US 2013/0281171 A1 · SLOT MACHINES WITH WAGER-PER-PLAY SKILL GAMES

Abstract

Provided is a wager-per-play skill game in which the player's skill is used in selecting one of several random prize distributions or prize pools from which the player's award will be randomly selected. Wagers are preferably entered automatically for each skilled interaction the player makes in the game play area, allowing for continuous play in which the game state persists between wagers. In one version, there is no possibility of complete failure of the skill game, instead every move of the player is given an immediate skill rating or value. The immediate skill rating is used to select an associated prize distribution or prize pool from among multiple distributions or pools, which is then applied to randomly select a prize for the player's move.

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Dependent claims

A method of providing a wagering game, the method comprising:

(a) receiving a credit deposit input from a player and, in response, activating a gaming grid including a plurality of gamepieces displayed on an electronic display to receive player inputs and automatically create wagers from the player's credits;
(b) receiving player input selecting a gamepiece, the input involving player skill;
(c) in response to receiving the player input, activating a wager associated with the input, and further identifying a group of gamepieces related to the selected gamepiece;
(d) after (c), removing from the grid the identified group of gamepieces and replacing them with indicia indicating an empty space in the grid;
(e) based on the size of the group, selecting a first prize distribution from which a prize will be awarded forming at least part of a game prize responsive to the wager input;
and
(f) randomly selecting a first prize from the first prize distribution.

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A method of providing a wagering game, the method comprising:

(a) receiving a credit deposit input from a player and, in response, activating a game play area for a game of skill on an electronic display to receive player inputs indicating skilled play actions and, in response, automatically create wagers from the player's credits;
(b) receiving player input indicating a skilled play action to be made in the game of skill and creating a wager associated with the input, and further causing a skilled play action to occur in the game of skill;
(c) identifying an immediate skill level from the skilled play action, and based on the immediate skill level selecting a prize distribution or prize pool from among multiple available prize distributions or prize pools;
and
(d) randomly selecting a first prize from the prize distribution or pool to be awarded in response to the skilled play action.

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A computer program product embodied on one or more tangible non-transient computer readable media, the program product for running on one or more servers and one or more gaming terminals in a gaming network and comprising code executable for:

(a) receiving a credit deposit input from a player and, in response, activating a game play area for a game of skill on an electronic display to receive player inputs indicating skilled play actions and, in response, automatically create wagers from the player's credits;
(b) receiving player input indicating a skilled play action to be made in the game of skill and creating a wager associated with the input, and further causing a skilled play action to occur in the game of skill;
(c) identifying an immediate skill level from the skilled play action, and based on the immediate skill level selecting a prize distribution or prize pool from among multiple available prize distributions or prize pools;
and
(d) randomly selecting a first prize from the prize distribution or pool to be awarded in response to the skilled play action.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Slot machines with wager-per-play skill games

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Slot machines with wager-per-play skill games

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Abstract

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