64 patents
Utility
Technician Input-free Reconfiguration of Secured Gaming System
1 Jul 21
A progressive pool controller within a gaming environment can have programmable contents thereof retrieved or changed without need for user interaction with the controller other than inserting a dynamically-linkable and reprogrammable storage device (e.g., a USB flash drive) into an I/O receptacle of the controller.
Anil Kumar Narra, Jasonlee Kissee Hohman, Scott Andrew Melnick
Filed: 16 Feb 21
Utility
Electronic gaming device with external lighting functionality
29 Jun 21
Examples disclosed herein relate to a gaming device including a memory, a processor, a display, a plurality of display areas located on the display, and a plurality of external lights located at an outer area of a front surface of the electronic gaming device.
Sigmund Hyunjai Lee, Karl Frederick Zedell, Jr., Rachel Calhoun Lewis, Ian Robert Scott, Wei Gu, Daniel Kendall Harden, Ariel David Turgel
Filed: 5 Sep 19
Utility
Gaming system with pre-calibrated sensor for detecting chip and finger placement
1 Jun 21
Gaming tables that support wager-based gaming are provided with input receiving devices that are structured to intuitively message to players what kind of wagers are permitted at which betting positions and when and then to automatically detect timely placement of such wagers at corresponding betting positions.
Rachel Wolf Kroupp, Ezra Christopher MacKenna, John Victor Zambito
Filed: 12 Sep 19
Utility
Gaming machine design for facilitating serviceability of attendant light assembly
4 May 21
Various aspects described or referenced herein are directed to improved electronic gaming device (“EGD”) designs for facilitating access and serviceability of the EGD's service light assembly.
Adam Daniel Ambrecht, Mark Sameh Farid
Filed: 11 Sep 19
Utility
Electronic Gaming Device with Call Tower Functionality
8 Apr 21
Examples disclosed herein relate to a gaming device including a memory, a processor, a display, and a call tower.
Rachel Calhoun Lewis, Ian Robert Scott, Karl Frederick Zedell, JR., Daniel Kendall Harden
Filed: 30 Nov 20
Utility
Randomly Modulated Boosted Feature Areas for Slot Machines
1 Apr 21
A gaming machine produces boosted feature areas of different sizes and/or shapes and/or locations based on chance and alerts players and bystanders of such changes when they happen.
Paul Luke Lombardo
Filed: 26 Sep 19
Utility
Methods, Devices and Systems for Processing Wagers Associated with Games Having Multiple Wagers
25 Mar 21
In a method and system for presenting a game, such as a table game having a base portion and at least one side bet feature, a single combined wager is received, such as at a first wagering location as detected by a wager input sensor, and the combined wager is allocated, such as by a table controller, to an ante required for the base portion of the game and to a side bet required to the side bet feature of the game.
Jamie Abrahamson, Zbigniew Czyzewski, Michael Skvorzov
Filed: 2 Dec 20
Utility
Addition of Auto-configured Progressive Settings to Play Station of Secured Gaming System
25 Mar 21
The configuring of an electronic gaming machine (EGM) to participate in pools managed by a progressive pools managing controller (PPMC) can be complex.
Anil Kumar Narra, Leah Anne Pinnow, Kenny Mah, Cameron Lars Karlsson
Filed: 10 Dec 20
Utility
Technician input-free reconfiguration of secured gaming system
23 Mar 21
A progressive pool controller within a gaming environment can have programmable contents thereof retrieved or changed without need for user interaction with the controller other than inserting a dynamically-linkable and reprogrammable storage device (e.g., a USB flash drive) into an I/O receptacle of the controller.
Anil Kumar Narra, Jasonlee Kissee Hohman, Scott Andrew Melnick
Filed: 15 Mar 19
Utility
Smart progressive gaming system
23 Mar 21
An artificial intelligence (AI) learning machine is integrated into a gaming system to adaptively learn to predict when and where excessive chronological clustering of winning hits is likely to occur for a progressive jackpot (e.g., a high frequency one) within the gaming system, to preemptively prepare for such occurrences by prefunding one or more smart-awards funds to cope with such excessive chronological clusterings of hits and to use the one or more smart-awards funds to pay off not-first-in-time winners with a same jackpot award amount as is paid to the true first-in-time winner of the jackpot if such runner up winners hit their respective win conditions within a predetermined smart-awards time span after the first-in-time winner hits.
Scott Andrew Melnick, Andrew James Burke, Anil Kumar Narra, Bradley Donald Schultz, Leah Anne Pinnow
Filed: 31 Jul 19
Utility
Gaming System with Pre-calibrated Sensor for Detecting Chip and Finger Placement
18 Mar 21
Gaming tables that support wager-based gaming are provided with input receiving devices that are structured to intuitively message to players what kind of wagers are permitted at which betting positions and when and then to automatically detect timely placement of such wagers at corresponding betting positions.
Rachel Wolf Kroupp, Ezra Christopher MacKenna, John Victor Zambito
Filed: 12 Sep 19
Design
Gaming machine
16 Mar 21
Rachel Calhoun Lewis, Karl Frederick Zedell, Jr., Sigmund Lee, Daniel Kendall Harden, Robert William Strickler, Ariel David Turgel
Filed: 21 Jun 19
Utility
Access panel safety mechanism implemented in a gaming device
9 Mar 21
Various aspects described or referenced herein are directed to improved access panel assembly safety mechanisms which may be incorporated into various gaming machine designs in order to help mitigate or facilitate reductions in safety hazards associated with such gaming machines and/or components thereof.
Adam Daniel Ambrecht, Kevin Lee Hohman
Filed: 15 May 19
Utility
Method and device for presenting and playing a card-type game
9 Mar 21
In a method of presenting a game, a player places a game play wager and one or more optional bonus bets, such as via an input receiving device of a gaming table.
Ronald Anthony LaDuca
Filed: 30 Aug 19
Utility
Method and Device for Presenting and Playing a Card-type Game
4 Mar 21
In a method of presenting a game, a player places a game play wager and one or more optional bonus bets, such as via an input receiving device of a gaming table.
Ronald Anthony LaDuca
Filed: 30 Aug 19
Utility
Jackpot Chance for Randomly Picked Seat Positions at Mixed Tables Featuring Community Side Bets
4 Mar 21
Table-based gaming actions are disclosed where additional prizes or other gains can be awarded when a community event occurs at a given table and the event had been wagered upon by side bets placed at that table.
Jamie Allan Abrahamson
Filed: 13 Aug 20
Utility
Servicing and mounting features for gaming machine display screens and toppers
9 Feb 21
Various gaming machine design features and functionalities are described herein relating to gaming machine display screens, access doors and toppers.
Ryan Patrick Rye, Joel George Friedrick, Mark Robert Brandau
Filed: 16 Aug 19
Utility
Servicing and Mounting Features for Gaming Machine Display Screens and Toppers
4 Feb 21
Various gaming machine design features and functionalities are described herein relating to gaming machine display screens, access doors and toppers.
Ryan Patrick Rye, Joel George Friedrick, Mark Robert Brandau
Filed: 16 Aug 19
Utility
Method and device for presenting and playing card-type games
2 Feb 21
In a method of presenting a game, a player places an ante wager, a secondary wager and one or more optional bonus or side bets via an input receiving device of a gaming table.
John Hemberger, Ofir Ventura, Zbigniew Czyzweski, Michael Skvorzov
Filed: 29 Jul 19
Utility
Nonconventional playing cards, playing card decks and games using nonconventional cards
19 Jan 21
Nonconventional playing cards, nonconventional decks of playing cards and method of playing and presenting games using such cards are provided.
Todd Fishon, Ronald LaDuca
Filed: 15 Nov 18