IP Library Patent Application 12514038
Patent Application
App. No. 12/514,038

PARAMETER ADJUSTMENT IN A WAGERING GAME

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App. No.
12/514,038
Abstract

Apparatus, systems, architectures, and methods provide instrumentality to control adjustment of a parameter in a wagering game, where the adjustment is responsive to a playing feature selected for the wagering game and the wagering game is adapted to be initiated from another wagering game.

Claims (33)

1 . A method comprising:

identifying a selected playing feature for a second wagering game, the second wagering game initiated from a first wagering game;

adjusting a parameter in the second wagering game in response to the selected playing feature.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein adjusting a parameter includes adjusting an expected value of the second wagering game.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein adjusting an expected value of the second wagering game includes determining a completion of an additional wager in the first wagering game.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the method includes initiating the second wagering game after determination of the selected playing feature.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying a selected playing feature for a second wagering game includes identifying a selected number of spins for the second wagering game.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying a selected playing feature for a second wagering game includes identifying a length of time for running the second wagering game.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying a selected playing feature for a second wagering game includes identifying a selected feature for a bonus wagering game, the bonus wagering game initiated from a base wagering game.

8 . A machine-readable medium having machine-executable instructions that, when performed by a machine, cause the machine to:

identify a selected playing feature for a second wagering game, the second wagering game initiated from a first wagering game;

adjust a parameter in the second wagering game in response to the selected playing feature.

9 . The machine-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein to adjust a parameter includes adjusting an expected value of the second wagering game.

10 . The machine-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein to adjust a parameter includes determining a completion of an additional wager in the first wagering game.

11 . The machine-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the instructions include initiating the second wagering game based on a determination of the selected playing feature.

12 . The machine-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein to identify a selected playing feature for a second wagering game includes identifying a selected number of spins for the second wagering game, identifying a length of time for running the second wagering game, or a combination of identifying the selected number of spins and the length of time for running the second wagering game.

13 . The machine-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein to identify a selected playing feature for a second wagering game includes identifying a selected feature for a bonus wagering game, the bonus wagering initiated from a base wagering game.

14 . An apparatus comprising:

a portal to control adjustment of a parameter in a second wagering game, the second wagering game initiated from a first wagering game, the first wagering game being correlated to a wagering game unit operable to receive a wager, the adjustment of the parameter in the second wagering game being responsive to a selected playing feature for the second wagering game.

15 . The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the parameter includes an expected value of the second wagering game.

16 . The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein selected playing feature includes a selected number of spins for the second wagering game.

17 . The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein selected playing feature includes a length of time for running the second wagering game.

18 . The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the first wagering game includes a base wagering game and the second wagering game includes a bonus wagering game.

19 . A system comprising:

a wagering game unit operable to receive a wager in association with a first wagering game;

a portal to control adjustment of a parameter in a second wagering game, the second wagering game initiated from the first wagering game, the adjustment of the parameter in the second wagering game being responsive to a selected playing feature for the second wagering game; and

a communication structure to couple the wagering game unit to the portal.

20 . The system of claim 19 , wherein the selected playing feature includes a number of spins in the second wagering game.

21 . The system of claim 19 , wherein the selected playing feature includes a length of time for running the second wagering game.

22 . The system of claim 19 , wherein the parameter includes an expected value of the second wagering game.

23 . The system of claim 19 , wherein the first wagering game includes a base wagering game and the second wagering game includes a bonus wagering game.

24 . The system of claim 19 , wherein the communication structure includes an interface to operate with a wireless network

25 . The system of claim 19 , wherein the wagering game unit and the portal are remote from each other.

Assignments (5)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 21, 2022
From: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
To: SCIENTIFIC GAMES INTERNATIONAL, INC.; WMS GAMING INC.; BALLY GAMING, INC.; DON BEST SPORTS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 059756/0397 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 20, 2020
From: BALLY GAMING, INC.
To: SG GAMING, INC.
Reel/Frame 051649/0373 →
MERGER Recorded Aug 13, 2015
From: WMS GAMING INC.
To: BALLY GAMING, INC.
Reel/Frame 036322/0399 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 6, 2015
From: ANDERSON, PETER R.; ENGLMAN, ALLON
To: WMS GAMING INC.
Reel/Frame 036272/0351 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Dec 18, 2013
From: SCIENTIFIC GAMES INTERNATIONAL, INC.; WMS GAMING INC.
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 031847/0110 →