Entertainment game-based gaming device
AssigneePatent Investment & Licensing Company
InventorJohn F. Acres
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Abstract
Embodiments of this concept are direct to a game that includes a combination of an entertainment game and a gambling game. This game combination provides an entertainment game that retains the playability and fun of a skill game or other non-traditional gambling game while allowing for wagers to still be placed and awards won. In some embodiments, the wager-based gambling game is tied directly into the entertainment game, which provides additional entertainment and excitement. Other embodiments separate some of the aspects of the gambling game from the entertainment game to retain the feel of well known gaming devices while still providing an entertainment game to the player.
Claims21
A method of operating a gaming device comprising:
- displaying an entertainment game;
- receiving a player input to progress game play of the entertainment game;
- triggering a gambling game when the game play resulting from the player input meets a predefined criterion;
- and
- awarding prizes associated with a game outcome of the gambling game.
A gaming device comprising:
- a gaming display;
- at least one player input mechanism;
- and
- a processor configured to display an entertainment game on the gaming display, receive a player input to progress game play of the entertainment game, and trigger a gambling game when the game play resulting from the player input meets a predefined criterion.
A gaming system comprising:
- a gaming device having a game display and at least one player input device;
- and
- a bonus controller connected to the gaming device through a network, the bonus controller configured to provide a game to the gaming device, wherein the game includes an entertainment game and a gambling game that is triggered in response to game play of the entertainment game.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.