US 9,520,030 B2Granted

Methods of receiving electronic wagers in a wagering game via a handheld electronic wager input device

AssigneeBally Gaming, Inc.

InventorsMark B. Gagner, Timothy T. Gronkowski, Paul M. Lesley, Timothy C. Loose, Jim Motyl, James M. Rasmussen, Victor T. Shi, Alfred Thomas, Jesse Smith

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Abstract

A gaming system for conducting a multi-player wagering game includes a multi-touch table surface that is touched by a handheld electronic wager input device (EWID) carried by a player for placing wagers on a wagering game displayed on the multi-touch table surface. Each EWID carried by a player has an associated unique identification code, which is linked to the respective player's account. Players indicate an amount to be wagered by touching the EWID to designated wager amount areas, then place the wager by touching the EWID to a designated wagering area. Because each EWID is uniquely associable with distinct player accounts, the gaming system can support any number of players placing wagers. The funds remain safe in the player account and no funds are stored on the EWID. Only the identification code is detected, which is compared with the associated player account before allowing that player to place wagers.

Claims15

Dependent claims

A method of capturing a code to play a casino wagering game, comprising:

providing the code for wireless capture by a portable electronic device;
wirelessly receiving, at a freestanding gaming terminal from the portable electronic device, the code or a representation of the code, the code being indicative of a casino wagering game, wherein the gaming terminal includes a video display device and a value input device for detecting a physical item associated with a monetary value;
decoding, by the gaming terminal or by the portable electronic device, the code and determining from the decoded code the casino wagering game associated therewith;
receiving a wager to initiate the casino wagering game, the wager being indicative of a wager input to the portable electronic device or to the gaming terminal;
responsive to the wager being received, initiating the casino wagering game on the gaming terminal and displaying at least a portion of the casino wagering game on the video display device of the gaming terminal;
determining, by a controller device, an outcome of the casino wagering game based, least in part, on one or more random elements generated with a random element generator;
displaying the outcome on the video display device of the gaming terminal;
and
awarding, by the controller device, an award in response to the outcome satisfying a predetermined award criterion.

6 more elements

A gaming system used to play at least one casino wagering game, comprising:

a gaming housing that houses components associated with the casino wagering game;
an electronic display device coupled to the gaming housing;
an electronic value input device coupled to the gaming housing, the electronic value input device being configured to receive a physical item associated with a monetary value to initiate the casino wagering game and transform the input into an electronic data signal;
a random element generator configured to generate one or more random elements;
a wireless receiver configured to receive from a portable electronic device a code or a representation of the code, the code being indicative of the casino wagering game;
one or more decoders configured to decode the code;
one or more controllers configured to:
provide the code for wireless capture by the portable electronic device;
determine from the decoded code the casino wagering game associated therewith;
receive a wager to initiate the casino wagering game, the wager being indicative of a wager input to the portable electronic device or via the electronic input device coupled to the gaming housing;
responsive to the wager being received, initiate the casino wagering game and display at least a portion of the casino wagering game on the electronic display device;
determine an outcome of the casino wagering game based, least in part, on one or more random elements generated with the random element generator;
display the outcome on the video display device of the gaming terminal;
and
award an award in response to the outcome satisfying a predetermined award criterion.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/596,424Filed 14 Jan 2015 · continuation
Priority: 11 Jul 2008
Published: US 2015/0126267 A17 May 2015
Granted: 13 Dec 2016
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification10 codes

G07F 17/3258
Payment aspects of a gaming system, e.g. payment schemes, setting payout ratio, bonus or consolation prizes: cumulative reward schemes, e.g. jackpots
G07F 17/32
Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services: for games, toys, sports, or amusements
G07F 17/3202
For games, toys, sports, or amusements: hardware aspects of a gaming system, e.g. components, construction, architecture thereof
G07F 17/3206
Player-machine interfaces: player sensing means, e.g. presence detection, biometrics

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Application61/134,629Us provisional application · filed 11 Jul 2008
Application61/107,783Us provisional application · filed 23 Oct 2008
PCT/US2009/050279Parent of this continuation · filed 10 Jul 2009
Application13/000,933Parent of this continuation · filed 22 Dec 2010
Application13/599,016Parent of this continuation · filed 30 Aug 2012
US 8,333,655 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 18 Dec 2012
US 2015/0126267 A1Pre-grant publication · published 7 May 2015
US 8,956,244 B1Parent of this continuation
US 2011/0111840 A1Published application
US 2012/0329553 A1Published application
US 8,956,224 B2Related patent
US 9,520,030 B2This patent

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