Integrating other players wins into a wagering game
View Patent ↗Systems and methods provide a wagering game in which previous wins from other games of other players or the current player are integrated into the wagering game and provided as a potential payout in the wagering game.
1. A method comprising:
receiving, into a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, a plurality of data items for display on a display device of a wagering game machine, the data items associated with previous win amounts awarded to players of wagering games on client devices other than a client device of a current player of a wagering game, wherein the client devices are communicably coupled via a network to a server that stores the data items;
associating, by one or more processors, a first previous win amount of the previous win amounts to a first subset of one or more game symbols for the wagering game;
displaying the first previous win amount in proximity to the one or more game symbols on the display device;
determining, by the one or more processors, a first probability of winning the first previous win amount;
associating, by the one or more processors, a second previous win amount of the previous win amounts to a second subset of the one or more game symbols for the wagering game;
determining, by the one or more processors, a second probability of winning the second previous win amount, wherein the first probability and the second probability are determined independently of one another; and
in response to determining, by at least one of the one or more processors based on an output of a random element generator, that at least one previous win amount of the previous win amounts is to be awarded during the wagering game, crediting the previous win amount and indicating on the display device the at least one previous win amount that is to be awarded.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more game symbols comprise a reel of a slots game and wherein the previous win amount is displayed in proximity to the reel.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein a game symbol of the one or more game symbols comprises a playing card symbol and wherein the previous win amount is displayed in proximity to the playing card symbol.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein a probability of winning the previous win amount is determined in accordance with a magnitude of the previous win amount.
5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising highlighting the one or more game symbols associated with the previous win amount in accordance with the probability of winning the previous win amount.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the previous win amount is associated with a first player, and further comprising:
in response to determining that the previous win amount has been won by a second player, providing an award to the first player.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the award comprises at least a portion of the previous win amount.
8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising changing associations of previous win amounts associated with the one or more game symbols in response to a trigger event.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the trigger event includes at least one of an expiration of time, a new round of wagering game play, a predetermined number of rounds of wagering game play, or a jackpot win.
10. The method of claim 1 , and further comprising filtering a domain of data including the previous win amounts according to a threshold value for the previous win amounts.
11. The method of claim 1 , and further comprising assigning the previous win amounts to one of a plurality of groups, and wherein associating, by one or more processors, the previous win amounts to one or more game symbols for the wagering game includes selecting previous win amounts from one or more of the plurality of groups.
12. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining, by at least one of the one or more processors, that the previous win amount is to be awarded includes determining that a current outcome for a current player matches a previous outcome for a player other than the current player that resulted in the previous win amount.
13. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium having stored thereon machine executable instructions for causing one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
receiving a plurality data items for display on a display device, the data items associated with previous win amounts awarded to players of wagering games on client devices other than a client device of a current player of a wagering game, wherein the client devices are communicably coupled via a network;
associating a first previous win amount of the previous win amounts to a first subset of one or more game symbols for the wagering game;
displaying the first previous win amount in proximity to the one or more game symbols on the display device;
determining a first probability of winning the first previous win amount;
associating a second previous win amount of the previous win amounts to a second subset of the one or more game symbols for the wagering game;
determining a second probability of winning the second previous win amount, wherein the first probability and the second probability are determined independently of one another; and
in response to determining, based on an output of a random element generator, that at least one previous win amount of the previous win amounts is to be awarded during the wagering game, crediting the previous win amount and indicating on the display device the at least one previous win amount that is to be awarded.
14. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the one or more game symbols include a reel of a slots game, a playing card, a bingo ball, a bingo space, or a roulette space and wherein the previous win amount is displayed in proximity to the one or more game symbols.
15. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the first probability is determined in accordance with a magnitude of the first previous win amount and wherein the second probability is determined in accordance with a magnitude of the second previous win amount.
16. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise highlighting the one or more game symbols associated with the previous win amount in accordance with the probability of winning the previous win amount.
17. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the previous win amount is associated with a first player, and wherein the operations further comprise:
in response to determining that the previous win amount has been won by a second player, providing an award to the first player.
18. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 17 , wherein the award comprises at least a portion of the previous win amount.
19. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 13 , further comprising changing associations of previous win amounts associated with the one or more game symbols in response to a trigger event.
20. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 19 , wherein the trigger event includes at least one of an expiration of time, a new round of wagering game play, a predetermined number of rounds of wagering game play, or a jackpot win.
21. A system comprising:
at least one processor;
a random element generator; and
at least one memory device storing instructions, that when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to:
receive a plurality of data items for display on a display device, the data items associated with previous win amounts awarded to players of wagering games on client devices other than a client device of a current player of a wagering game, wherein the client devices are communicably coupled via a network to a server that stores the data items;
associate a first previous win amount of the previous win amounts to a first subset of one or more game symbols for the wagering game;
display the first previous win amount in proximity to the one or more game symbols on the display device;
determine a first probability of winning the first previous win amount;
associate a second previous win amount of the previous win amounts to a second subset of the one or more game symbols for the wagering game;
determine a second probability of winning the second previous win amount, wherein the first probability and the second probability are determined independently of one another; and
in response to a determination, based at least in part on an output of the random element generator, that at least one previous win amount of the previous win amounts is to be awarded during the wagering game, credit the previous win amount and indicate on the display device the at least one previous win amount that is to be awarded.
22. The system of claim 21 , wherein the one or more game symbols include a reel of a slots game, a playing card, a bingo ball, a bingo space, or a roulette space and wherein the previous win amount is displayed in proximity to the one or more game symbols.
23. The system of claim 21 , wherein a probability of winning the previous win amount is determined in accordance with a magnitude of the previous win amount.
24. The system of claim 23 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to highlight the one or more game symbols associated with the previous win amount in accordance with the probability of winning the previous win amount.
25. The system of claim 21 , wherein the previous win amount is associated with a first player, and wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to:
in response to a determination that the previous win amount has been won by a second player, provide an award to the first player.
26. The system of claim 21 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to:
receive a token associated with the previous win amount; and
validate the previous win amount using the token.
27. The system of claim 26 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to:
receive a selection of a previous win amount presented on the display device; and
display on the display device a previous outcome resulting in the previous win amount using the token.