Central determination offer and acceptance game with multiplier

• US 9,105,146 B2
• Filed: 01/31/2005
• Issued: 08/11/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: IGT (International Game Technology)
• Original Assignee: IGT (International Game Technology)
• Inventors: Wolf, Bryan D.
• Primary Examiner(s): RENWICK, REGINALD A
• Application Number:
  US11/048,220
• Publication Number:
  US 20060172791A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,844 Days
• Field of Search: 463/19, 463/21, 463/20, 463/22, 463/18
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• 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 central determination gaming system wherein a predetermined game outcome that is associated with a payout is selected. A player is enabled to play at least one interactive game, such as an offer and acceptance type game, wherein each payout potentially provided to the player is based, at least in part, on the selected predetermined game outcome. After providing the player the payout of the interactive game, the gaming device provides the player by one or more multipliers wherein each multiplier is based on the selected predetermined game outcome. The modified payout is then provided to the player, wherein the modified payout is equal to the payout associated with the selected predetermined game outcome.

Claims

1. A gaming device comprising:

a housing;

a plurality of input devices supported by the housing, said plurality of input devices including;

(i) an acceptor,

(ii) a validator, and

(iii) a cashout device;

a display device supported by the housing; and

a processor configured to operate with said display device and said input devices to;

(a) if a physical item is received via the acceptor;

(i) identify, via the validator, the received physical item, and

(ii) establish a credit balance based, at least in part, on a monetary value associated with the received and identified physical item,

(b) for each play of an interactive game;

(i) receive data indicating a predetermined game award, wherein said predetermined game award is determined prior to any placement of any wager associated with said play of the interactive game;

(ii) prior to selecting and displaying any multipliers to modify any accepted or final offers;

(A) determine a plurality of offers based on said received predetermined game award, wherein if data indicating a first predetermined game award is received, a first plurality of offers are determined based on the first predetermined game award and if data indicating a second, different predetermined game award is received, a second, different plurality of offers are determined based on the second, different game award;

(B) after determining the plurality of offers, determine a plurality of different multipliers, wherein each multiplier is based on said received predetermined game award and a different one of said plurality of determined offers;

(C) display one of said determined plurality of offers;

(D) after displaying one of said plurality of determined offers, receive an input to accept or reject said displayed offer; and

(E) after receiving the input to accept or reject said displayed offer, repeat steps (C) to (E) if said displayed offer is rejected, wherein steps (C) to (E) are repeated until another one of said determined offers is accepted or said displayed offer is a final offer; and

(iii) after receiving the input to accept or reject said displayed offer, if said displayed offer is accepted or said displayed offer is the final offer;

(A) select and display one of said determined multipliers, wherein a product of said determined multiplier and said accepted offer or displayed final offer is said received predetermined game award,

(B) modify said accepted or displayed final offer by said selected multiplier, and

(C) provide said modified offer, wherein said modified offer is equal to the received predetermined game award; and

(c) if a cashout input is received via the cashout device, cause an initiation of any payout associated with the credit balance.

2. The gaming device of claim 1, wherein said predetermined game award divided by said accepted offer or displayed final offer results in said selected determined multiplier.

3. The gaming device of claim 1, wherein each one of said potential offers multiplied by at least one of said determined multipliers yields said predetermined game award.

4. The gaming device of claim 1, wherein said predetermined game award is selected from a plurality of predetermined game awards such that said selected predetermined game award is prevented from further selection from said plurality of predetermined game awards.

5. The gaming device of claim 1, wherein said data indicating said predetermined game award is received from a memory device of said gaming device.

6. The gaming device of claim 1, wherein said data indicating said predetermined game award is received from a central controller.

7. The gaming device of claim 1, wherein said interactive game is a bonus game.

8. The gaming device of claim 1, wherein said determined multiplier is displayed utilizing one of the group consisting of a wheel, a reel and a die.

9. The gaming device of claim 1, wherein said processor is configured to operate to associate said plurality of offers with a plurality of selections, receive an input of a pick of one of said selections and reveal the offer associated with the picked selection as the displayed offer to accept or reject.

10. A gaming device comprising:

a housing;

a plurality of input devices supported by the housing, said plurality of input devices including;

(i) an acceptor,

(ii) a validator, and

(iii) a cashout device;

a display device supported by the housing; and

a processor configured to operate with said display device and said input devices to;

(a) if a physical item is received via the acceptor;

(i) identify, via the validator, the received physical item, and

(ii) establish a credit balance based, at least in part, on a monetary value associated with the received and identified physical item,

(b) for each play of an interactive game;

(i) receive data indicating a predetermined game award, wherein said predetermined game award is determined prior to any placement of any wager associated with said play of the interactive game;

(ii) prior to determining and displaying any multipliers to modify any accepted or final offers;

(A) determine a plurality of offers based on said received predetermined game award, wherein if data indicating a first predetermined game award is received, a first plurality of offers are determined based on the first predetermined game award and if data indicating a second, different predetermined game award is received, a second, different plurality of offers are determined based on the second, different game award;

(B) after determining the plurality of offers, displaying one of said plurality of determined offers;

(C) after displaying one of said plurality of determined offers, receive an input to accept or reject said displayed offer; and

(D) after receiving the input to accept or reject said displayed offer, if said displayed offer is rejected, repeating steps (B) to (D) until another one of said determined offers is accepted or said displayed offer is a final offer; and

(iii) after receiving the input to accept or reject said displayed offer, if said displayed offer is accepted or said displayed offer is the final offer;

(A) determine and display a multiplier, wherein a product of the determined multiplier and the accepted offer or displayed final offer is said received predetermined game award,

(B) modify said accepted offer or displayed final offer by said determined multiplier, and

(C) provide said modified offer, wherein said modified offer is equal to said received predetermined game award; and

(c) if a cashout input is received via the cashout device, cause an initiation of any payout associated with the credit balance.

11. The gaming device of claim 10, wherein said multiplier is determined by dividing said predetermined game award by said accepted offer or displayed final offer.

12. The gaming device of claim 10, wherein said predetermined game award is selected from a plurality of predetermined game awards such that said selected predetermined game award is prevented from further selection from said plurality of predetermined game awards.

13. The gaming device of claim 10, wherein said data indicating said predetermined game award is received from a memory device of said gaming device.

14. The gaming device of claim 10, wherein said data indicating said predetermined game award is received from a central controller.

15. The gaming device of claim 10, wherein said interactive game is a bonus game.

16. The gaming device of claim 10, wherein said determined multiplier is displayed utilizing one of the group consisting of a wheel, a reel and a die.

17. The gaming device of claim 10, wherein said processor is configured to associate said plurality of offers with a plurality of selections, receive an input of a pick of one of said selections and reveal the offer associated with the picked selection as the displayed offer to accept or reject.

18. A gaming device comprising:

a housing;

a plurality of input devices supported by the housing, said plurality of input devices including;

(i) an acceptor,

(ii) a validator, and

(iii) a cashout device;

a display device supported by the housing; and

a processor configured to operate with said display device and said input devices to;

(a) if a physical item is received via the acceptor;

(i) identify, via the validator, the received physical item, and

(ii) establish a credit balance based, at least in part, on a monetary value associated with the received and identified physical item,

(b) for each play of an interactive game;

(i) receive data indicating a predetermined game award, wherein said predetermined game award is determined prior to any placement of any wager associated with said play of the interactive game;

(ii) determine a plurality of offers by dividing the received predetermined game award by each of a plurality of multipliers, wherein if data indicating a first predetermined game award is received, a first plurality of offers are determined by dividing the first predetermined game award by each of the plurality of multipliers and if data indicating a second, different predetermined game award is received, a second, different plurality of offers are determined by dividing the second predetermined game award by each of the plurality of multipliers;

(iii) after determining the plurality of offers and prior to modifying any accepted offers by any multipliers, receive inputs to accept or reject said determined offers until one of said determined offers is accepted;

(iv) after receiving the inputs to accept or reject said displayed offers until one of said determined offers is accepted, select one of said multipliers by dividing the received predetermined game award by said accepted offer;

(v) modify the accepted offer by the selected multiplier; and

(vi) provide the modified accepted offer to the player, wherein said modified accepted offer equals said received predetermined game award; and

(c) if a cashout input is received via the cashout device, cause an initiation of any payout associated with the credit balance.

19. The gaming device of claim 18, wherein each predetermined game award is a multiple of a least common multiple of all of the plurality of multipliers.

20. The gaming device of claim 18, wherein said accepted offer is a final offer.

21. A gaming device comprising:

a housing;

a plurality of input devices supported by the housing, said plurality of input devices including;

(i) an acceptor,

(ii) a validator, and

(iii) a cashout device;

a processor; and

a memory device which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to operate with a display device and the input devices to;

(a) if a physical item is received via the acceptor;

(i) identify, via the validator, the received physical item, and

(ii) establish a credit balance based, at least in part, on a monetary value associated with the received and identified physical item,

(b) for each play of a game;

(i) select a predetermined game award from a set of predetermined game awards such that said predetermined game award is prevented from further selection from said set of predetermined game awards, wherein said predetermined game award is determined prior to any placement of any wager associated with said play of the game;

(ii) prior to modifying any accepted offers by any multipliers, receive inputs to accept or reject a plurality of potential offers in said game, wherein each potential offer is divisible into the predetermined game award, and if a first predetermined game award is selected, each of the potential offers are divisible into the first predetermined game award and if a second, different predetermined game award is selected, each of the potential offers are divisible into the second, different game award;

(iii) determine a modifier of the accepted offer by dividing the predetermined game award by said accepted offer;

(iv) applying said determined modifier to the accepted offer after receiving any inputs to accept or reject said potential offers; and

(v) providing the selected predetermined game award; and

(c) if a cashout input is received via the cashout device, cause an initiation of any payout associated with the credit balance.

22. The gaming device of claim 21, wherein said accepted offer is a final offer.

23. A method of operating a gaming device, for each play of a game, said method comprising:

(a) receiving data indicating a predetermined game award, wherein said predetermined game award is determined prior to any placement of any wager associated with said play of the game;

(b) prior to selecting any multipliers to modify any accepted or final offers;

(i) determining a plurality of offers based on said received predetermined game award, wherein if data indicating a first predetermined game award is received, a first plurality of offers are determined based on the first predetermined game award and if data indicating a second, different predetermined game award is received, a second, different plurality of offers are determined based on the second, different game award;

(ii) after determining the plurality of offers, determining a plurality of different multipliers, wherein each multiplier is based on said received predetermined game award and a different one of said plurality of determined offers;

(iii) causing a display device to display one of said plurality of determined offers;

(iv) after causing the display device to display one of said plurality of determined offers receiving an input to accept or reject said displayed offer; and

(v) after receiving the input to accept or reject said displayed offer, repeating steps (iii) to (v) if said displayed offer is rejected, wherein steps (iii) to (v) are repeated until another one of said determined offers is accepted or said displayed offer is a final offer; and

(c) after receiving the input to accept or reject said displayed offer, if said displayed offer is accepted or said displayed offer is the final offer;

(i) selecting one of said determined multipliers, wherein a product of said determined multiplier and said accepted offer or displayed final offer is said received predetermined game award,

(ii) causing the display device to display the selected multiplier,

(iii) modifying said accepted offer or displayed final offer by said selected multiplier, and

(iv) providing said modified offer, wherein;

(A) said modified offer is equal to said received predetermined game award,

(B) a credit balance is increasable based on the received predetermined game award, and

(C) said credit balance is;

(I) increasable via;

 

(1) an acceptor of a physical item associated with a monetary value, and  

(2) a validator configured to identify the physical item, and

(II) decreasable via a cashout device configured to receive an input to cause an initiation of a payout associated with the credit balance.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein said predetermined game award divided by said accepted offer or displayed final offer results in said selected determined multiplier.

25. The method of claim 23, wherein each one of said potential offers multiplied by at least one of said determined multipliers yields said predetermined game award.

26. The method of claim 23, wherein said predetermined game award is selected from a plurality of predetermined game awards such that said selected predetermined game award is prevented from further selection from said plurality of predetermined game awards.

27. The method of claim 23, wherein said determined multiplier is displayed utilizing one of the group consisting of a wheel, a reel and a die.

28. The method of claim 23, which includes associating said plurality of offers with a plurality of selections, receiving an input of a pick of one of said selections and revealing the offer associated with the picked selection as the displayed offer to accept or reject.

29. The method of claim 23, which is provided through a data network.

30. The method of claim 29, wherein the data network is an internet.

31. A method of operating a gaming device, for each play of a game, said method comprising:

(a) receiving data indicating a predetermined game award, wherein said predetermined game award is determined prior to any placement of any wager associated with said play of the game;

(b) prior to determining any multipliers to modify any accepted or final offers;

(i) determining a plurality of offers based on said received predetermined game award, wherein if data indicating a first predetermined game award is received, a first plurality of offers are determined based on the first predetermined game award and if data indicating a second, different predetermined game award is received, a second, different plurality of offers are determined based on the second, different game award;

(ii) after determining the plurality of offers, causing a display device to display one of said plurality of determined offers;

(iii) after causing the display device to display one of said plurality of determined offers, receiving an input to accept or reject said displayed offer; and

(iv) after receiving the input to accept or reject said displayed offer, if said displayed offer is rejected, repeating steps (ii) to (iv) until another one of said determined offers is accepted or said displayed offer is a final offer; and

(c) after receiving the input to accept or reject said displayed offer, if said displayed offer or is accepted said displayed offer is the final offer;

(i) determining a multiplier, wherein a product of said determined multiplier and the accepted offer or displayed final offer is said received predetermined game award,

(ii) causing the display device to display the determined multiplier,

(iii) modifying said accepted offer or displayed final offer by said determined multiplier, and

(iv) providing said modified offer, wherein;

(A) said modified offer is equal to said received predetermined game award,

(B) a credit balance is increasable based on the received predetermined game award, and

(C) said credit balance is;

(I) increasable via;

 

(1) an acceptor of a physical item associated with a monetary value, and  

(2) a validator configured to identify the physical item, and

(II) decreasable via a cashout device configured to receive an input to cause a initiation of a payout associated with the credit balance.

32. The method of claim 31, wherein said multiplier is determined by dividing said predetermined game award by said accepted offer or displayed final offer.

33. The method of claim 31, wherein said predetermined game award is selected from a plurality of predetermined game awards such that said selected predetermined game award is prevented from further selection from said plurality of predetermined game awards.

34. The method of claim 31, wherein said determined multiplier is displayed utilizing one of the group consisting of a wheel, a reel and a die.

35. The method of claim 31, which includes associating said plurality of offers with a plurality of selections, receiving an input of a pick of one of said selections and revealing the offer associated with the picked selection as the displayed offer to accept or reject.

36. The method of claim 31, which is provided through a data network.

37. The method of claim 36, wherein the data network is an internet.

38. A method of operating a gaming device, for each play of a game, said method comprising:

(a) determining a plurality of predetermined game awards;

(b) selecting one of said predetermined game awards, wherein said predetermined game award is prevented from further selection and said selected predetermined game award is determined prior to any placement of any wager associated with said play of the game;

(c) determining a plurality of multipliers;

(d) determining a plurality of offers by dividing the selected predetermined game award by each of said determined multipliers, wherein if a first predetermined game award is selected, a first plurality of offers are determined by dividing the first predetermined game award by each of the determined multipliers and if a second, different predetermined game award is selected, a second, different plurality of offers are determined by dividing the second predetermined game award by each of the determined multipliers;

(e) after determining the plurality of offers and prior to selecting any multipliers to modify any accepted offers, receiving inputs to accept or reject said determined offers until one of said determined offers is accepted; and

(f) after receiving the inputs to accept or reject said determined offers until one of said determined offers is accepted;

(i) selecting one of said multipliers by dividing the selected predetermined game award by said accepted offer,

(ii) modifying the accepted offer by the selected multiplier,

(iii) causing a display device to display the modified accepted offer,

wherein said modified accepted offer equals said selected predetermined game award, and

(iv) providing the modified accepted offer, wherein;

(A) a credit balance is increasable based on the selected predetermined game award, and

(B) said credit balance is;

(I) increasable via;

 

(1) an acceptor of a physical item associated with a monetary value, and  

(2) a validator configured to identify the physical item, and

decreasable via a cashout device configured to receive an input to cause an initiation of a payout associated with the credit balance.

39. The method of claim 38, wherein said accepted offer is a final offer.

40. The method of claim 38, wherein each predetermined game award is a multiple of a least common multiple of all of the plurality of multipliers.

41. The method of claim 38, which is provided through a data network.

42. The method of claim 41, wherein the data network is an internet.

43. A method of operating a gaming device, for each play of a game, said method comprising:

(a) receiving data indicating a predetermined game award, wherein said predetermined game award is determined prior to any placement of any wager associated with said play of the game;

(b) prior to modifying any accepted offers by any multipliers, receiving a plurality of inputs to accept or reject a plurality of potential offers, wherein each potential offer is divisible into the received predetermined game award and if data indicating a first predetermined game award is received, each of the potential offers are divisible into the first predetermined game award and if data indicating a second, different predetermined game award is received, each of the potential offers are divisible into the second, different game award; and

(c) after receiving the plurality of inputs to accept or reject said plurality of potential offers;

(i) determining a modifier of the accepted offer, wherein said modified is determined by dividing the received predetermined game award by said accepted offer,

(ii) modifying the accepted offer by the determined multiplier,

(iii) causing a display device to display the modified accepted offer, wherein said modified accepted offer equals said received predetermined game award, and

(iv) providing the modified accepted offer, wherein;

(A) a credit balance is increasable based on the received predetermined game award, and

(B) said credit balance is;

(I) increasable via;

 

(1) an acceptor of a physical item associated with a monetary value, and  

(2) a validator configured to identify the physical item, and

(II) decreasable via a cashout device configured to receive an input to cause an initiation of a payout associated with the credit balance.

44. The method of claim 43, wherein said accepted offer is a final offer.

45. The method of claim 43, which is provided through a data network.

46. The method of claim 45, wherein the data network is an internet.