Gaming system, machine and method with a scannable physical component associable with a game
View Patent ↗A system, apparatus, and method are disclosed that include generating a scannable physical gaming component associable with a game. The disclosed method also includes identifying a game structure at a player station through a scan of the gaming component, receiving a game play request from a player at the player station, associating the game structure with the game, and awarding the player based on the game outcome. Further disclosed is a group or community game with which the player may be associated upon game play request wherein a winner may be determined based upon the game outcomes at respective player stations.
1. A method including the steps of:
generating a physical game play component;
obtaining a game play data structure at a gaming device from a scan of the physical game play component conducted at the gaming device;
receiving a game play request entered by a player through a player input system of the gaming device, the game play request comprising an input separate from the scan of the physical game play component at the gaming device;
randomly or pseudo-randomly generating a game outcome for the game play request using a processor; and
displaying a representation of the game outcome at a display of the gaming device and providing an award to the player based upon the game outcome.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the scan of the physical game play component is performed with an optical scanner.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein the scan of the physical game play component is performed with a currency scanner.
4. The method of claim 1 further including the step of looking up a game play data structure identifier based on the scan of the physical game play component.
5. The method of claim 1 wherein the game outcome for the game play request comprises a game outcome in a session game play sequence.
6. A method including the steps of:
(a) issuing a physical game play card, the physical game play card being associated with a card game play structure;
(b) scanning the physical game play card at a player station to produce a scan output and applying pattern recognition to the scan output in identifying the card game play structure through the player station;
(c) adding a game play request entered from the player station into a first game group for playing a group game, the game play request being associated with the card game play structure and each additional game play request in the first game group being associated with a respective additional game play structure;
(d) conducting a game play game between the card game play structure and each additional game play structure to identify a game play game result for the card game play structure; and
(e) displaying the game play game result for the card game play structure at the player station.
7. The method of claim 6 wherein each respective additional game play request and each respective additional game play structure are associated with a respective additional physical game play card which has been issued.
8. The method of claim 6 wherein scanning the physical game play card is performed with an optical scanner.
9. The method of claim 6 wherein the scanning the physical game play card is performed with a currency scanner.
10. The method of claim 6 further including the step of looking up a card game play structure identifier based on the identification of the card game play structure.
11. The method of claim 6 wherein the game play game conducted for the first game group comprises a game play game in a session game play sequence.