WO2001024128A1 - An interactive computer-based gaming system - Google Patents
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- WO2001024128A1 WO2001024128A1 PCT/IB2000/001402 IB0001402W WO0124128A1 WO 2001024128 A1 WO2001024128 A1 WO 2001024128A1 IB 0001402 W IB0001402 W IB 0001402W WO 0124128 A1 WO0124128 A1 WO 0124128A1
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- G—PHYSICS
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- G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
- G07F17/32—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for games, toys, sports, or amusements
- G07F17/326—Game play aspects of gaming systems
- G07F17/3262—Player actions which determine the course of the game, e.g. selecting a prize to be won, outcome to be achieved, game to be played
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
- A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- A63F3/00—Board games; Raffle games
- A63F3/08—Raffle games that can be played by a fairly large number of people
- A63F3/081—Raffle games that can be played by a fairly large number of people electric
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- G—PHYSICS
- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
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- G07F17/32—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for games, toys, sports, or amusements
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- THIS invention relates to an interactive computer-based gaming system.
- Gaming systems and lotteries in which players actively participate in a game and win money according to the outcome of the game are hugely popular. Apart from lotteries, most games of this type are played in secured environments such as casinos, which are not accessible to everyone.
- an interactive computer-based gaming system for playing a game comprising:
- user interface means for allowing the user to interact with the game
- game control means for controlling the operation of the game, the game control means being responsive to the funds acceptance means, and including generator means for generating a plurality of winning object strings from a set of objects;
- the game display means controlled by the game control means and the user interface means, the game display means including means for generating a plurality of legs, with each leg being arranged to receive at least one object drawn from the set of objects,
- the game control means is arranged to compute a payout in the event of a predetermined correlation existing between the at least one drawn object and the winning object string in respect of a particular leg and to allow the player selectively to receive at least a portion of the payout and/or to progress to the next leg.
- the user interface means includes odds varying means for enabling the player to vary the odds in a particular leg during play
- the odds varying means includes drawn object varying means for dynamically varying the number of drawn objects in a leg during play
- the odds varying means further includes object string varying means for dynamically varying the number of generated objects in the winning string which are to be correlated with the at least one drawn object during play
- the gaming system includes dynamic withdrawal means for enabling a player-determined percentage of the payout to be withdrawn during the course of the game
- the drawn objects are player-designated or drawn
- the winning object strings are randomly or pseudo-randomly generated number strings, with the objects being numbered from 0 - 9
- the game display means is a printed ticket which is designed or selected by the player and printed prior to the payout being computed
- each leg being arranged to receive at least one object drawn from the set of objects, computing a payout in the event of a predetermined correlation existing between the at least one drawn object and the winning object string in respect of a particular leg, and
- the method further includes the step of varying the odds in a particular leg during play
- the odds can be varied by dynamically varying the number of drawn objects in a particular leg during play
- the odds can be varied by dynamically varying the number of generated objects in the winning object string which are to be correlated with the at least one drawn object during play
- the method includes the step of enabling the withdrawal of a player-determined percentage of the payout during the course of the game
- the step of generating a plurality of winning object strings from a set of objects includes the step of generating random or pseudo-random number strings, with the objects being numbered from 0 - 9
- the method includes the step of printing a ticket comprising the plurality of legs prior to the payout being computed
- a gaming ticket comprising
- a wager indicator for indicating the quantum of a wager laid by a player, a customized betting zone comprising a plurality of legs, with each leg comprising a plurality of sub-zones in which objects pre-selected by the player from a set of objects are printed;
- a dynamic withdrawal indicator for allowing the player selectively to receive at least a portion of a payout and/or to progress to the next leg, the payout being computed in the event of a predetermined correlation existing between the at least one drawn object and a winning object string subsequently generated.
- the gaming ticket typically includes a results card for receiving the winning object string from the set of objects.
- the gaming ticket includes an odds varying indicator for indicating how the odds in a particular leg have been varied.
- Figure 1 shows a highly schematic block diagram of a computer- based gaming system of the invention
- Figures 2A - 2J show typical printouts of an interactive display screen forming part of the gaming system and illustrating an exemplary game in progress;
- Figure 3 shows a flowchart illustrating the main routine which the gaming system of the invention follows; and Figures 4A to 4G show flowcharts illustrating the various sub-routines followed by the gaming system of the invention.
- a gaming system 10 of the invention has at its heart a software-based game controller 12 for controlling the operation of the game.
- Funds acceptance means 14 such as a debit or credit card acceptance device, a cash acceptance device or a modem-link funds transfer device is connected to the game controller 12.
- the game controller 12 is connected via an output to funds delivery means 16.
- the funds delivery means 16 may also form part of a modem-linked funds transfer system.
- An internal account database 18 is incorporated into the software of the game controller 12, and keeps track of the debit or credit status of the player's account.
- a user interface 20 is connected to the game controller 12, and may take the form of a keypad, a mouse, a joystick or any other conventional user interface device which interfaces with a screen 22 providing an interactive screen display of the type illustrated in Figures 2A to 2J and generated by the software at the heart of the game controller 12.
- the display screen of Figure 2A shows a typical betting card 24 with the value of the player's tender shown at 26.
- the card 24 takes the form of a 10x10 matrix divided into 10 columns or legs 24.1 to 24.10.
- the player has to lay his or her wager 27, as shown in Figure 2A, for that particular card, with the wager 27 being variable for each card 24.
- the player has wagered an amount of R1.00.
- the card's background, or some other designated area of the card 24 becomes a colour which is specific to the amount laid in order to remind the player of the amount which has been laid.
- a series of 10 numbers are drawn by a random or pseudo-random number generator, as shown in Figure 2B.
- the betting card can be customized to suit the needs of the player.
- subtract and add "buttons" 28 and 30 can be used to increase or decrease the number of required numbers drawn per column.
- the add button 30 By way of example, by clicking on the add button 30 three times, the additional numbers 8, 9 and 3 appear in the first column 24.1 as shown in Figure 2C. Since the player has bet R1.00 for the initial series of 10 numbers it will cost the player an additional R1.00 to place each of the additional numbers 8, 9 and 3. The player then continues to prepare the betting card by adding a number (3) to the second column 24.2. Since R1.00 stakes are being used, the amount bet will effectively double to R8.00.
- the R96.00 wagered amount corresponds to the current value of the card, and is indicated at 26, and a corresponding decrease of R96.00 in the player's balance is also indicated at 23.
- the player can still make further adjustments to the betting card 24, by using up and down arrows 32 and 34 respectively to further vary the odds, as will be explained with reference to Figures 2D and 2E.
- Figures 4C and 4D illustrate the sub-routines involved in doing so.
- These up and down arrows 32 and 34 are used to adjust, in a lower row selector square 36, the number of winning numbers to be considered, once the game is in progress, as will be explained in more detail further below.
- the first three row select squares 36.1 , 36.2 and 36.3 the first three rows of winning numbers have been selected as indicated by the brown, dark green and light blue bands 38.
- the fourth row select square 38.4 the first four rows have been selected, with the addition of the purple band 38.1.
- the results card 44 comprises a similar 10x10 matrix, with the various columns 44.1 to 44.10 corresponding to the columns 24.1 to 24.10.
- each successive row in each of the columns is colour coded in the order brown, dark green, light blue, dark blue, purple, light green, red, violet, yellow and blue
- each results column 44 1 to 44 10 which are to be taken into consideration depends on the number of winning numbers the player has requested, using the up and down arrows 32 and 34 In the results columns 44 1 to 44 10, the numbers being considered are highlighted so as to distinguish them from the numbers in the results column which are not being considered
- the first three winning numbers namely 2, 0 and 6, are compared with the corresponding numbers appearing in the first column of the betting card, namely 6, 8, 9 and, with there being a match for number 6
- the matched number is then highlighted on the betting card 24 so as to indicate that it is a winning number
- the effect of obtaining one matching number is to proportionately reduce the number of remaining active lines from 96 as shown in Figure 2D to 24, as shown in Figure 2E This figure is obtained by multiplying the 2 rows in column 2 by the remaining 3 rows in column 3 and again by the 4 rows in column 4
- the current value of the card 24 has been reduced from R96 00 to R80 00, as indicated at 26
- the player may adjust the number of winning numbers in each results column which are to be considered by manipulating the up and down arrows 32 and 34 respectively, as described above.
- the second column 44.2 in the results card 44 yielded two matched numbers in that both the 1 and the 3 of the betting card leg 24.2 appear in the first three rows of the results column 44.2. The effect of this is to increase the winnings to R246.67 and to keep the number of remaining active lines at 24, in view of the fact that both numbers of the column 24.2 were winning numbers.
- the player also has the option of activating the odds or evens "button" 52, which allows the player to wager an amount that the next number in the results card 44 will be either odd or even, as shown in the Odds/Even Wager window 54 of Figure 21.
- the next number was an odd number, as shown in Figure 2J, which resulted in the wagered amount (R50.00) being added to the winnings and to the Odds/Evens box 56.
- the odds and evens sub-routine is illustrated in more detail in Figure 4E.
- the gaming system of the invention can be played in numerous different forms. For example, it may be a casino-based game, it can be played as a lottery, or it can be internet-based, in which case it can be downloaded from a central secured server onto a player's terminal.
- the card is purchased from selected outlets in the form of a printed ticket. Upon purchasing the ticket, the player may still customize the betting card, as described above. The main difference is that the player will need to decide beforehand at what stage, i.e. on which leg, the winnings are to be taken. It is envisaged that in this form of the invention the string of winning numbers would then be generated on a weekly basis, with all winning tickets then being taken to the various outlets to enable the player to collect the winnings.
- the player may prefer to purchase predesigned tickets of varying denominations.
- the card will automatically draw 5 numbers in the first leg, five numbers in the second leg and then 4 numbers in the third leg.
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