公开(公告)号：US11694507B2

公开(公告)日：2023-07-04

申请号：US17374330

申请日：2021-07-13

Applicant: IGT

Inventor： Adam M. Singer ,  Mark C. Nicely

IPC: A63F13/00 ,  A63F9/24 ,  G07F17/32 ,  G07F17/34

CPC classification number: G07F17/323 ,  G07F17/3209 ,  G07F17/3211 ,  G07F17/3244 ,  G07F17/3255 ,  G07F17/3262 ,  G07F17/3267 ,  G07F17/34

Abstract: Various embodiments of gaming systems, gaming devices, and methods of the present disclosure provide one or more alternative wagering propositions to a player when the player's credit balance is less than (or, in certain embodiments, less than or equal to) a designated wager amount. If the player accepts one of the alternative wager propositions, the player risks an amount of the player's remaining credit balance for a chance to win an alternative award. If the player wins the alternative award, the gaming system enables the player to play one or more plays of the wagering game at the designated wager amount. If the player does not win the alternative award, the gaming system reduces the player's credit balance by the amount risked.

公开(公告)号：US11094165B2

公开(公告)日：2021-08-17

申请号：US16559984

申请日：2019-09-04

Applicant: IGT

Inventor： Adam M. Singer ,  Mark C. Nicely

IPC: A63F13/00 ,  A63F9/24 ,  G07F17/32 ,  G07F17/34

Abstract: Various embodiments of gaming systems, gaming devices, and methods of the present disclosure provide one or more alternative wagering propositions to a player when the player's credit balance is less than (or, in certain embodiments, less than or equal to) a designated wager amount. If the player accepts one of the alternative wager propositions, the player risks an amount of the player's remaining credit balance for a chance to win an alternative award. If the player wins the alternative award, the gaming system enables the player to play one or more plays of the wagering game at the designated wager amount. If the player does not win the alternative award, the gaming system reduces the player's credit balance by the amount risked.

公开(公告)号：US10607448B2

公开(公告)日：2020-03-31

申请号：US13628912

申请日：2012-09-27

Applicant: IGT

Inventor： Mark C. Nicely ,  Brian F. Saunders

IPC: G07F17/32 ,  G07F17/34

Abstract: A gaming system including a cascading symbol or tumbling reel game which utilizes a plurality of multiple sided symbols or multiple sided game elements. Each multiple sided symbol or multiple sided game element includes a separate or distinct symbol displayed on each of one or more of the sides or faces of that multiple sided symbol. As the gaming system displays such multiple sided symbols at different symbol display positions, the gaming system differs or modifies which sides of which multiple sided symbols are displayed to the player (and thus differs or modifies which separate or distinct symbols of which sides or faces of the multiple sided symbols are displayed to the player).

公开(公告)号：US10600289B2

公开(公告)日：2020-03-24

申请号：US15366825

申请日：2016-12-01

Applicant: IGT

Inventor： Mark C. Nicely ,  Carmen Tan ,  Alan R. Weiss

IPC: G07F17/32 ,  G07F17/34 ,  A63F9/02

Abstract: A gaming system and method for exchanging one or more triggered individual bonus games for one or more current plays of a community game or one or more future plays of a community game. If an individual bonus game is triggered in association with an individual gaming device, the gaming system enables the player to: (i) play the triggered individual bonus game, (ii) skip the individual bonus game and play or participate in a community or group game, or (iii) skip the individual bonus game and save an entry to play or participate in a future community or group game. In these embodiments, the gaming system determines one or more features or attributes of the available community game (which the player may play or defer play of) based, at least in part, on which of a plurality of different individual bonus games are triggered.

公开(公告)号：US20190392670A1

公开(公告)日：2019-12-26

申请号：US16559984

申请日：2019-09-04

Applicant: IGT

Inventor： Adam M. Singer ,  Mark C. Nicely

IPC: G07F17/32 ,  G07F17/34

Abstract: Various embodiments of gaming systems, gaming devices, and methods of the present disclosure provide one or more alternative wagering propositions to a player when the player's credit balance is less than (or, in certain embodiments, less than or equal to) a designated wager amount. If the player accepts one of the alternative wager propositions, the player risks an amount of the player's remaining credit balance for a chance to win an alternative award. If the player wins the alternative award, the gaming system enables the player to play one or more plays of the wagering game at the designated wager amount. If the player does not win the alternative award, the gaming system reduces the player's credit balance by the amount risked.

公开(公告)号：US10482706B2

公开(公告)日：2019-11-19

申请号：US15341702

申请日：2016-11-02

Applicant: IGT

Inventor： Mark C. Nicely ,  Scott A. Caputo

IPC: G07F17/32 ,  G07F17/34

Abstract: A gaming system displays a plurality of spaced-apart selections each associated with a masked award. One or more selectors are each associated with one or more players, and are visible to each player. The selectors are moveable amongst the spaced-apart selections based on a plurality of player inputs. For a play of the game, the players provide inputs to move the selectors amongst the spaced-apart selections. During such movement, the gaming system temporarily reveals the award associated with any spaced-apart selection in the vicinity of any selector to at least one player, such as the player whose selector is near the selection. After the play of the game has ended (e.g., based on an amount of elapsed time), the gaming system provides awards to the players based on the ending positions of the one or more selectors with respect to the plurality of spaced-apart selections.

公开(公告)号：US10373440B2

公开(公告)日：2019-08-06

申请号：US15880819

申请日：2018-01-26

Applicant: IGT

Inventor： Leandro Basallo ,  Rachael A. Bristol ,  Colin M. Ferris ,  John Grime ,  Ana K. Rollins ,  Timothy L. Isaacson ,  Mark C. Nicely ,  Dacotah A. Petermann-Turner ,  Alex Present

IPC: G07F17/32

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a gaming system and method providing a bonus opportunity when a designated relationship exists between a plurality of randomly determined elements. The gaming system randomly generates a plurality of elements in association with a play of a secondary game. The gaming system determines whether a designated relationship exists between the randomly determined elements. If the designated relationship exists between the randomly determined elements, the gaming system determines a bonus opportunity associated with the randomly determined elements and provides the bonus opportunity to a player.

公开(公告)号：US10360757B2

公开(公告)日：2019-07-23

申请号：US15709687

申请日：2017-09-20

Applicant: IGT

Inventor： Scott A. Caputo ,  Mark C. Nicely ,  Gregory H. Parrott

IPC: G07F17/32

Abstract: A gaming system and method including a plurality of gaming devices that may participate in a shared secondary or bonus game and a controller operable to communicate with said plurality of gaming devices. At least one of the plurality of gaming devices is programmed to generate and accumulate collectors upon an occurrence of a first triggering event. Upon an occurrence of a second triggering event at one of the gaming devices, the controller enables a player of said gaming device to redeem a quantity of accumulated collectors in a bonus event. The controller also enables the player to invite other gaming devices from the plurality of gaming devices to redeem accumulated collectors and participate in said bonus event. The odds of each player earning a higher-valued total award in the bonus event increases with the total number of accumulated collectors redeemed in the bonus event.

公开(公告)号：US10311674B2

公开(公告)日：2019-06-04

申请号：US13896817

申请日：2013-05-17

Applicant: IGT

Inventor： Mark C. Nicely ,  Paul D. Miltenberger

IPC: G07F17/32

Abstract: A gaming system including a central server linked to a plurality of gaming machines. The gaming system includes at least one and preferably a plurality of progressive awards which are each associated with a supplemental fund or pool. If the gaming system determines that the progressive award is not growing at a designated incremental rate (due to a lack of wagers placed on gaming devices associated with the progressive award), the gaming system utilizes part or all of the amount in the supplemental fund to make up for this lack of wager based growth. Such a configuration provides that even if players are not actively playing gaming devices associated with the progressive award, the progressive award will still increment at a designated rate to at least a desirable value.

公开(公告)号：US20180182204A1

公开(公告)日：2018-06-28

申请号：US15901153

申请日：2018-02-21

Applicant: IGT

Inventor： Mark C. Nicely

IPC: G07F17/32 ,  G07F17/34

CPC classification number: G07F17/3213 ,  G07F17/3225 ,  G07F17/3244 ,  G07F17/3267 ,  G07F17/34

Abstract: A gaming system including a cascading symbol or tumbling reel game which utilizes a plurality of symbol display position matrices or grids. Each symbol display position matrix includes a plurality of symbol display positions, wherein at least one of the symbol display position matrices includes one or more symbol display positions associated with a plurality of different symbol display positions of a plurality of the symbol display position matrices.