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US 10,475,293 B2Granted
Gaming system and method for redistributing funds amongst players of skill games
AssigneeIgt
InventorsCameron Filipour, Bryan Upton
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Abstract
A gaming system which employs a community skill award pool funded based on one or more awards that lower-skilled players (or no-skill players) failed to win in association with one or more skill-based games.
Claims22
A gaming system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory device which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the processor for a play of a skill-based game, cause the processor to:
- responsive to a first plurality of quantifiable skill inputs being made by a player:
- determine a first outcome, said determination being based, at least in part, on at least one of the first plurality of quantifiable skill inputs, said at least one of the first plurality of quantifiable skill inputs being associated with a first quantifiable skill,
- determine a first award associated with the determined first outcome,
- cause a display, by a display device, of the determined first award, and
- responsive to the determined first award being less than a first designated award, contribute at least part of a difference between the determined first award and the designated first award to a first skill award pool, said first skill award pool being associated with the first quantifiable skill, and
- responsive to a second plurality of quantifiable skill inputs being made by the player:
- determine a second outcome, said determination being based, at least in part, on at least one of the second plurality of quantifiable skill inputs, said at least one of the second plurality of quantifiable skill inputs being associated with a second, different quantifiable skill,
- determine a second award associated with the determined second outcome,
- cause a display, by the display device, of the determined second award, and
- responsive to the determined second award being less than a second designated award, contribute at least part of a difference between the determined second award and the designated second award to a second skill award pool, said second skill award pool being associated with the second quantifiable skill.
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A method of operating a gaming system, said method comprising:
- responsive to a first plurality of quantifiable skill inputs being made by a player for a play of a skill-based game:
- determining, by a processor, a first outcome, said determination being based, at least in part, on at least one of the first plurality of quantifiable skill inputs, said at least one of the first plurality of quantifiable skill inputs being associated with a first quantifiable skill,
- determining, by the processor, a first award associated with the determined first outcome,
- displaying, by a display device, the determined first award, and
- responsive to the determined first award being less than a first designated award, contributing at least part of a difference between the determined first award and the designated first award to a first skill award pool, said first skill award pool being associated with the first quantifiable skill, and
- responsive to a second plurality of quantifiable skill inputs being made by the player for the play of the skill-based game:
- determining, by the processor, a second outcome, said determination being based, at least in part, on at least one of the second plurality of quantifiable skill inputs, said at least one of the second plurality of quantifiable skill inputs being associated with a second, different quantifiable skill,
- determining, by the processor, a second award associated with the determined second outcome,
- displaying, by the display device, the determined second award, and
- responsive to the determined second award being less than a second designated award, contributing at least part of a difference between the determined second award and the designated second award to a second skill award pool, said second skill award pool being associated with the second quantifiable skill.
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