Means for controlling payback percentage of gaming device
AssigneePatent Investment & Licensing Company
InventorJOHN F. ACRES
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present concept provide means to control the payback percentage of games being played on gaming devices. In one example, a gaming device includes a processor configured to initiate a payback-controlling event and determine a game outcome to display on the game display in response to a gaming event being initiated. Here, the determined game outcome is a payback-controlling outcome when the payback-controlling event satisfies the payback-controlling criterion, and the determined game outcome is a game outcome determined from the base-game paytable when the payback-controlling event does not satisfy the payback-controlling criterion.
Claims14
A gaming device comprising:
- a player interface including a game initiating input device;
- a game display to display a game outcome when a gaming event is initiated;
- a memory configured to store a base game paytable and a payback-controlling criterion;
- a processor configured to initiate a payback-controlling event and determine a game outcome to display on the game display in response to a gaming event being initiated, where the determined game outcome is a payback-controlling outcome when the payback-controlling event satisfies the payback-controlling criterion, and where the determined game outcome is a game outcome determined from the base-game paytable when the payback-controlling event does not satisfy the payback-controlling criterion.
A gaming system comprising:
- a gaming device including a communication port, a game display, a memory to store a base game paytable, and a processor configured to determine a game outcome using the base game paytable to display on the game display;
- and
- a bonus controller connected to the gaming device, the bonus controller configured to receive a signal from the gaming device indicating a gaming event initiation, and configured to instruct the gaming device to display a paytable-controlling outcome instead of an outcome determined from the base game paytable when a payback-controlling event satisfies a payback-controlling criterion.
A method of operating a gaming device, the method comprising:
- receiving a game initiating input;
- determining a payback-controlling game outcome when a triggering value is indicated in a payback controlling determination;
- determining a game outcome when a triggering value is not indicated in the payback controlling determination;
- and
- displaying the determined outcome.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.