IP Library Patent Application 16776597
Patent Application
App. No. 16/776,597

No Element of Chance Electronic Game System and Method

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App. No.
16/776,597
Abstract

A game system and method for allowing a player to view a complete list of all upcoming outcomes of a game in the order to be awarded, before spending consideration to play the game, wherein the upcoming outcomes of the game are not generated using an element or instrument of chance.

Claims (47)

1 . A gaming system for providing a game to a player with no element of chance, the game system comprising:

a. a game machine;

b. a display associated with the game machine;

c. a player interface associated with the game machine, wherein the player interface is operable to receive a player selection;

d. a consideration input associated with the game machine, wherein the consideration input is operable to receive a consideration deposit;

e. a game controller associated with the game machine; and

f. a database associated with the game controller, wherein the database comprises an outcome table stored thereon, the outcome table comprising a finite preselected complete list of all upcoming game outcomes listed in the order to be awarded by the game machine stored thereon, and wherein the game controller is configure to, upon receiving a selection from the player via the player interface, query the outcome table and to cause the complete list of upcoming game outcomes to be viewable by the player via the display prior to a game play, wherein each of the upcoming game outcomes viewable by the player comprises the entire game outcome; and

wherein the game controller is further configured, upon selection by the player to play the game, to query the outcome table stored on the database for the game outcome next in sequential order and to display a game play result that coincides with that game outcome.

2 . The game system of claim 1 , wherein the game comprises one or more levels of play.

3 . The game system of claim 1 , wherein the game machine is configured to play games comprising one or more of slots, video poker, keno, and black jack.

4 . The game system of claim 1 , wherein the game machine is networked to one or more additional game machines.

5 . The game system of claim 1 , wherein the complete list of all upcoming game outcomes of the game are viewable in order on a game outcomes window of the display associated with the game machine.

6 . The game system of claim 1 , wherein the complete list of all upcoming game outcomes are viewable in order as at least one of outcome values and outcome board displays.

7 . The game system of claim 1 , wherein the complete list of all upcoming game outcomes are viewable in order on a display remote from the game machine.

8 . The electronic game system of claim 1 , wherein the complete list of all upcoming game outcomes are viewable in order on a printout.

9 . A method comprising:

a. providing a game system for providing a game to a player with no element of chance, the game system comprising:

i. a game machine;

ii. a display associated with the game machine;

iii. a player interface associated with the game machine, wherein the player interface is operable to receive a player selection;

iv. a consideration input associated with the game machine, wherein the consideration input is operable to receive a consideration deposit;

v. a game controller associated with the game machine; and

vi. a database associated with the game controller, wherein the database comprises an outcome table stored thereon, the outcome table comprising a finite preselected complete list of all upcoming game outcomes listed in the order to be awarded by the game machine stored thereon, and wherein the game controller is configure to, upon receiving a selection from the player via the player interface, query the outcome table and to cause the complete list of upcoming game outcomes to be viewable by the player via the display prior to a game play, wherein each of the upcoming game outcomes viewable by the player comprises the entire game outcome; and

wherein the game controller is further configured, upon selection by the player to play the game, to query the outcome table stored on the database for the game outcome next in sequential order and to display a game play result that coincides with that game outcome

b. enabling the player to view the complete list of all upcoming game outcomes in the order the game outcomes are to be awarded by the game machine prior to game play, wherein each of the upcoming game outcomes viewable by the player comprises the entire game outcome; and

c. allowing the player to play or not play the game after the complete list of all upcoming game outcomes are made viewable to the player.

10 . The method of claim 9 , further comprising placing a consideration deposit via the consideration input prior to or after viewing the complete list of all upcoming game outcomes.

11 . The method of claim 10 , further comprising returning the deposited consideration in the event the player decides not to play based on viewing the complete list of all upcoming game outcomes prior to play.

12 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the game comprises one or more levels of play.

13 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising selecting which of the one or more levels of play to play if the player selects to play the upcoming game.

14 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising authorizing a deduction from a consideration deposit corresponding to the selected one or more levels of play.

15 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising obtaining a refund of a consideration deposit if none of the one or more levels of play are selected.

16 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the complete list of all upcoming game outcomes are viewable in order as at least one of outcome values and outcome board displays.

17 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the complete list of all upcoming game outcomes are viewable in order in a game outcomes window of the display associated with the game machine.

18 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the consideration deposited comprises a monetary deposit.

19 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the complete list of all upcoming game outcomes are viewable in order on a display remote from the game machine.

20 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the complete list of all upcoming game outcomes are viewable in order on a printout.

21 . The method of claim 9 , wherein if the player elects to play a game, after initiating a play of the game, the game outcome for that game play is displayed to the user as a graphical representation of the game outcome.

22 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the game comprises a slot machine style game, and the graphical representation of the game outcome comprises a final reel position of one or more reels.

23 . A system, comprising:

a hardware processor; and

a memory device, the memory device storing code, the code when executed causing the hardware processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

receiving a command from a player activated input device of a player interface, the command generated from a player activating the input device of the player interface;

querying a database in response to the command, the database comprising a finite preselected complete list of all upcoming game outcomes listed in the order to be awarded by the game machine stored thereon;

generating the complete list of all upcoming game outcomes listed in the order to be awarded;

displaying on a display the complete list of all upcoming game outcomes in the order the game outcomes are to be awarded, wherein each of the displayed upcoming game outcomes comprises the entire game outcome; and

allowing the player to select a game play after making the complete list of all upcoming game outcomes in the order the game outcomes are to be awarded viewable to the player.

Assignments (3)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 15, 2024
From: GROVER GAMING, INC.
To: PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 067425/0978 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 22, 2021
From: BLACKWELDER, GARRETT; SMITH, TIMOTHY; MORSE, KEVIN
To: FIGURE 8 TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 058180/0497 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 22, 2021
From: FIGURE 8 TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: GROVER GAMING, INC.
Reel/Frame 058183/0522 →