Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080305855 | System and method for facilitating back bet wagering - A system and method for facilitating back bet wagering is disclosed. The system includes a central processor in communication with information gathering devices that gather information about game play and a display device. The central processor is able to manipulate the information provided by the information gathering devices in order to generate data regarding game play, such as a ranking of perceived lucky players, and the display device provides a visual display of this data. The method includes recording game data in real-time, associating the game data with active players in the game, assigning a rank to the active players based on the associated game data, presenting the ranking of active players to one or more passive players and receiving back betting wagers from the one or more passive players. | 12-11-2008 |
20100056243 | ACTION GAME OF CHANCE - Systems, apparatuses, and methods for operating an action game of chance. The methods including methods of wagering on an action game by comparing a current player score to a plurality of other player scores, awarding a player based on a score and a random event, wherein the odds of receiving the award are increased as the score increases, establishing a game purse based on wagers placed and payouts made, requiring additional wagers if a player does not exceed a predetermined threshold minimum required score and terminating the action game if the game running score is lower than the minimum required score. Action game of chance apparatuses are also provided that include a display, a user interface, a wager acceptor, and a processor. The processor executes instructions that cause the processor to recognize an amount wagered, display an action game, vary the action game based on user input, and credit a player based on the input and a random event. | 03-04-2010 |
20120245867 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTION OF SHORT STRESS WAVES - Systems, apparatuses, and methods for measuring microscopic vibration of machines, which include the use of a selectable high pass or band pass filter and an average power processor unit, among other things. | 09-27-2012 |
20130045808 | CELLULAR SHUFFLER SYSTEM AND METHOD - An automatic card handling device, having a card handling device that includes a controller, said card handling device configured for shuffling an input set of cards and delivering an output set of cards resulting from the shuffling; and a communication module operably coupled to the controller, wherein the communication module is configured for sending and receiving information related to operation of the card handling device across a communication port configured for operable coupling to a cellular network, wherein said information related to the operation of the automatic card handling device includes information about the use of said card handling device; and wherein a factor in a usage fee for said card handling device is said use of said card handling device. | 02-21-2013 |
20130084929 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR AN AUTOMATIC CARD HANDLING DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION NETWORKS INCLUDING SAME - An automatic card handling device, automatic card handling devices within a network, and methods of use are disclosed. An automatic card handling device includes a shuffling apparatus with a controller and configured to deliver a set of shuffled cards, and a communication module operably coupled to the controller. The communication module is configured for establishing an electronic communication with a local or world-wide network and thereafter sending and receiving information related to the operation of the automatic card handling device across the network. A network of automatic card handling devices may include plurality of automatic card shufflers. The network may also include at least one server operably coupled to the plurality of automatic card shufflers. In addition, the server may be operably coupled to a service center through a world-wide network. | 04-04-2013 |
20140183818 | Methods and Apparatuses for an Automatic Card Handling Device and Communication Networks Including Same - An automatic card handling device, automatic card handling devices within a network, and methods of use are disclosed. An automatic card handling device includes a shuffling apparatus with a controller and configured to deliver a set of shuffled cards, and a communication module operably coupled to the controller. The communication module is configured for establishing an electronic communication with a local or world-wide network and thereafter sending and receiving information related to the operation of the automatic card handling device across the network. A network of automatic card handling devices may include a plurality of automatic card shufflers. The network may also include at least one server operably coupled to the plurality of automatic card shufflers. In addition, the server may be operably coupled to a service center through a world-wide network. | 07-03-2014 |
20140200071 | BET SENSORS, GAMING TABLES WITH ONE OR MORE BET SENSORS, AND RELATED METHODS - A bet sensor for determining the value of a wager includes a transparent cover having a bet placement surface configured and oriented to support a stack of gaming tokens thereon. A mirror arrangement is disposed on an opposing side of the transparent cover from the bet placement surface. The bet sensor also includes an image sensor. The mirror arrangement is located and configured to direct an image of a lateral side surface of a stack of gaming tokens supported on the bet placement surface onto the image sensor. A gaming table may incorporate such a bet sensor. Methods of forming such bet sensors include disposing a mirror arrangement on an opposing side of a transparent cover from a bet placement surface, and locating an image sensor such that the mirror arrangement directs an image of a lateral side surface of a stack of gaming tokens onto the image sensor. | 07-17-2014 |
20140370980 | ELECTRONIC GAMING DISPLAYS, GAMING TABLES INCLUDING ELECTRONIC GAMING DISPLAYS AND RELATED ASSEMBLIES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Gaming assemblies comprise a playing surface including at least one screen display. A system projects visual light on the screen display. A radiation source illuminates objects placed over the screen display. A radiation sensor senses at least a portion of the objects placed over the screen display. A control circuit utilizes data from the radiation sensor. Methods of operating gaming tables and wagering game systems may include such gaming assemblies. | 12-18-2014 |
20150018083 | BET SENSING APPARATUSES AND METHODS - A bet sensor for sensing values of gaming tokens may include a bet placement surface configured and oriented to support a stack of gaming tokens thereon and an image sensor located and oriented to capture an image of a lateral side surface of at least one gaming token located on the bet placement surface. The image may depict the lateral side surface in a radial format. The bet sensor may include a processor in communication with the image sensor. The processor is configured to acquire image data from the image and analyze the image data to determine a wager value of the at least one token. A gaming table may include such a bet sensor. The disclosure includes methods of operating such a gaming table. | 01-15-2015 |
20150076765 | SYSTEM FOR BILLING USAGE OF A CARD HANDLING DEVICE - An automatic card handling device, having a card handling device that includes a controller, the card handling device configured for shuffling an input set of cards and delivering an output set of cards resulting from the shuffling; and a communication module operably coupled to the controller, wherein the communication module is configured for sending and receiving information related to operation of the card handling device across a communication port configured for operable coupling to a cellular network, wherein the information related to the operation of the automatic card handling device includes information about the use of the card handling device; and wherein a factor in a usage fee for the card handling device is use of the card handling device. | 03-19-2015 |
20150080117 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF LINKING GAMING STATIONS ADMINISTERING DIFFERENT WAGERING GAMES TO THE SAME PROGRESSIVE JACKPOT - Systems and methods of operating a major progressive jackpot linked to wagering games having different jackpot triggers with different probabilities. The major jackpot winning probabilities may be normalized such that players may have the substantially the same odds to win the major progressive jackpot regardless on the wagering game being played. During game play, the gaming stations may be randomly selected to participate for a chance to win the major progressive jackpot according to an eligibility probability, which may be inversely proportional to the probability of a jackpot trigger for the wagering game administered by the gaming station. Players may be informed of whether the current round of game play is eligible for the major progressive jackpot after wagers are placed and before the current round of game play. | 03-19-2015 |
20150087377 | METHODS OF ADMINISTERING ROULETTE BONUS WAGERS AND RELATED APPARATUSES AND SYSTEMS - Methods of administering games of roulette may involve accepting a wager may from a player. A multiplier may be randomly selected from a group of fixed multipliers for a payout on the wager. A number and associated color may be randomly generated from within a range of numbers and associated colors. The wager may be resolved by determining whether the randomly generated number is identical to a randomly generated number from an immediately preceding round. A payout may be paid to the player when the randomly generated number is identical to the randomly generated number from the immediately preceding round, an amount of the payout being equal to an amount of the wager multiplied by the randomly selected multiplier. The amount of the wager may be collected for the house when the randomly generated number is different from the randomly generated number from the immediately preceding round. | 03-26-2015 |