Methods and systems for determining and selling outcomes for drawing games to be viewed remotely

• US 9,168,452 B2
• Filed: 03/29/2006
• Issued: 10/27/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: IGT (International Game Technology)
• Original Assignee: IGT (International Game Technology)
• Inventors: Walker, Jay S., Tedesco, Robert C., Jorasch, James A., Patterson, Michael W.
• Primary Examiner(s): GARNER, WERNER G
• Application Number:
  US11/393,154
• Publication Number:
  US 20070167216A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,499 Days
• Field of Search: 463 17- 19, 463 20- 25, 463/29, 463/43
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 9/00 Games not otherwise provided for aspects of games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions showing representations related to the game A63F13/00 ; miscellaneous sporting games A63B67/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3223 Architectural aspects of a gaming system, e.g. internal configuration, master/slave, wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3225 Data transfer within a gaming system, e.g. data sent between gaming machines and users
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3251 involving media of variable value, e.g. programmable cards, programmable tokens
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3255 Incentive, loyalty and/or promotion schemes, e.g. comps, gaming associated with a purchase, gaming funded by advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/329 Regular and instant lottery, e.g. electronic scratch cards

Abstract

In accordance with some embodiments, a plurality of outcomes are generated and used to create a video presentation of representative outcomes for one or more players (e.g., for a keno game, for a bingo game). The video presentation is recorded onto a tangible medium (e.g., DVD or CD-ROM) or otherwise provided to one or more players (e.g., a player may access the video presentation online). This allows one or more players to purchase a video presentation of (e.g., predetermined) outcomes in a jurisdiction in which gambling is legal yet view the presentation at the player'"'"'s convenience (e.g., from any jurisdiction and at any time). At least one player who is associated with such a video presentation may subsequently redeem it for a redemption value associated therewith.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer readable medium encoded with instructions for causing a processor to:

(a) receive, via an acceptor, a physical item which indicates a monetary value;

(b) identify, via a validator, the received physical item;

(c) determine a set of drawn numbers to be displayed on a single display device for a drawing game;

(d) determine a first set of player numbers to be displayed on the single display device;

(e) determine a second set of player numbers to be displayed on the single display device;

(f) compare the determined first set of player numbers to the determined set of drawn numbers to determine a first number of matches;

(g) compare the determined second set of player numbers to the determined set of drawn numbers to determine a second number of matches;

(h) determine whether a player associated with the determined first set of player numbers should receive a bonus payout based on the determined first number of matches and the determined second number of matches;

(i) if the determination is that the player should not receive the bonus payout and if at least one of the determined first number of matches and the determined second number of matches is greater than zero, determine whether to to retain a quantity of matches for a subsequent drawing game, said determination of whether to retain said quantity of matches for the subsequent drawing game automatically occurs and is based on at least one of the determined first number of matches and the determined second number of matches;

(j) after said determinations of the drawn numbers and the player numbers for the drawing game, cause image data representing a plurality of images to be stored on a memory device, said plurality of images associated with illustrating;

(i) the determined first set of player numbers,

(ii) the determined second set of player numbers,

(iii) the determination of whether the player should receive the bonus payout based on the determined first number of matches and the determined second number of matches,

(iv) the determination of whether to enable the player to retain the quantity of matches for the subsequent drawing game, and

(v) the bonus payout; and

(k) cause the stored image data to be available to be provided to the player.

2. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1, in which the drawing game is keno.

3. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1, in which causing the processor to determine whether the player should receive the bonus payout includes causing the processor to determine whether the first number of matches is greater than the second number of matches.

4. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1, which includes causing the processor to provide the bonus payout.

5. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1, which includes causing the processor to:

determine a threshold number of matches; and

determine whether the player should receive the bonus payout based on the first number of matches, the second number of matches and the threshold number of matches.

6. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 5, in which the first number of matches is equal to the second number of matches.

7. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 6, which includes causing the processor to provide the bonus payout if the first number of matches is greater than the threshold number.

8. The non-transitory compute readable medium of claim 1, wherein the instructions cause the processor to cause the stored image data to be available to be provided to the player in exchange for a price.

9. An apparatus comprising:

a housing;

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

(i) an acceptor of a physical item which indicates a monetary value, and

(ii) a validator configured to identify the physical item,

a processor; and

a storage device in communication with the processor and the plurality of input devices, the storage device storing instructions configured to cause the processor to;

(a) determine a set of drawn numbers to be displayed on a single display device for a drawing game;

(b) determine a first set of player numbers to be displayed on the single display device;

(c) determine a second set of player numbers to be displayed on the single display device;

(d) compare the determined first set of player numbers to the determined set of drawn numbers to determine a first number of matches;

(e) compare the determined second set of player numbers to the determined set of drawn numbers to determine a second number of matches;

(f) determine whether a player associated with the determined first set of numbers should receive a bonus payout based on the determined first number of matches and the determined second number of matches;

(g) if the determination is that the player should not receive the bonus payout and if at least one of the determined first number of matches and the determined second number of matches is greater than zero, determine whether to retain a quantity of matches for a subsequent drawing game, said determination of whether to retain said quantity of matches for the subsequent drawing game automatically occurs and is based on at least one of the determined first number of matches and the determined second number of matches;

(h) after said determinations of the drawn numbers and the player numbers for the drawing game, cause image data representing a plurality of images to be stored on a memory device, said plurality of images associated with illustrating;

(i) the determined first set of player numbers,

(ii) the determined second set of player numbers,

(iii) the determination of whether the player should receive the bonus payout based on the determined first number of matches and the determined second number of matches,

(iv) the determination of whether to retain the quantity of matches for the subsequent drawing game, and

(v) the bonus payout; and

(i) cause the END-stored image data to be available to be provided the player.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the instructions are configured to cause the processor to cause the stored image data to be available to be provided to the player in exchange for a price.