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US 10,950,087 B2Granted
Gaming system and method for providing predictable award events
AssigneeIgt
InventorsJianbao Qin, Cheng Qian
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Abstract
Gaming systems and methods which provide predictable award events, such as by displaying predictive indicators regarding when a player may win an award.
Claims17
A gaming system comprising:
- an acceptor;
- a processor;
- and
- a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- responsive to a physical item being received via the acceptor, modify a credit balance based on a monetary value associated with the received physical item,
- randomly determine a supplemental award event time associated with a supplemental award event of a gaming session,
- prior to a termination of the gaming session and prior to any occurrence of the supplemental award event, cause a display, by a display device, of a predictive indicator associated with the randomly determined supplemental award event time,
- responsive to an occurrence, prior to the termination of the gaming session, of the supplemental award event at the randomly determined supplemental award event time:
- determine a supplemental award amount for the gaming session, and
- modify the credit balance by the determined supplemental award amount for the gaming session,
- responsive to the termination of the gaming session prior to the occurrence of the supplemental award event at the randomly determined supplemental award event time,
- cease causing display, by the display device, of the predictive indicator associated with the randomly determined supplemental award event time, and
- not determine any supplemental award amount for the terminated gaming session, and
- responsive to a cashout input being received, cause an initiation of any payout associated with the credit balance.
11 more elements
A gaming system comprising:
- an acceptor;
- a processor;
- and
- a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- responsive to a physical item being received via the acceptor, modify a credit balance based on a monetary value associated with the received physical item,
- randomly determine a supplemental award event time for a gaming session,
- prior to a termination of the gaming session and prior to the randomly determined supplemental award event time, cause a display, by a display device, of a predictive indicator associated with the randomly determined supplemental award event time,
- responsive to the termination of the gaming session prior to a current time reaching the randomly determined supplemental award event time, cease causing the display, by the display device, of the predictive indicator associated with the randomly determined supplemental award event time,
- responsive to the current time reaching the randomly determined supplemental award event time prior to the termination of the gaming session:
- determine a supplemental award amount for the gaming session, and
- modify the credit balance by the determined supplemental award amount for the gaming session,
- responsive to the current time reaching the randomly determined supplemental award event time after the termination of the gaming session, not determine any supplemental award amount for the terminated gaming session, and
- responsive to a cashout input being received, cause an initiation of any payout associated with the credit balance.
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A method of operating a gaming system, the method comprising:
- responsive to a physical item being received via an acceptor, modifying a credit balance based on a monetary value associated with the received physical item,
- randomly determining, by a processor, a supplemental award event time associated with a supplemental award event of a gaming session,
- prior to a termination of the gaming session and prior to any occurrence of the supplemental award event, displaying, by a display device, a predictive indicator associated with the randomly determined supplemental award event time, and
- responsive to an occurrence, prior to the termination of the gaming session, of the supplemental award event at the randomly determined supplemental award event time:
- determining, by the processor, a supplemental award amount for the gaming session, and
- modifying the credit balance by the determined supplemental award amount for the gaming session,
- responsive to the termination of the gaming session prior to the occurrence of the supplemental award event at the randomly determined supplemental award event time,
- ceasing display, by the display device, of the predictive indicator associated with the randomly determined supplemental award event time, and
- not determining any supplemental award amount for the terminated gaming session, and
- responsive to a cashout input being received, initiating any payout associated with the credit balance.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.