GAMING SYSTEM, GAMING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MODERATING REMOTE HOST INITIATED FEATURES FOR MULTIPLE CONCURRENTLY PLAYED GAMES

• US 20160196717A1
• Filed: 03/17/2016
• Published: 07/07/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: IGT (International Game Technology)
• Original Assignee: IGT (International Game Technology)
• Inventors: Nelson, Dwayne R., Brosnan, William R., Higgins, Kevin M., Little, William Chad, Hollibaugh, Larry R., Petersen, Erik B., Marcu, Adrian R.
• Granted Patent: US 10,339,753 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3213 Details of moving display elements, e.g. spinning reels, tumbling members
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3227 Configuring a gaming machine, e.g. downloading personal settings, selecting working parameters
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/34 depending on the stopping of moving members in a mechanical slot machine, e.g. "fruit" machines

Abstract

The gaming system disclosed herein enables a player to simultaneously or concurrently play a plurality of games at a gaming device regardless or independent of if the gaming device accounting system in communication with the gaming device is configured to support such simultaneous or concurrent game play. The gaming system disclosed herein additionally or alternatively enables a player to simultaneously play a plurality of games wherein certain of the games are eligible to operate with a remote host and certain of the games are ineligible to operate with the remote host.

Claims

1. A gaming system comprising:

at least one display device;

at least one input device;

at least one processor; and

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

(a) concurrently display a plurality of poker games,

(b) randomly select one of the concurrently displayed poker games,

(c) display a poker game outcome for each of the concurrently displayed poker games, and

(d) display a determined award associated with each of the concurrently displayed poker game outcomes, wherein;

(i) if the displayed poker game outcome for the randomly selected poker game is a designated poker game outcome, the determined award associated with said displayed poker game outcome is a progressive award, and

(ii) if the displayed poker game outcome for any of the plurality of poker games except the randomly selected poker game is the designated poker game outcome, the determined award associated with said displayed poker game outcome is not the progressive award.

2. The gaming system of claim 1, wherein each of the concurrently displayed poker games is a poker hand from a play of a multi-hand poker game.

3. The gaming system of claim 1, which includes a housing, and a plurality of input devices supported by the housing, said plurality of input devices including an acceptor, and a cashout device, wherein when executed by the at least one processor, the plurality of instructions cause the at least one processor to operate with the plurality of input devices to:

if a physical item is received via the acceptor, establish a credit balance based, at least in part, on a monetary value associated with the received physical item, and if a cashout input is received via the cashout device, cause an initiation of any payout associated with the credit balance.

4. A gaming system comprising:

at least one display device;

at least one input device;

at least one processor; and

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

(a) receive a placement of a wager on a play of a multi-hand poker game including a plurality of hands of cards,

(b) randomly select one of the hands of cards of the multi-hand poker game,

(c) display a final poker hand determined for each of the hands of cards of the multi-hand poker game, and

(d) display a determined award associated with each of the hands of cards of the multi-hand poker game wherein;

(i) if the displayed final poker hand for the randomly selected hand of cards of the multi-hand poker game is a designated final poker hand, the determined award associated with said displayed final poker is a progressive award, and

(ii) if the displayed final poker hand for any of the non-randomly selected hand of cards of the multi-hand poker game is the designated final poker hand, the determined award associated with said displayed final poker is not the progressive award.

5. The gaming system of claim 4, wherein when executed by the at least one processor, the plurality of instructions cause the at least one processor to enable a player to hold at least one playing card from a primary hand of cards of the multi-hand poker game and hold any playing cards from the primary hand of cards of the multi-hand poker game in each of the remaining hands of cards of the multi-hand poker game.

6. The gaming system of claim 4, which includes a housing, and a plurality of input devices supported by the housing, said plurality of input devices including an acceptor, and a cashout device, wherein when executed by the at least one processor, the plurality of instructions cause the at least one processor to operate with the plurality of input devices to:

if a physical item is received via the acceptor, establish a credit balance based, at least in part, on a monetary value associated with the received physical item, and if a cashout input is received via the cashout device, cause an initiation of any payout associated with the credit balance.

7. A gaming system server comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory device which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to;

(a) cause at least one display device to concurrently display a plurality of poker games,

(b) randomly select one of the concurrently displayed poker games,

(c) cause the at least one display device to display a poker game outcome for each of the concurrently displayed poker games, and

(d) cause the at least one display device to display a determined award associated with each of the concurrently displayed poker game outcomes, wherein;

(i) if the displayed poker game outcome for the randomly selected poker game is a designated poker game outcome, the determined award associated with said displayed poker game outcome is a progressive award, and

(ii) if the displayed poker game outcome for any of the plurality of poker games except the randomly selected poker game is the designated poker game outcome, the determined award associated with said displayed poker game outcome is not the progressive award.

8. The gaming system server of claim 7, wherein each of the concurrently displayed poker games is a poker hand from a play of a multi-hand poker game.

9. The gaming system server of claim 7, wherein at least one of the determined awards associated with at least one of the displayed poker game outcomes causes an increase of a credit balance which is increasable via an acceptor of a physical item associated with a monetary value, and decreasable via a cashout device.

10. A gaming system server comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory device which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to;

(a) receive data associated with a placement of a wager on a play of a multi-hand poker game including a plurality of hands of cards,

(b) randomly select one of the hands of cards of the multi-hand poker game,

(c) cause at least one display device to display a final poker hand determined for each of the hands of cards of the multi-hand poker game, and

(d) cause the at least one display device to display a determined award associated with each of the hands of cards of the multi-hand poker game wherein;

(i) if the displayed final poker hand for the randomly selected hand of cards of the multi-hand poker game is a designated final poker hand, the determined award associated with said displayed final poker is a progressive award, and

(ii) if the displayed final poker hand for any of the non-randomly selected hand of cards of the multi-hand poker game is the designated final poker hand, the determined award associated with said displayed final poker is not the progressive award.

11. The gaming system server of claim 10, wherein when executed by the at least one processor, the plurality of instructions cause the at least one processor to enable a player to hold at least one playing card from a primary hand of cards of the multi-hand poker game and hold any playing cards from the primary hand of cards of the multi-hand poker game in each of the remaining hands of cards of the multi-hand poker game.

12. The gaming system server of claim 10, wherein at least one of the determined awards associated with at least one of the displayed final poker hands causes an increase of a credit balance which is increasable via an acceptor of a physical item associated with a monetary value, and decreasable via a cashout device.