

3. The method in claim 1, wherein entry into the tournament is automatic or upon player selection.

4. The method in claim 1, wherein the tournament score is displayed on the player tracking user interface.

5. The method in claim 1, wherein a tournament leader board is displayed on the player tracking user interface.

6. The method in claim 1, wherein the tournament game requires expenditure of bonus game credits.

7. The method in claim 1, wherein the tournament game is displayed on a display different than the based game display.

8. The method in claim 1, wherein the tournament game is executed on a computing device different than the base game computing device.

9. The method in claim 1, wherein participants in tournament gaming play a plurality of different them base games.

10. The method in claim 9, wherein one or more of each of the plurality of different theme base games have different payout percentages.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein one or more of each of the plurality of different theme base games have different available denominators.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein one or more of each of the plurality of different theme base games have different wager amounts.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein one or more of each of the plurality of different theme base games have different pay tables.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein one or more of each of the plurality of different theme base games have different volatilities.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein one or more of each of the plurality of different theme base games have different bonus rounds.