US 9,168,452 B2Granted

Methods and systems for determining and selling outcomes for drawing games to be viewed remotely

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InventorsJay S. Walker, Robert C. Tedesco, James A. Jorasch, Michael W. Patterson

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Abstract

In accordance with some embodiments, a plurality of outcomes are generated and used to create a video presentation of representative outcomes for one or more players (e.g., for a keno game, for a bingo game). The video presentation is recorded onto a tangible medium (e.g., DVD or CD-ROM) or otherwise provided to one or more players (e.g., a player may access the video presentation online). This allows one or more players to purchase a video presentation of (e.g., predetermined) outcomes in a jurisdiction in which gambling is legal yet view the presentation at the player's convenience (e.g., from any jurisdiction and at any time). At least one player who is associated with such a video presentation may subsequently redeem it for a redemption value associated therewith.

Claims10

Dependent claims

A non-transitory computer readable medium encoded with instructions for causing a processor to:

(a) receive, via an acceptor, a physical item which indicates a monetary value;
(b) identify, via a validator, the received physical item;
(c) determine a set of drawn numbers to be displayed on a single display device for a drawing game;
(d) determine a first set of player numbers to be displayed on the single display device;
(e) determine a second set of player numbers to be displayed on the single display device;
(f) compare the determined first set of player numbers to the determined set of drawn numbers to determine a first number of matches;
(g) compare the determined second set of player numbers to the determined set of drawn numbers to determine a second number of matches;
(h) determine whether a player associated with the determined first set of player numbers should receive a bonus payout based on the determined first number of matches and the determined second number of matches;
(i) if the determination is that the player should not receive the bonus payout and if at least one of the determined first number of matches and the determined second number of matches is greater than zero, determine whether to to retain a quantity of matches for a subsequent drawing game, said determination of whether to retain said quantity of matches for the subsequent drawing game automatically occurs and is based on at least one of the determined first number of matches and the determined second number of matches;
(j) after said determinations of the drawn numbers and the player numbers for the drawing game, cause image data representing a plurality of images to be stored on a memory device, said plurality of images associated with illustrating:
(i) the determined first set of player numbers,
(ii) the determined second set of player numbers,
(iii) the determination of whether the player should receive the bonus payout based on the determined first number of matches and the determined second number of matches,
(iv) the determination of whether to enable the player to retain the quantity of matches for the subsequent drawing game, and
(v) the bonus payout;
and
(k) cause the stored image data to be available to be provided to the player.

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An apparatus comprising:

a housing;
a plurality of input devices supported by the housing, said plurality of input devices including:
(i) an acceptor of a physical item which indicates a monetary value, and
(ii) a validator configured to identify the physical item,
a processor;
and
a storage device in communication with the processor and the plurality of input devices, the storage device storing instructions configured to cause the processor to:
(a) determine a set of drawn numbers to be displayed on a single display device for a drawing game;
(b) determine a first set of player numbers to be displayed on the single display device;
(c) determine a second set of player numbers to be displayed on the single display device;
(d) compare the determined first set of player numbers to the determined set of drawn numbers to determine a first number of matches;
(e) compare the determined second set of player numbers to the determined set of drawn numbers to determine a second number of matches;
(f) determine whether a player associated with the determined first set of numbers should receive a bonus payout based on the determined first number of matches and the determined second number of matches;
(g) if the determination is that the player should not receive the bonus payout and if at least one of the determined first number of matches and the determined second number of matches is greater than zero, determine whether to retain a quantity of matches for a subsequent drawing game, said determination of whether to retain said quantity of matches for the subsequent drawing game automatically occurs and is based on at least one of the determined first number of matches and the determined second number of matches;
(h) after said determinations of the drawn numbers and the player numbers for the drawing game, cause image data representing a plurality of images to be stored on a memory device, said plurality of images associated with illustrating:
(i) the determined first set of player numbers,
(ii) the determined second set of player numbers,
(iii) the determination of whether the player should receive the bonus payout based on the determined first number of matches and the determined second number of matches,
(iv) the determination of whether to retain the quantity of matches for the subsequent drawing game, and
(v) the bonus payout;
and
(i) cause the END-stored image data to be available to be provided the player.

19 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 11/393,154Filed 29 Mar 2006 · us provisional application
Priority: 29 Mar 2005
Published: US 2007/0167216 A119 Jul 2007
Granted: 27 Oct 2015
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification10 codes

G07F 17/3225
For games, toys, sports, or amusements: data transfer within a gaming system, e.g. data sent between gaming machines and users
A63F 9/00
Games not otherwise provided for
G07F 17/3223
Hardware aspects of a gaming system, e.g. components, construction, architecture thereof: architectural aspects of a gaming system, e.g. internal…
G07F 17/3239
About the players, e.g. profiling, responsible gaming, strategy/behavior of players, location of players: tracking of individual players