Methods for providing amusement
View Patent ↗Certain non-limiting exemplary embodiments are disclosed which teach a method for playing a game comprising initiating a game play, displaying a first plurality of indicia arranged in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns such that there are a plurality of paylines through a contiguous plurality of indicia, selecting a subset of the first plurality of indicia taken along one or more columns, displaying a second plurality of indicia which includes the selected subset of the first plurality of indicia, achieving an award at least as large as the largest award associated with the plurality of paylines. A payline can be selectively displayed to the user. Legal tender, a token, and a non-legal tender prize are non-limiting examples of the kinds of awards that may be awarded. The columns of indicia for the game are, for example, arranged as visually spinable reels. In certain embodiments a video display may be utilized to display the indicia.
1. A method for playing a reel-spinning game comprising:
(a) initiating on a computerized apparatus a reel-spinning game;
(b) analyzing a skilled play by a player of the reel-spinning game; and
(c) providing feedback on said computerized apparatus to aid in the skilled play of the reel-spinning game to the player;
wherein feedback consists of information provided to the player which is meant to be useful advice for continuing and future game play to help educate the player at skill decision points to aid the player in playing the reel-spinning game.
2. A method for playing a game as recited in claim 1 wherein the feedback includes an indication of a level of success in playing the game.
3. A method for playing a game as recited in claim 1 wherein the feedback includes advice on how to play the game.
4. A method for playing a game as recited in claim 3 wherein the advice is derived from an analysis of previous game play.
5. A method for playing a game as recited in claim 4 wherein the previous game play includes background game play not visible to the player.
6. A method for providing feedback to multiple electronic game systems comprising:
accumulating game data concerning game play from a plurality of electronic game systems with a server to create a game data database, wherein said plurality of electronic game systems include casino games having an element of skill;
analyzing the game data database; and
providing a player at an electronic game system with at least one of a playing option and feedback based upon the analyzing the game data database;
wherein feedback consists of information provided to the player which is meant to be useful advice to help educate the player at skill decision points to aid the player in playing the game.
7. A method for providing feedback to multiple electronic game systems as recited in claim 6 wherein said plurality of electronic game systems and said server are coupled to a network.
8. A method for providing feedback to multiple electronic game systems as recited in claim 6 wherein said game database is stored, at least in part, on said server.
9. A method for providing feedback to multiple electronic game systems as recited in claim 6 wherein analyzing is accomplished, at least in part, on said server.
10. A method for providing feedback to multiple electronic game systems as recited in claim 6 wherein said feedback includes the display of a skill meter.
11. A method for providing feedback to multiple electronic game systems as recited in claim 6 wherein said feedback includes information which is meant to be useful advice for continuing and future game play.
12. A method for providing feedback to multiple game systems comprising:
accumulating, on a computerized system, game data concerning game play from a plurality of game systems to create a game data database;
analyzing the game data database; and
providing a player at a game system having a display with a tip based upon the analyzing the game data database;
wherein the tip consists of information provided to the player which is meant to be useful advice for continuing and future game play at skill decision points to aid the player in playing the game.
13. A method for providing feedback to multiple game systems as recited in claim 12 wherein said plurality of game systems include casino game systems having an element of skill.
14. A method for providing feedback to multiple game systems as recited in claim 13 wherein said plurality of game systems are coupled to a network.
15. A method for providing feedback to multiple game systems as recited in claim 14 wherein said computerized system includes a server coupled to said network.
16. A method for providing feedback to multiple game systems as recited in claim 15 wherein said game data database is analyzed using artificial intelligence.
17. A method for providing feedback to multiple game systems as recited in claim 16 wherein said tip provides a helpful hint.
18. A method for providing feedback to multiple game systems as recited in claim 17 wherein said helpful hint includes at least one of a game instruction and a game strategy.
19. A method for providing feedback to multiple game systems as recited in claim 17 wherein said helpful hint is context sensitive.
20. A method for providing feedback to multiple game systems as recited in claim 17 wherein said helpful hint is based, at least in part, upon the playing history of the player to whom it is presented.