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US 2019/0057571 A1Published application
System and Device for Conducting Games Having a Wagering Stage and a Non-wagering Stage
AssigneeG2 Game Design, LLC
InventorsGregg Russell Giuffria, Joseph Baron Giuffria
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Abstract
A system includes a game device. A non-gambling game including a transition point is conducted on the game device. When a transition point is reached, a gambling game that is logically independent of the non-gambling game is conducted. The gambling game produces a gambling game outcome independent of the non-gambling game.
Claims37
An electronic game machine, comprising:
- a non-transitory computer readable medium including program instructions;
- a game device interface configured and arranged to detect an input associated with a monetary value;
- a game device controller in communication with said game device interface, the non-transitory computer readable medium, and at least one of a software and hardware-based random number generator, wherein said game device controller is configured to communicate to a game device display of the game device interface, and is operative to execute the program instructions comprising:
- receiving a wager and a game fee through said game device interface from the input, the game fee being greater than zero;
- conducting a first game by said game device controller, wherein said first game includes data identifying at least one transition point which is reached, at least in part, in response to receiving at least one skill-based player input data through said game device interface, the data identifying the at least one transition point being stored on a server coupled to the electronic game machine, and optionally at least one other electronic game machine;
- generating a first game outcome based, at least in part, on said skill-based player input data;
- and
- conducting a second game, which is logically independent of said first game, by said game device controller solely in response to said first game reaching said data identifying the transition point, wherein said second game utilizes said random number generator module to generate a gambling game outcome independent of the first game and said at least one skill-based player input data;
- determining by said game device controller whether said second game outcome is a winning outcome;
- issuing a payout based on said wager through a payout device of said game device interface when said second game outcome is a winning outcome independent of the conduct of said first game;
- and
- independent of the outcome of the first game and/or the second game, returning at least a portion of the game fee.
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An electronic game machine, comprising:
- a non-transitory computer readable medium including program instructions;
- a game device interface configured and arranged to detect an input associated with a monetary value;
- a game device controller in communication with said non-transitory computer readable medium, game device interface, and at least one of a software and hardware-based random number generator, wherein said game device controller is operative to execute the program instructions comprising:
- receiving a wager through said game device interface by detection of the input;
- conducting a second game by said game device controller, wherein said second game utilizes said random number generator to generate a second game outcome;
- receiving a game fee greater than zero through said game device interface;
- conducting a first game, which is logically independent of said second game, by said game device controller, wherein said second game is conducted in response to said first game outcome being generated, and wherein said first game is conducted, at least in part, in response to receiving at least one skill-based player input data through said game device interface, wherein said second game outcome is generated independent of the first game and said at least one skill-based player input data;
- generating a first game outcome based, at least in part, on said skill-based player input data;
- determining by said game device controller, whether said second game outcome is a winning outcome;
- issuing a payout based on said wager through a payout device of said game device interface when said second game outcome is a winning outcome independent of the conduct of said first game;
- and
- independent of the outcome of the first game and/or the second game, returning at least a portion of the game fee.
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A system, comprising:
- non-transitory computer readable medium in communication with a server;
- and
- at least one electronic game machine in communication with said server, comprising:
- a game device interface configured and arranged to detect an input associated with a monetary value;
- a game device controller in communication with said game device interface and at least one of a software and hardware-based random number generator, wherein said game device controller is operative to execute program instructions comprising:
- receiving a wager through said game device interface by detection of the input;
- receiving a game fee greater than zero through said game device interface;
- conducting a first game by said game device controller, wherein said first game includes data identifying at least one transition point which is reached, at least in part, in response to receiving at least one skill-based player input data through said game device interface, the data identifying the at least one transition point being stored on the server;
- generating a first game outcome based, at least in part, on said skill-based player input data;
- conducting a second game, which is logically independent of said first game, by said game device controller in response to said first game reaching said transition point, wherein said second game utilizes said random number generator to generate a second game outcome independent of the first game and said at least one skill-based player input data;
- determining by said game device controller whether said second game outcome is a winning outcome;
- issuing a payout based on said wager through a payout device of said game device interface when said second game outcome is a winning outcome independent of the conduct of said first game;
- and
- independent of the outcome of the first game and/or the second game, returning at least a portion of the game fee to the player.
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