External evaluator
View Patent ↗An external evaluator can evaluate the wagering game outcome data against rules and/or criteria that lead to an exciting and entertaining event separate and/or distinct from the wagering game itself. An external evaluator evaluates game outcome data, received from a wagering gaming machine via a network, against criteria for a plurality of events ( 203 ). It is determined that the game outcome data satisfies a criterion of a first of the plurality of events. The criteria comprise the criterion. A device is determined that performs an operation that, at least partially, implements the first of the plurality of events ( 323 ). A communication that indicates the first of the plurality of events is transmitted to the device via the network ( 327 ).
1. A method comprising:
aggregating data representing a plurality of wagering game outcomes from respective ones of a plurality of wagering game machines;
evaluating an aggregate of the data against a criterion for at least one of an event and an award, wherein the award is independent of pay tables for wagering games of the plurality of wagering game machines;
determining that the plurality of wagering game outcomes in aggregate satisfy the criterion based on said evaluating the aggregate of the data against the criterion;
computing an adjustment to be applied to at least one of the event and the award, wherein the adjustment is based, at least in part, on a difference between a first of the plurality of wagering game outcomes as represented by the data and a second of the plurality of wagering game outcomes as represented by the data; and
indicating at least one of the award and the event for a first of the plurality of wagering game machines that corresponds to the first of the plurality of wagering game outcomes and at least one of an adjusted wagering game outcome and an adjusted event for the second of the plurality of wagering game machines that corresponds to the second of the plurality of wagering game outcomes.
2. The method of claim 1 further comprising normalizing the plurality of wagering game outcomes based, at least in part, on at least one of different wager amounts and different types of wagering games.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein said computing the adjustment to be applied to at least one of the event and the award comprises at least one of computing a change in volume for an environmental effect, computing a change in number of lights for an environmental effect, computing a change in value of a hospitality award, and computing a change in value of a virtual economy award.
4. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium having instructions stored therein, which are executable by a set of one or more processors, the instructions comprising program instructions to:
aggregate data representing a plurality of wagering game outcomes from respective ones of a plurality of wagering game machines;
evaluate an aggregate of the data against a criterion for at least one of an event and an award, wherein the award is independent of pay tables for wagering games of the plurality of wagering game machines;
determine that the plurality of wagering game outcomes in aggregate satisfy the criterion based on evaluation of the aggregate of the data against the criterion;
compute an adjustment to be applied to at least one of the event and the award, wherein the adjustment is based, at least in part, on a difference between a first of the plurality of wagering game outcomes as represented by the data and a second of the plurality of wagering game outcomes as represented by the data; and
indicate at least one of the award and the event for a first of the plurality of wagering game machines that corresponds to the first of the plurality of wagering game outcomes and at least one of an adjusted wagering game outcome and an adjusted event for the second of the plurality of wagering game machines that corresponds to the second of the plurality of wagering game outcomes.
5. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 4 further comprising program instructions encoded therein to normalize the plurality of wagering game outcomes based, at least in part, on at least one of different wager amounts and different types of wagering games.
6. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 4 , wherein the program instructions to compute the adjustment to be applied to at least one of the event and the award comprises program instructions to, at least one of, compute a change in volume for an environmental effect, compute a change in number of lights for an environmental effect, compute a change in value of a hospitality award, and compute a change in value of a virtual economy award.
7. An apparatus comprising:
a processor;
a network interface; and
a machine-readable storage medium having program instruction stored therein, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the apparatus to,
aggregate data representing a plurality of wagering game outcomes from respective ones of a plurality of wagering game machines;
evaluate an aggregate of the data against a criterion for at least one of an event and an award, wherein the award is independent of pay tables for wagering games of the plurality of wagering game machines;
determine that the plurality of wagering game outcomes in aggregate satisfy the criterion based on evaluation of the aggregate of the data against the criterion;
compute an adjustment to be applied to at least one of the event and the award, wherein the adjustment is based, at least in part, on a difference between a first of the plurality of wagering game outcomes as represented by the data and a second of the plurality of wagering game outcomes as represented by the data; and
indicate at least one of the award and the event for a first of the plurality of wagering game machines that corresponds to the first of the plurality of wagering game outcomes and at least one of an adjusted wagering game outcome and an adjusted event for the second of the plurality of wagering game machines that corresponds to the second of the plurality of wagering game outcomes.
8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the machine-readable medium further comprises program instructions encoded therein to normalize the plurality of wagering game outcomes based, at least in part, on at least one of different wager amounts and different types of wagering games.
9. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the program instructions to compute the adjustment to be applied to at least one of the event and the award comprises program instructions to, at least one of, compute a change in volume for an environmental effect, compute a change in number of lights for an environmental effect, compute a change in value of a hospitality award, and compute a change in value of a virtual economy award.