US 2013/0274012 A1 · Display Mechanism For Volatility-Alteration Features

Abstract

A gaming system includes an input device, a display device, a processor, and a memory device. The memory device stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the gaming system to receive a wager for playing a wagering game having an overall volatility. A plurality of volatility components are displayed on the display device, the volatility components having respective component ratings. Each component rating contributes to a total rating of the overall volatility. The wagering game is selected from a plurality of wagering games, each of the plurality of wagering games having (a) the same total rating and (b) at least one different component rating.

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Dependent claims

A gaming system comprising:

at least one input device;
at least one display device;
at least one processor;
at least one memory device storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the gaming system to:
receive a wager for playing a wagering game having an overall volatility,
display on the at least one display device a plurality of volatility components having respective component ratings, each component rating contributing to a total rating of the overall volatility, and
select the wagering game from a plurality of wagering games, each of the plurality of wagering games having (a) the same total rating and (b) at least one different component rating.

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A computer-implemented method in a gaming system, comprising:

receiving a wager in response to an input via at least one input device for playing a wagering game of a plurality of wagering games, the plurality of wagering games including a first wagering game and a second wagering game;
displaying on at least one display device, by at least one of one or more processors, a plurality of volatility components with respective component ratings, the component ratings of all components of the plurality of volatility components being indicative of a total rating of an overall volatility;
assigning, by at least one of the one or more processors, first component ratings to each component of the plurality of volatility components for the first wagering game and second component ratings to each component of the plurality of volatility components for the second wagering game, a first total rating of the first component ratings being the same as a second total rating of the second component ratings, at least one of the first component ratings being different than at least one of the second component ratings;
and
selecting the wagering game based on the component ratings.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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Abstract

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