Providing a predetermined return-to-player for a skill-based wagering machine
AssigneeAristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
InventorT. Grant Bolling, JR.
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Abstract
A method, computer readable medium, and game machine are presented, which provide a predetermined return-to-player for a skill-based wagering game. The method includes determining, for each initial game state of a plurality of initial game states, a predetermined expected minimum payout that accounts for skill-based moves of a player. The method further includes weighting each initial game state of the plurality of initial game states based on its respective predetermined expected minimum payout and a desired minimum return-to-player for the predetermined return-to-player.
Claims20
A method of providing a predetermined return-to-player for a skill-based wagering machine, the method comprising:
- determining a predetermined expected minimum payout for each initial game state of a plurality of initial game states;
- and
- weighting each initial game state of the plurality of initial game states based on its respective predetermined expected minimum payout and a desired minimum return-to-player for the predetermined return-to-player.
A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising a plurality of instructions that, in response to being executed, result in a computing device:
- determining a predetermined expected minimum payout for each initial game state of a plurality of initial game states;
- and
- weighting each initial game state of the plurality of initial game states based on its respective predetermined expected minimum payout and a desired minimum return-to-player for a skill-based game.
A gaming machine providing a predetermined return-to-player for a skill-based game, the gaming machine comprising:
- a credit input mechanism configured to receive a physical item representing a monetary value;
- a player interface configured to generate input signals representative of a move requested by a player of the gaming machine;
- a display device comprising a plurality of display positions;
- a game controller configured to:
- increase a credit balance of a credit meter based on the monetary value of the received physical item;
- decrease the credit balance based on a wager;
- determine a predetermined expected minimum payout for each initial game state of a plurality of initial game states;
- assign weights to the plurality of initial game states based on respective predetermined expected minimum payouts of the plurality of initial game states and a desired minimum return-to-player;
- randomly select an initial game state from a plurality of initial game states per the weights assigned to the plurality of initial game states;
- display a plurality of symbols in the plurality of display positions per an initial symbol arrangement specified by the selected initial game state;
- update one or more symbols in the plurality of display positions per the move represented by the input signals to obtain an updated plurality of symbols;
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- increase the credit balance based on an award associated with the updated plurality of symbols.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.