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US 2020/0349798 A1Published application
Interactive slot machine architecture with limited bonus round entry
AssigneePress Play Inc.
InventorBenjamin Liss
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Abstract
A method, apparatus, and computer readable storage to implement a slot machine game which has a main game (pure chance or with an element of skill) and a skill bonus round. As the player plays the slot machine game, a skill bonus round can be randomly triggered. If the skill bonus round is randomly triggered, then the player can earn a score in the skill bonus round which can be placed on a leaderboard. Cash awards can be earned from winners on the leaderboard.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- at least one processor connected to the internet, the at least one processor connected to at least one computer readable storage storing computer readable instructions, the computer readable instructions programmed to cause the at least one processor to perform:
- enable a player to play a main game using non-monetary credits wherein a result of the main game is determined randomly without regard to player skill;
- determine whether the result triggers a skill bonus round, and if the player triggers the skill bonus round then implementing the skill bonus round which is different from the main game and involves skill, wherein in the skill bonus round the player earns a player's score based on the player's performance, and placing the player's score on a leaderboard which has an expiration time;
- upon expiration of the leaderboard, awarding awards to winning players, the winning players having highest scores on the leaderboard out of all of the players on the leaderboard.
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A method, comprising:
- at least one processor executing computer readable instructions which causes the following operations:
- enabling a player to play a main game using non-monetary credits wherein a result of the main game is determined randomly without regard to player skill;
- triggering a skill bonus round based on the result;
- implementing the skill bonus round which is different from the main game and involves skill, wherein in the skill bonus round the player earns a player's score based on the player's performance, and placing the player's score on a leaderboard which has an expiration time;
- waiting until expiration of the leaderboard and then awarding awards to winning players, the winning players having highest scores on the leaderboard out of all of the players on the leaderboard.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.