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US 8,574,063 B2Granted
Payout systems and methods
AssigneeCadillac Jack
InventorsDavid Harris, Gregory Gronau, Jack Saltiel
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Abstract
Various embodiments of payout systems and methods are disclosed. One embodiment, among others, comprises providing a defined payout amount and a player adjustable payout volatility for a video gaming device, and responsive to player input, modifying the payout volatility while maintaining the defined payout amount.
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A method of providing game play via a video gaming device, the method comprising:
- providing via one or more processors a defined payout amount and a player adjustable payout volatility for the video gaming device;
- providing via the one or more processors a user interface that enables a player to modify the payout volatility via one or more adjustment levers that enable a player to increase and decrease a frequency of one or more multiple tier wins, the one or more adjustment levers including a first adjustment lever and a second adjustment lever, the first adjustment lever being configured to be disabled based on one or more settings for the second adjustment lever;
- determining via the one or more processors whether the payout volatility as selected by the player is permissible;
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- responsive to a determination that the payout volatility as selected by the player is permissible, modifying via the one or more processors the payout volatility while maintaining the defined payout amount.
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A system, comprising:
- a memory comprising gaming software;
- one or more adjustment levers that enable a player to increase and decrease a frequency of one or more multiple tier wins, the one or more adjustment levers including a first adjustment lever and a second adjustment lever, where the first adjustment lever is configured to be disabled based on one or more settings for the second adjustment lever;
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- a processor configured with the gaming software to provide a defined payout amount and a player adjustable payout volatility for a video gaming device, the processor further configured with the gaming software to determine if a player selected payout volatility is permissible and, responsive to player input, increasing and decreasing a frequency of the one or more multiple tier wins via the one or more adjustment levers, and after the determining that the player selected payout volatility is permissible, modifying the payout volatility while maintaining the defined payout amount.
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