WO2012078668A1 - Enhanced slot-machine for casino applications - Google Patents

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WO2012078668A1
WO2012078668A1 PCT/US2011/063587 US2011063587W WO2012078668A1 WO 2012078668 A1 WO2012078668 A1 WO 2012078668A1 US 2011063587 W US2011063587 W US 2011063587W WO 2012078668 A1 WO2012078668 A1 WO 2012078668A1
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Miles Arnone
Eric James Meyerhofer
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Priority to US13/686,876 priority patent/US20130296021A1/en
Priority to US13/854,658 priority patent/US8740690B2/en
Priority to US14/080,767 priority patent/US8951109B2/en
Priority to US14/608,000 priority patent/US9355529B2/en
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Priority to US15/431,631 priority patent/US10713887B2/en
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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
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  • This disclosure relates generally to a game of chance that provides players a rich (i.e. akin to leading home- and arcade-based video games) environment in which the participant(s) win cash and credits as a result of their play activity within the environment, based on the wagers which they make entering and playing the game, and more specifically to the methods and apparatus necessary to create and operate the hardware and software constituent components in the context of a game of chance environment.
  • the gaming machine manufacturing industry provides a variety of gaming machines for the amusement of gambling players.
  • An exemplary gaming machine is a slot machine.
  • a slot machine is an electro- mechanical game wherein a random number generator determines the outcome of a gambling game, and this, coupled with the betting decisions of a player, results in a specific payout. Slot machines are usually found in casinos or other more informal gaming establishments.
  • U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2005/0239538 Al discloses a gaming apparatus that includes a video game unit, a gambling game unit and a game interface unit.
  • the game interface unit controls the playing of the video game unit based on the playing of the gambling game unit.
  • the gaming apparatus is further configured to pay winnings to a player playing the gaming apparatus based on signals from the game interface unit.
  • U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2008/0108425 Al discloses a gaming device that enables players to play an interactive game and make wager components that occur during the interactive game, where the wagering outcome for each of the wager components is independent from the interactive game.
  • the interactive game is a skill based game initiated by the player.
  • the player funds the gaming machine and during play of the interactive game, upon the occurrence of a wager triggering event, the gaming machine causes a wagering event to occur.
  • the wagering event includes a placement of a wager component and a random determination of a wagering outcome for that wagering event.
  • U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2010/0056247 Al discloses a gaming device that includes a game or game event having an element of strategic skill.
  • the game or game event enables a player to make strategic choices or decisions that have a direct impact on the player's chance of obtaining one or more outcomes or awards in a play of a game.
  • U.S. Patent No. 7,326,115 discloses a gaming machine having a first interactive game requiring one or more player inputs. The player inputs result in one or more outcomes. The outcomes do not result in a monetary or other valuable award provided to the player. Rather, a second wagering game is always provided to the player where the player can obtain or has a chance to obtain a monetary or other valuable award.
  • U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2009/247272 discloses a gaming machine having a display which arranges a plurality of symbols in a matrix of arrangement areas.
  • the gaming machine provides a base game and a plurality of feature games using the display by rearranging the plurality of symbols in the arrangement areas in the base game, awards a base payout in accordance with a relation among the symbols rearranged in the arrangement areas, awards a feature game which corresponds to the number of predetermined symbols rearranged in the arrangement areas, performs the feature game and awards a bonus payout in accordance with a result of the feature game.
  • U.S. Patent No. 5,718,429 discloses a game in which people may place a stake in a casino game and win a cash prize in a skill game. Stakes in the casino game are placed with chips, which may be purchased in exchange for the services of conducting the casino game. A winning stake is rewarded with a token, rather than with money. A token may be exchanged for an opportunity to demonstrate a skill in the skill game.
  • U.S. Patent No. 5,785,592 discloses an interactive target game system for one or more players which may include a vehicle on which a player may ride over a predetermined pathway in a defined area (or the player may walk.)
  • the game includes at least one designator, holdable by a player for aiming at a target and operating to simulate shooting at the target, and at least one target disposed in proximity to the pathway.
  • An indicator device responds to the designator being accurately aimed at the target and operated, for producing an indication of a "hit" or score.
  • the targets may include opportunities to play a game of chance.
  • U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2004/0121839 discloses a gaming apparatus operable by a player to simulate a card game in which a hand of cards is dealt to the player.
  • the gaming apparatus displays an image of a player hand including at least one obscured card when first dealt, and modifies the display image data in accordance with player instructions received by the input means, to cause the created image to reveal each obscured card in a manner determined by the player.
  • U.S. Patent Application Publication No. US2011/0207523 discloses a gaming system includes a plurality of gaming devices and a controller configured to communicate with the gaming devices.
  • the gaming system enables a plurality of players to play an interactive game in a non-competitive mode and in a competitive mode. If at least two players play the interactive game in the competitive mode, for a competitive wagering event, which includes a competition between two players, the gaming system determines a winning player and a losing player.
  • U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2011/0118011 discloses a gaming system that determines whether to provide at least one of a plurality of progressive awards to a player based on that player's measured level of skill in: (i) a plurality of plays of a partial skill-based game, (ii) a skill-based progressive award sequence, or (iii) a plurality of plays of a partial skill-based game and a skill-based progressive award sequence.
  • the determination is based on zero, one or more inputs made by the player which tend to measure that player's level of skill in at least one of a partial skill-based game and a skill-based progressive award sequence.
  • U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2010/0016056 discloses a gaming system providing passive participation in at least one wagering game. Funds are received to obtain a period of eligibility for an award associated with the wagering game. An entertainment layer having a plurality of features is conducted in response to receiving the wager. A separate gaming layer includes the wagering game. A gaming machine having a display and a player input device is in communication with the entertainment layer and the gaming layer. At least one feature of the entertainment layer is conducted during the period of eligibility. The entertainment layer is operable in response to at least one input from the player input device. Information regarding the wagering game is presented on the gaming machine. [0015] U.S. Patent Application Publication No.
  • 2008/0274798 disclose a system wherein an event experienced by a player is documented and the documentation of the event is stored (e.g., in association with an indication of the event).
  • an event experienced by a player is an outcome obtained by a player on a gaming device.
  • the documentation of the event may comprise an image of the player's reaction to the outcome and/or a still or video image of the outcome.
  • a player may subsequently access (e.g., purchase) an output of the documentation. Meta-data may be used to locate a particular documentation.
  • an outcome of a prior game play that was documented is replayed.
  • Documentation of events may be modified by a player.
  • U.S. Patent Application Publication No.2006/0003830 discloses a method of operating a gaming device. The method includes the steps of (i) receiving audio/video content; (ii) associating a plurality of sets of outcome values with the audio/video content; (iii) determining a play session; (iv) determining which of the plurality of sets of outcome values to associate with the audio/video content for a duration of the play session, thereby determining an active set of outcome values; (v) determining a result of a game play during the session; (vi) selecting, based on the result, a value from the active set of outcome values; and (vii) outputting, as an indication of the result, the audio/video content and an indication of the selected value.
  • a gaming or slot machine is designed for use in a physical or virtual casino environment, which provides players an environment in which to play for cash against the casino in a regulated manner, with an entertainment interface adapted from video entertainment games which are popular today (such as those executing on a PlayStation®, Wii® or Xbox®) and/or that were popular in the past (e.g. titles such as AsteroidsTM, Space InvadersTM, DefenderTM, etc. that operated as stand-alone arcade games and/or on consoles such as Coleco VisionTM, IntelliVisionTM, etc.)
  • an enticing method of gaming is provided to players who expect a high level of entertainment content in their gaming experience compared to the relatively simple game methods in use today.
  • the method provides for a random result independent of player skill while ensuring that the resulting result is displayed to the player in much more entertaining manner than conventional slot machines.
  • these games are installed and connected by a network on a casino floor, and/or be connected by various means to a wide area network to a server conglomeration that controls various aspects of the gaming environment, provides gaming regulatory body monitoring, provides financial accounting and provides forms of frequent player monitoring for marketing purposes.
  • a gaming system receives a request for a wager for a player of an entertainment game.
  • the gaming system establishes a result for the wager and generates, based on the result of the wager, a controlled sequence of a portion of the entertainment game being played by the player.
  • the controlled sequence portion of the entertainment game is generated further on the basis of the player's actions in playing the entertainment game.
  • the controlled sequence portion of the entertainment game is a beginning portion, intermediate portion or outcome portion of the entertainment game.
  • the result of the wager is displayed to the player of the
  • the controlled sequence portion of the entertainment game is further based on an action of a third party.
  • the gaming system receives one or more additional wagers from one or more additional players playing the entertainment game.
  • the gaming system then establishes one or more additional results for the one or more additional wagers, and the gaming system generates the controlled sequence portion of the entertainment game based on the results of the wager and the one or more additional wagers.
  • the wager is included in a wagering queue with other wagers
  • the gaming system establishes a result for each wager in the wagering queue
  • the gaming system generates the controlled sequence portion of the entertainment game using the results of the wagers in the wagering queue.
  • generation of the controlled sequence portion of the entertainment game further includes a conditioning function to relate the result of at least one wager in the wagering queue with the controlled sequence portion of the entertainment game.
  • generation of the controlled sequence portion of the entertainment game further includes using the conditioning function to relate the result of the general direction of win or loss of the wagers in the wagering queue with the controlled sequence portion of the entertainment game, wherein the result of the controlled sequence portion of the game may be decoupled on a wager by wager basis, while still being coupled on a summation basis as summed over the wagers.
  • the type of wager is based on a choice made by the player in playing the entertainment game
  • the amount of the wager is based on a choice made by the player in playing the entertainment game.
  • the odds of the wager are based on a choice made by the player in playing the entertainment game.
  • the request for the wager is in response to the player consuming a first type of Enabling Element (EE) in the entertainment game, and wherein the player is awarded a second type of EE different from the first type of EE, based on the result of the wager.
  • EE Enabling Element
  • the different type of EE affects the controlled sequence of the portion of the entertainment game.
  • rein the different type of EE affects the result of a subsequent wager.
  • the different type of EE affects the result of a subsequent wager and affects the controlled sequence of the portion of the entertainment game.
  • Casino A gaming establishment in either one or a plurality of locations where people go to play gambling games of chance.
  • Casino for the purposes of this document, may also refer to a virtual manifestation of a casino, such as an on-line casino or gambling operation.
  • Cisino Operator or “Operator”.
  • a person or entity which operates one or more gambling operations including but not limited to a Wide Area Network gaming franchise, a gaming route, or other gambling business be it a physical manifestation in the case of a casino or virtual in the case of an internet gambling operation.
  • Entertainment Game A game that is provided to a player that the player interactively plays.
  • entertainment games are video games or the like.
  • an entertainment game can include elements of skill play, partial skill play or pseudo-skill play.
  • an entertainment game may include multiplayer aspects where two or more players can play either competitively or cooperatively.
  • ESE Entertainment Software Engine.
  • the electrical and software device that provides rich multi-media output of high entertainment value to the player in response to the RW gambling or wagering result and state.
  • a PC a handheld tablet, Sony PlayStation®, Wii® or Microsoft Xbox® running a modified version of a specific game program (e.g. Madden Football ⁇ 0) are some examples of hosts for an ESE.
  • the ESE exchanges data with and accepts control information from the GWE.
  • the purpose of the ESE's interaction with the GWE is to (1) to ultimately translate RW game play into a controlled sequence of an entertainment game to provide a higher level of entertainment value to the player (2) to provide an audio-visual display which serves as the context in which the player selects the inputs to the RWE 104 controlled gambling game (e.g. number of credits to be bet or wagered), (3) to interact with the GWE to provide a means by which input parameters for RW game play can be collected from the player .
  • the ESE drives an audio-visual display that closely approximates the experience of playing a video game or an arcade game, controlled sequence "Process Map".
  • An combination of a series of rules, logic, databases and processes which may be static or formulaic, deterministic and/or include an element of randomness, that dictates, in whole or in part (i.e. the output from the Process Map may be further conditioned independently by GWE or ESE-resident software) the way in which a gambling or wagering result achieved in the RWE is represented to the player by the ESE software in the GW context.
  • the Process Map may reside in the GWE, the ESE or both.
  • Slot or "Slot Machine”. An electro-mechanical game wherein a random number generator determines the chance outcome of a game, and coupled with the betting decisions of a player, a gambling or wagering result results. Slot machines are usually found in casinos or other more informal gaming establishments. Virtual slot machines can also be found on the internet.
  • GW Game World.
  • typical games played on a Sony Playstation console should be thought of as being in the GW context.
  • RW Real World. The real world portion of the gaming system which concerns itself with real random gambling events, money credits on the game, and other parameters associated with execution of a typical Slot Machine excepting out the entertainment part of the Slot Machine.
  • GWC Game World Credits.
  • Game World Credits are player points earned or depleted as a function of player skill, i.e. as a function of player performance in the context of the game.
  • games of different types may have different scoring criterion, may have different GWC types, and different GWC magnitudes.
  • GWC may be perpetual and may be carried forward from one level of game play to another and from one gaming session to another.
  • GWC may ultimately be paid out in various manners such as directly in cash, or indirectly such as earning entrance into a sweepstakes drawing, or earning participation in, or victory in, a tournament with prizes.
  • GWC may be stored on a player tracking card or in a network-based player tracking system and the GWC is attributed to a specific player.
  • GWC may span more than one type of game and not only may GWC be carried forward from one level of game play to another but from one game to another.
  • Examples include, but are not limited to bullets, fuel, health points, potions, etc. to be used when playing an entertainment game.
  • GWE Game World Engine.
  • the portion of the gaming system which primarily contains the electronic and software device to perform one or more of the following, but not limited to, : (a) couple to the RWE to receive the results of real-world (RW) wagering and other parameters related to the state of the gambling activity in general, (b) directly display to the user through the GWE User Interface the results of real-world wagering and other parameters related to the state of the gambling activity in general, (c) couple to the ESE to direct the ESE to provide appropriate output to the player in response to the results of RW wagering and the state of the gambling activity in general, (d) operate in conjunction with the ESE to receive gambling game input parameters from the player in the context of the ESE driven audio-visual display, (e) couple to the RWE to communicate gambling game input parameters to the RWE, and (f) communicate with a patron management system for management of player information.
  • RWE Real World Engine.
  • the portion of the gaming system which primarily manages the RW portion of the game and contains the mechanical, electronic and/or software devices to : (a) provide control of the RW portion of the game, (b) communicate metrics of wagering to the GWE, (c) contain various audit logs and activity meters, (d) couple to a centralized server for exchanging various data related to accounting of the gambling proposition, the player and their wagering activities on the game along with other functions.
  • Random Number Generator A software and/or hardware device which is used to generate random outcomes.
  • a random number may be received via a network connection.
  • RC Real-world Credit. Credits entered into the machine by the player, casino operator or third party , either in the form of currency, tickets or other medium as issued by the operator of the game (e.g. a casino). Real world credits may be of a nature that they are convertible back into currency by a player, casino operator or third party.
  • TABLE Ln-RC Level n Real-world Credit Pay Table. This is the table which dictates the RC earned as a function of game play and is analogous to the pay tables used in a conventional slot machine. TABLE Ln-RC payouts are independent of player skill, and the output of the table is established by applying a random number generator against a table of potential outcomes. There may be one or a plurality of TABLE Ln-RC pay tables contained in a game design, the selection of which being determined by game progress a player has earned, and bonus rounds which a player may be eligible for.
  • Hybrid Game A gaming system featuring a combined RWE, GWE and ESE game as described herein.
  • FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating exemplary architecture of a gaming system and the interaction between three primary systems of a GWE, an RWE and an ESE.
  • Fig. 2 is a data flow diagram illustrating exemplary data flow between a RW Patron management system, an RWE, a GWE and an ESE.
  • Fig. 3a is a sequence diagram illustrating sequencing of exemplary data flows between an RW Patron Management System, an RWE, a GWE and an ESE.
  • Fig. 3b is a graph illustrating an exemplary relationship between a series of wagering outcomes and a series of controlled sequences for portions of an entertainment game.
  • Fig. 3c is a graph illustrating another exemplary relationship between a series of wagering results and a series of of controlled sequences for portions of an entertainment game.
  • Fig. 3d is a diagram illustrating an exemplary entertainment conditioning function.
  • Fig. 3e is a process flow diagram illustrating a GWE analyzing player actions during an entertainment game.
  • Fig. 4a is a sequence diagram illustrating sequencing of exemplary data flows between an RW Patron Management System, an RWE, a GWE and an ESE.
  • Fig. 4b is a data flow diagram illustrating an exemplary interaction between an RWE and an ESE.
  • Fig. 4c is a data flow diagram illustrating another exemplary interaction between an RWE and an ESE.
  • FIG. 5 is a hardware architecture diagram of an exemplary processing apparatus that may be used to host a gaming system or portions of the gaming system.
  • Fig. 1 is a diagram illustrating exemplary architecture of a gaming system 100 and the interaction between three primary systems of a GWE 102, an RWE 104 and an ESE 106.
  • the RWE 104 is the operating system for the RW portion of the gaming system and controls and operates a gambling proposition.
  • the RWE 104 includes the RNG 108, pay tables 110, meters 112 and other hardware and software constructs used by the game of chance to offer a fair and transparent gaming proposition, and to contain the auditable systems and functions necessary for the game to obtain gaming regulatory body approval.
  • the RWE 104 is the operating system for the RW portion of the gaming system and controls and operates a gambling proposition.
  • the RWE 104 includes the RNG 108, pay tables 110, meters 112 and other hardware and software constructs used by the game of chance to offer a fair and transparent gaming proposition, and to contain the auditable systems and functions necessary for the game to obtain gaming regulatory body approval.
  • the RWE 104 is the operating system for the RW portion of the gaming system and controls
  • the RWE 104 accepts triggers from the RW User Interface 113 to run gambling propositions in response to actions taken by the player 114 in the context of the ESE 106 driven entertainment game controlled sequence and also provides information to the GWE 102 to expose the player to certain aspects of the gaming proposition, such as odds, amount of credits in play, amount of credits available, etc.
  • Fig. 1 also illustrates the GW operating system.
  • the GWE's 102 function is to interface between the RWE 104 and the ESE 106.
  • the ESE 106 hosts an entertainment game 107 that supplies the logic for operation of an entertainment game by a player.
  • the ESE 106 uses protocols for operation of the entertainment game such as those exposed by the entertainment game's 107 Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) 109 for setting up the entertainment game's 107 interfaces, testing of the entertainment game 107, making user settings for the entertainment game 107 and determining the status of the entertainment game 107.
  • APIs Application Programming Interfaces
  • the communication link 122 shown between the GWE 102 and the RWE 104 in Fig. 1 has at least two purposes. The first being that it allows the GWE 102 to obtain information from the RWE 104 as to the amount of credits available on the RW portion of the game, the result of each gambling proposition, and necessary status operation of the RWE 104 (such as on-line or tilt).
  • the communications link 122 also provides a means by which the GWE 102 communicates to the RWE 104 parameters that serve as inputs to the RWE 104 controlled gambling game (e.g. credits to be bet or wagered, electing to participate in bonus rounds, etc.).
  • the GW game operating system has at least three activities. The first is to take the results of each RWE 104 controlled gambling game undertaken in the RWE 104, and to direct the ESE 106 to output a specific type of audio-video event as a result.
  • the GW Game OS 120 accesses a GW database 121 that in accord with processes in the GW Game OS 120 translates each possible result of the RW gambling game into a command or commands to the ESE 106 to generate a controlled sequence of a portion of an entertainment game of the ESE 106 resulting in an entertainment game state or states that are output as an audio-video event to the player.
  • This particular function is defined by one or more Process Maps 130, which may be entirely or partially resident within the GW Game OS 120.
  • the GW game operating system sets flags or variables that the ESE 106 uses to condition ESE 106's own process of generating a controlled sequence of a portion of the entertainment game as an audio-video event. That is, the specific audio-video event need not be dictated by the GWE 102.
  • the GWE 102 also may display, directly to the user through display, audio, meters and/or other means the details regarding the player's 114 current state in regard to the RWE 104 controlled gambling game. Specifically, the number of credits in the RWE 104 controlled gambling game, the current status with regard to bonusing, the current setting as relates to the number of credits to be bet or wagered, etc. are examples of, but not a limit to, the information that can be presented to the player 114 at all times through the GWE's 102 access of the portion of the GW User Interface dedicated to display of the RW activity, GW User Interface 125.
  • the GWE 102 displays this information in coordination with the ESE 106 so that the presentation of such information appears to seamlessly integrate with the entertainment content generated by the ESE 106 and displayed on the GW User Interface 124.
  • An example of this might be displaying the gambling or wagering results of the player 114 on the scoreboard in a football game.
  • Another example is to show the explosion and subsequent implosion of a building under attack in a military game based on a favorable RW gambling or wagering result.
  • the RWE 104 may be the entity that displays the details regarding the player's current status with regard to the RWE 104 controlled gambling game by signaling sent to the GW User Interface 125, or may directly interface with the ESE 102 to provide this information to the player 114. Selection of whether the GWE 102 or the RWE 104 assumes responsibility for display of gambling status would typically be driven by gaming regulatory requirements.
  • the GWE 102 also conveys player choices to the RWE 104 that affect the RWE 104 controlled gambling game inputs, as made by the player in the context of the ESE 106 driven entertainment game audio-visual display.
  • the GWE 102 also connects to the ESE 106.
  • the ESE 106 manages and controls the visual, audio and player entertainment for the game.
  • the ESE 106 accepts input from the GWE 102 as to the type of audio-video event that is to be presented to the user, acts upon this input while reflecting the current state of the audio-visual game and updates the audio visual display accordingly with the aim of providing an engaging entertainment game controlled sequence to the player.
  • This cycle of the GWE 102 of collecting information from the RWE, conditioning it, passing information to the ESE 106, and the ESE 106 acting upon it (after possibly having conditioned it further), may transpire with each play of the RW game.
  • the ESE 106 enables a wide range of game themes including popular titles from arcade and home video games (e.g. Gears of WarTM, Time CrisisTM, Madden FootballTM, etc.).
  • the ESE 106 can also be dedicated to a single game theme to provide the seamless and sensible operation of the gaming system as a richer experience than conventional slot machines.
  • the ESE 106 may also signal the GWE 102 as to player actions in the GW context, and other GW parameters (type of character, car, weapon, etc.) for the GWE's 102 use in triggering gambling plays or wagers and configuring the overall profile of the RWE 104.
  • a cycle of the gaming system includes the player making choices and taking actions within the GW context thereby signaling the ESE 106 through the GW User Interface 124.
  • the ESE 106 in turn signals the GWE 102 of these choices and actions, and the GWE configures wagers and other factors of the RWE 104 for RW wagers that create a wagering or gambling result as gambling plays transpiring with the player's interaction with the ESE 106 (via the GW User Interface 124).
  • the RWE is coupled to a RW patron management system 128 for the purposes of player management and game accounting for a gambling game such as RC accounting and tracking. Additionally, the RW patron management system may also track GWC, entertainment game player profiles and configurations, etc. for the purposes of an entertainment game played by a player.
  • the GWE may be coupled to a GW patron management system 129 for the purposes of tracking GWC, managing entertainment game player profiles and configurations, etc. for the purposes of an entertainment game played by a player.
  • management system may be linked together.
  • the RW patron management system and GW patron management system may be part of a single patron management system.
  • two or more RWEs may be coupled to two or more GWEs. This allows two or more players to use play an entertainment game of the gaming system either competitively or cooperatively while each of the two or more players has their own RWE to manage each player's wagers and results independently. By use of such a feature, each player can have their own unique gambling or wagering result sequence.
  • FIG. 1 The architecture of a gaming system as shown in Fig. 1 may be physically
  • a single or a plurality of controllers may divide up the logical tasks reflected, the user interfaces shown could be combined to a single or plurality of display screens, player feedback and controls, that connections shown to the RW patron server 128 for the purposes of game accounting, RC and GWC tracking and other functions could be a single connection to a single server, a single connection to a plurality of servers, multiple connections to multiple servers, etc., such that the system could be accomplished in a highly virtualized space, such that the RWE 104 and GWE 102 were large scale centralized servers "in the cloud" coupled to a plurality of widely distributed ESE controllers, such as ESE 106, or clients via the Internet.
  • Fig. 2 is a data flow diagram illustrating exemplary data flow between an RW patron management 128, a GW management system 129, an RWE 104, a GWE 102 and an ESE 106.
  • the examples of communications flow in Fig. 2 are not intended to be exhaustive or all inclusive, but rather serve as practical examples of the kinds of data exchanged over the illustrated interfaces.
  • the RWE 104 may be connected to a RW patron management system 128.
  • the RW patron management system sends parameters 200 to the RWE, such as Ln-RC tables, max speed of play, game monetary denomination and casino promotion RC.
  • the RWE 104 sends parameters 202 to the RW patron management system 128, such as the RC in a current game, RC wagered in the current play session, RW player account information, player activity, player profiles, etc.
  • the RWE 104 is further connected to the GWE 102 and receives player choices and actions that may be used as gambling or wagering triggers 204 for a RWE 104 controlled gambling game.
  • the RWE 104 transmits parameters and objects 206 to the GWE 102, such as status of the RWE, a gambling or wagering play results, Ln-RC table information, RW patron management system data, whether or not it is possible to enter a bonus round, the game monetary denomination and other RWE parameters.
  • the GWE 102 also transmits parameters and objects to the RWE 104, such as the RC used to play per RWE game, whether to enter or decline a bonus round, casino promotional RC and audit information.
  • the audit information includes a game title, profile and status, LirGWC table information, GWC points and audit information, game software and firmware versions and signatures, and player and profile information.
  • the GWE 102 is also connected to the ESE 106 and transmits parameters and objects 214 such as ESE 106 controlled entertainment game software, difficulty settings, game score enhancements, cheats, character profiles and setups, equipment inventory, random
  • the GWE 102 receives from the ESE 106 parameters 216 such as player choices and actions (choice is to open a treasure chest, action is to use magic wand to open the treasure chest) chosen through a UI, GW character profiles, GW equipment and inventory, game scores, random complexity ratings, language selection and tournament and multiplayer information.
  • the GWE 102 may also be connected to a GW patron management system 129.
  • the GW patron management system sends parameters 218 to the GWE, player entertainment game configurations, a player's current GWC accumulation, etc.
  • the GWE 102 sends parameters 220 to the GW patron management system 129, such as the GWC in a current entertainment game, GWC that the player is using to acquire access to various elements within the entertainment game, GW player account information and player activity and profiles.
  • FIG. 2 The architecture of a gaming system as shown in Fig. 2 may be physically
  • a single or a plurality of controllers, hosts or servers may divide up the logical tasks reflected, the user interfaces shown could be combined to a single or plurality of display screens, player feedback and controls, that connections shown to the RW patron server 128 and for the purposes of game accounting, RC tracking and other functions could be a single connection to a single server, a single connection to a plurality of servers, multiple connections to multiple servers, etc., such that the system could be accomplished in a highly virtualized space, such that the RWE 104 and GWE 120 were large scale centralized servers "in the cloud" coupled to a plurality of widely distributed ESE controllers, such as ESE 106, or clients via the Internet.
  • Fig. 3a is a sequence diagram illustrating exemplary data flows between the RWE 104, the GWE 102 and the ESE 106 of Figs. 1 and 2.
  • the examples of communications flow are not intended to be exhaustive or all inclusive, but rather serve as practical examples of the kinds of data exchanged over the interfaces.
  • the ESE 106 receives information 300 and 300' about player preferences through the GW User Interface 124 via the GWE 102 as a means of selecting the entertainment theme for an entertainment game controlled sequence, or to make specific selections as relates the characters or teams or other variables active in the context of the entertainment theme.
  • the gaming system 100 (of Fig. l) may be set up such that the ESE 106 houses software related to video football (e.g. Madden FootballTM), video hockey (e.g. NHL2K10TM) and/or a video soccer game (e.g. 2010 FIFA World CupTM).
  • the player 114 (of Fig. l) might decide they want to gamble at the gaming system in the context of football and could input this information through a touch screen that is part of the GW User Interface 124.
  • the resulting information is used to configure the ESE 106 and/or the GWE 102.
  • the player 114 could, in one implementation, further select the team they want to be (e.g. New Jersey SaintsTM), and the team they wish to oppose. Again, this information could be, for example, entered through a user input device such as a touch screen.
  • the player 114 can make more detailed selections to characterize the operation of the ESE 106. For example, the player 114 (of Fig. l) could select individual football players for their team.
  • User preferences and status in the RWE 104, and all other information presented to the user in a conventional slot machine may also be represented within an entertainment game controlled sequence managed by the ESE 106.
  • the information of interest 302 is communicated from the RWE 104 to the GWE 102 (either at the request of the GWE 102, or on a push-basis from the RWE 104).
  • the GWE 102 then translates (304) this information into the command, data or signaling (or plurality thereof) 306 necessary to cause the ESE 106 to generate (308) a controlled sequence of a desired portion of an audio-visual display as a part of the ESE's 106 entertainment game controlled sequence.
  • the player 114 commences gambling by taking actions and making choices in the context of the ESE 106 entertainment game controlled sequence.
  • the choices may be used to shape the type of bet or wager such as by altering the number of credits to be bet or wagered or the odds for the bet or wager.
  • the type of football play chosen in a video football implementation may dictate the number of credits to be bet or wagered and/or the football play dictates the shape of the bet more generally, such as a Hail Mary pass versus an up the middle run could invoke bets or wagers with different odds.
  • the actions taken and choices made by the player forms part of the information 312 and 312', collected (310) via the GWE User Interface 124 in the context of an audkrvisual user interface provided by the ESE 106, is relayed by the GWE 102 to the RWE 104 and is conveyed simultaneously to the player 114 (of Fig. l) through the GWE User Interface 124 and/or the ESE 106 generated audio-visual display.
  • the RWE 104 uses the information 312' to determine one or more bets or wagers for the player and establishes (316) for each bet or wager, via the RNG 108 (of Fig. l) and pay tables 110 (of Fig.
  • the gambling or wagering result 318 is fed back to the GWE 102.
  • the GWE 102 may or may not directly display (320) the gambling or wagering result through the GW User Interface 125, and/or indirectly using the GW User Interface 124 in the game context.
  • the GWE 102 further directs (322) the ESE 106 to generate (324) a controlled sequence of a portion of the entertainment game reflective of the gambling or wagering result.
  • the controlled sequence of a portion of the entertainment game changes the state of the entertainment game as well as defines how the entertainment game state will be displayed audibly and visually to the player. This may include transitioning through one or more entertainment game states and generation of one or more corresponding audio-visual displays for the player.
  • the controlled sequence of a portion of the entertainment game may provide for additional player inputs that may form the basis for partially or wholly generating a portion of the controlled sequence or entertainment game states.
  • the GWE 102 may direct the ESE 106 to generate a controlled sequence of a portion of the entertainment game as a display of a play generating forward movement of the ball of 25 yards in favor of the team that the player 114 chose to represent them in the game. Additionally, the GWE 102 may dictate the specific play by which this forward movement of the ball was to be achieved, and in another aspect the ESE 106 would determine the type of play to be displayed, using logic internal to ESE's 106 software.
  • the controlled sequence of a portion of the entertainment game may be influenced by additional player inputs, the player may take an action, such as attempting to catch a pass as a direct player in the example football based entertainment game, the result of which may ultimately determine the remainder of a portion of the controlled sequence of a portion of the entertainment game or the state of the entertainment game.
  • the controlled sequence could be for any portion of the entertainment game. For example, he controlled sequence could establish the beginning portion of the entertainment game where the theme of the entertainment game is laid out for the player.
  • the controlled sequence portion of the entertainment game could also be for an intermediate portion of the entertainment game, such as a major branching of the game play where the player is presented with either a more challenging portion of the entertainment game or a less challenging portion based on the gambling or wagering results.
  • the controlled sequence portion of the entertainment game could also establish a final outcome portion of the entertainment game, such as the player ultimately being victorious or defeated.
  • the interaction between the GWE 102 and the ESE 106, by which the wager result drives ESE 106 generated audio-video output is accomplished by virtue of one or more Process Maps 130 (of Fig. l) whose purpose is to transform (332) gambling or wagering results into a set of directions that enable the ESE 106 to generate the appropriate portion of the audkrvisual output in the ESE 106 driven entertainment game controlled sequence.
  • the GWE 102 may still operate between the RWE 104 and the ESE 106 and translate (326) the result 328 of the RWE 104 controlled gambling game output in the RWE 104 into a form that the ESE 106 can accept as input 330 to the one or more Process Maps 130 (of Fig. 1).
  • Bonusing, special events and other results of the RWE 104 controlled gambling game would be similarly mapped to events within the ESE 106, either explicitly via the GWE 102, or more generally by the GWE 102 along with the ESE 106 using the ESE's 106 own software (i.e. the one or more Process Maps 130 (of Fig. l)) to convert the input from the GWE 102 into a specific controlled sequence of events within a portion of the entertainment game.
  • the controlled sequence portion of the entertainment game is only partially based on a gambling or wagering result.
  • the controlled sequence portion of the entertainment game could be also partially based on actions taken by the player, such as sequence of player or user inputs.
  • the controlled sequence portion of the entertainment game may be partially based on an action of an operator of the gaming system, such as the operator of a gambling establishment providing a special bonus or complimentary award to a player.
  • the controlled sequence portion of the entertainment game is further based on an action of a third party, such as another player playing competitively or cooperatively with the player of the entertainment game.
  • an entertainment conditioning function is used to transform a series of gambling or wagering results into a series of results that are more appropriate for generating a controlled sequence of a portion of an entertainment game in order to maintain a player's interest in what may be a losing series of gambling or wagering results.
  • Fig. 3b illustrates an exemplary series of gambling or wagering results corresponding to a series of results that can be used to generate a controlled sequence for a portion of an entertainment game.
  • the entertainment game is related to a football game, but it should be understood that an entertainment conditioning function may be applied to any type of entertainment game.
  • dots such as dot 342, and respective curve 344, illustrate an RC credit meter on a gambling game for a series of gambling or wagering results. From graph 340, it can be seen that the player has some losses (as indicated by a fall in the RC credit meter) and wins (indicated by a rise in the RC credit meter). Also on graph 340, other dots, such as dot 348, and respective curve 350, represent a yardage meter for use in generating a display for an entertainment game.
  • Fig. 3c illustrates an implementation of another exemplary entertainment conditioning function through the use of a look up table included process maps used to affect the operation of an entertainment game.
  • dots such as dot 362, and respective curve 364, again illustrate an RC credit meter on the game for a series of gambling or wagering results. From graph 360, it can be seen that the player has some losses and wins.
  • dots, such as dot 368, and respective curve 370 represent a yardage meter for use in generating a display for an entertainment game.
  • curve 370 reflects yardage won/lost in the football game when playing to beat a point spread as the yardage is affected by an entertainment conditioning function.
  • Fig. 3c even though the player is going to incur a margin loss 372 in terms of their wagering play, the player actually wins 374 the football game by continuing to make up yards late in the game (versus the yardage failing as shown in Fig. 3b).
  • the win of the football game could simply be a function of the RWE wagering results, the player's play picking, or a hybrid of the two.
  • FIG 3d illustrates another exemplary aspect of an entertainment conditioning function.
  • an RC curve 380 representing gambling or wagering results
  • a yardage curve 382 representing progress in an entertainment game
  • a series of look up tables 384 each of which has an index 386 for lookup, and corresponding entertainment game states 388 representing results for a play, which could be the net yardage for the play, or other special playback modifiers (such as false starts, penalties, etc.) that could result. Creation of the index and the selection of which table to use the index in may be a function of a number of parameters used individually or a plurality of such in a combination.
  • a non-exhaustive list of potential parameters for index creation includes :
  • one or more gambling or wagering results are determined for a gambling game.
  • the one or more gambling or wagering results are then used (390) along with a look up table to generate (392) a desired result or entertainment game state that is then used to generate a controlled sequence for a portion of the entertainment game.
  • the output of the entertainment conditioning function are pseudo gambling or wagering results that are gambling or wagering results that have been conditioned according to the entertainment conditioning function.
  • the pseudo gambling or wagering results are then used to generate a controlled sequence of a portion of an entertainment game in the same manner as non- conditioned gambling or wagering results.
  • Fig. 3e illustrates another process by which a player may be rewarded for playing the entertainment game well even though the gambling or wagering results are not positive for the player.
  • a GWE (not shown) starts (600) the process by comparing (602) a player's actions while playing an entertainment game to a set of optimal player actions. To do so, the GWE receives one or more player actions taken by the player while playing the entertainment game when the entertainment game is in one or more respective
  • the GWE compares the one or more player actions taken by the player with one or more optimal player actions for the entertainment game in one or more respective entertainment game states 608 stored in the GWE. For example, if the player is playing a football style entertainment game and the entertainment game is in a state where the player has to make short yardage on a 3 rd down conversion, then an optimal player action may be to call a running play.
  • the GWE compares (602) the action taken by the player with the optimal action for the given entertainment game state and determines (608) if the optimal action was taken. If not, the process ends (610) without rewarding the player. However, if the optimal player action was taken, the GWE determines (612) if the player should be awarded GWC 614. The GWC may also determine (616) if the player should be awarded by enhancing an EE 618 within the entertainment game. If the GWE does determine to award the player EE, the GWE does so by enhancing an EE within the entertainment game for the player's use. The GWE may also determine (620) to reward the player by adjusting a pay table 622 in an RWE to be more favorable to the player. As a result of this process, the player is rewarded for playing the entertainment game well even if a series of gambling game results may not prove favorable to the player.
  • the correlation between events in the entertainment layer driven by the ESE 106 and the gambling events driven by the RWE 104 can be either direct (e.g. five credits won equals a five yard movement of the football) or indirect (e.g. the GWE 102 or ESE 106 can introduce randomness into the process by which the entertainment output is selected, the random process being seeded by the result of the RWE 104 controlled gambling game and the state of the ESE 106 driven entertainment game controlled sequence.)
  • Fig. 4a in another aspect, the player's 114 (of Fig. l) state 400 as it relates to the RWE 104 and the RWE 104 controlled gambling game is displayed (402) to the player 114 (of Fig. l) using an optional RW User Interface 113, independently of the state of the ESE 106 driven (404) entertainment output.
  • the number of credits in the gaming system 100 (of Fig. l) the number of credits the player 114 (of Fig.
  • the player's RWE state portion of the GWE 102 output, while synchronized with the gambling activity within the RWE 104, may not in all implementations be tightly
  • the ESE 106 output may lag the information displayed directly by the GWE 102 (if part of the particular implementation) as to the state of the RWE 104 controlled gambling game).
  • the output of the ESE 106 i.e. the ESE 106 generated entertainment game controlled sequence, and the GWE 102 driven output directly reflecting the state of the RWE 104 controlled gambling game, may be directly synchronized such that the result of a RWE 104 controlled gambling game is not known to the player 114 (of Fig. l) until the completion of the ESE 106 driven display sequence initiated by that RWE 104 controlled gambling game.
  • This characteristic may or may not be accompanied by a feature that prevents additional bets or wagers from being made until the ESE 106 driven display routine is complete and confirmation of this fact is passed from the GWE 102 to the RWE 104.
  • certain player functions are handled as input 410 directly to the RWE 104, rather than running through the GWE 102 or ESE 106.
  • the player 114 (of Fig. l) triggers the betting process in the RWE 104 through a dedicated user input portion of RW User Interface 113 connected to the RWE 104.
  • the player 114 (of Fig. l) can also cash out (412) through another dedicated user input linked directly to the RWE 104 through the RW User Interface 113.
  • these functions are handled through a touch screen, whereby the RW User Interface 113 subsumes a portion of the display.
  • all user input is captured (414) through the GWE User Interface 124, which directs the input 416 to the RWE 104 or directs the input 418 to the ESE 106, as appropriate.
  • player 114 (of Fig. l) actions will result in a request to the RWE 104 to drive a number of RWE 104 plays, as exemplified by Pending Bet Queue 132 (of Fig. l) to occur in order to generate a list of wins/losses which would be loaded into a queue.
  • This wins/losses queue, or WLQ 420 is in turn communicated to the GWE 102.
  • the GWE 102 operates (422) on these gambling or wagering results via the one or more Process Maps 130 (of Fig.
  • Such Process Maps 130 (of Fig.1 ) containing the procedures to analyze (424) the net result of the gambling or wagering results in the WLQ 420 and subsequently trigger 424 a series of actions 426 in simulating a portion of the ESE 106 controlled entertainment game by the ESE 106 such that player 114 (of Fig. l) experiences more of a comprehensive story to describe the result of their wagering as opposed to the linear relationship of a typical wager- result, wager-result method, in the case of a single ESE 106 generated controlled sequence of a portion of an entertainment game per RWE 104 play by direct correlation.
  • the purpose of this conditioning function that the GWE 102 processes using the WLQ 420 is to provide a more realistic ESE 106 controlled entertainment game context progression, enhancing the entertainment derived by the player 114 (of Fig. l).
  • An example of this functionality in the context of a football game would be the GWE 102 determining from the WLQ 420 (which for this example has a depth of 8 plays) that the player will net a win of 3 credits for a total of 8 bet, but will only do so on the last play.
  • the GWE 102 receiving this gambling or wagering result from the pending WLQ 420 instructs the ESE 106 to generate a controlled sequence of a portion of the entertainment game showing the player's team making 2 running plays for short gains, followed by the
  • the entertainment or storyboard conditioning function (performed by the GWE 102 for conditioning the ESE 106 output described above) may or may not directly correlate to the handling of the actual wagering proposition which RWE 104 plays entail. This is to say, if the conditioning function directly correlated to the wagering proposition, then the results of the conditioning operation of the RWE 104 results would be translated into a single summary bet or wager for the player (so long an equivalent mathematical result for a fair gambling proposition could be ensured).
  • the wagering proposition would be a package of RWE 104 wagers run in a sequence as a package of bets or wagers, or (b) a separate RWE 104 wager not related to the sequence of RWE 104 wagers would be effected to produce the wager proposition.
  • the correlation and exact implementation may depend on regulatory and casino operator policies. Additionally, the WLQ 420 pending bet or wager results may or may not be considered irrevocably committed to the RWE 104 controlled gambling game.
  • the ESE 102 will play out the script resulting from the pending queue of bets or wagers, and the player 114 (of Fig. l) will win/lose funds accordingly. In this mode, and at a moment of synchronization, the player 114 (of Fig. l) would then be presented the choice to continue with the game and hence expose themselves to the next series of bets or wagers, to limit the amount of bets or wagers they'd be exposed to, or to cash-out.
  • the WLQ 420 could be no larger than credits available on the game, subsuming that the gaming system contains the logic to automatically control the depth of the WLQ 420 or how much of the WLQ 420 is analyzed and thus committed by the GWE 102 to the gambling proposition.
  • the gaming system utilizes the WLQ 420 herein described, there are two methods for handling termination of play by the player 114 (of Fig. l) at the time of cash out.
  • the player 114 may elect to revoke the pending bets or wagers of the WLQ 420 and to take pay out on the credits remaining on the gaming system.
  • the pending result of bets or wagers of the WLQ 420 are displayed to the player 114 (of Fig. l), and the amount of remaining credits which the player 114 receives at cash out is a netting of these results against the credits remaining.
  • Which method is utilized may be a selection of the casino operator or will be based on what is allowed by gaming regulations in the particular jurisdiction.
  • the WLQ's 420 operation does not necessarily mean that a plurality of credits must be played or committed.
  • the final net result of the WLQ 420 over say 9 bets or wagers could be arithmetically operated upon in some manner to determine the betting result of a single set of credit(s) wagered.
  • the value of the WLQ 420 in this case is to provide a deeper set of inputs for the ESE 106 GW context story board so that the player 114 (of Fig. l) is uncertain throughout a greater period of time how their bet or wager is going to come out.
  • the player could commit a fixed amount of credits to the whole football game
  • the RWE 104 could be run once to determine the outcome of the whole game
  • the football game could be played by the player to completion, the result of plays throughout score the game controlled by the GWE 102, its Process Maps 130 and possibly RNG results for the play by play action, with the outcome of the whole game unknown until the final.
  • the WLQ 420 is eliminated, and a series of control tables in the one or more Process Maps 130 (of Fig.l) of the GWE 102 would take an RWE 104 RNG 108 (of Fig.
  • generation of the controlled sequence portion of the entertainment game further includes using a conditioning function to relate the result of the general direction (winning or losing) of a plurality of wagers in the WLQ with the controlled sequence portion of the entertainment game, such that the result of the controlled sequence portion of the game may be decoupled on a wager by wager basis, while being coupled on a summation basis, as summed over the plurality of wagers.
  • the ESE 106 output can be conditioned to provide audio ⁇ visual output that is exclusively displayed to the player 114 (of Fig. l) if the player 114 (of Fig. l) meets certain criteria as set by the casino. For example, unique characters, weapons, background scenery and/or music, monsters, etc. could be displayed in variants of the ESE 106 output. Likewise, unique gambling propositions can be offered to the player 114 (of Fig.
  • the ESE 106 output can also be conditioned, and/or unique display options provided to the player 114 (of Fig. l), as a function of the casino's assessment of the player 114 (of Fig. l) across any number of dimensions as supported by the RW Patron Management System 128 (of Fig. l), independently of the player's 114 (of Fig. l) specific actions vis-a-vis the specific game in question. In this manner, a player's entertainment experience on a particular game can vary from player to player and session to session.
  • the gaming system accepts input from the casino operator or configuring entity on a plurality of conditioning variables, such as rate of play, time of day, frequency of play on the particular game, a player's club status, etc. Based on the control variables specified, a casino operator can tailor their machines entertainment offering to their particular market interests.
  • player selections in the ESE 106 controlled entertainment game such as selection of a team in a football game, selection of specific players for a team, selection of a specific play choice, choice of weapon or game scenario, etc.
  • may control certain RWE 104 parameters such as the amount of credits bet in the RWE 104 controlled gambling game and/or affect the bonusing available to the player.
  • RWE 104 parameters such as the amount of credits bet in the RWE 104 controlled gambling game and/or affect the bonusing available to the player.
  • a football controlled sequence driven by the ESE 106 might allow the player to select from one of a number of offensive plays to be run. Choices might include a run up the middle, a short 5-yard pass attempt, and a 50- yard "Hail Mary" pass attempt.
  • player selections in the ESE 106 controlled entertainment game affect the odds or pay tables of the RWE 104 controlled gambling game.
  • a player in an ESE 106 controlled football entertainment game may elect to call a long odds play, such as a "Hail Mary" pass when only 2 yards are needed and they are on the 50 yard line, versus calling a much safer run up the middle play.
  • the RWE 104 would receive signaling as to the selection and enroll the player in a long odds bet or wager with a much higher payout than would be the case with the 2 yard up the middle run play.
  • the GWE 102 contains analysis logic and processes to determine the riskiness of the player 114 (of Fig. l) choices in the ESE 106 controlled entertainment game, and signal the RWE 104 so as to effect changes in its pay tables or odds to match the gambling profile of the RWE 104 to the risk of the ESE 106 elected play or action choice.
  • the player directing the player to run directly at a machine gun nest to engage in close combat with a pistol.
  • the player's skill in playing the entertainment game influences the gambling game.
  • the GWE communicates with the RWE to select and/ or configure a gambling proposition as a function of the player's demonstrated skill (exclusively or in conjunction with other influencing elements) in the entertainment game.
  • the player's demonstrated skill may be a function of their play at in the current game session (either over the entire session, in the context of a single recent action or anything in between), or a measure of a given player's demonstrated skill over time (i.e. across multiple game sessions as related to a specific player profile).
  • the impact of the player's demonstrated skill upon the nature of the gambling game can be slight or large, the relative influence being determined by the casino operator or gaming system manufacturer.
  • the form of the impact can include, but is not limited to (a) the odds of the gambling game, or (b) the range of possible results.
  • a closed loop feedback between the entertainment game and the RWE operates to provide an additional play element.
  • an ESE 430 manages an EE 432 that a player uses when playing an entertainment game hosted by the ESE 432. The player consumes the EE 432 as the player plays the
  • a corresponding bet or wager 434 is made (436) in a gambling game managed by an RWE 438.
  • a gambling RC result 440 of the gambling game is then used to determine an effect 442 for the EE 432. For example, an amount of the EE 432 may be increased if the gambling or wagering result is a win for the player. Alternatively, the EE 432 may be reduced if the gambling or wagering result is a loss for the player.
  • an additional entertainment game element 442 may be supplied (444) to the player by the ESE 430 in response to the gambling or wagering result 440 rather than affecting the original EE 432 that was acted upon or used by the player to make (436) the corresponding bet or wager 434 in the RWE 438. Accordingly, the RC gambling or wagering result 440 of the gambling game is used to determine addition of the additional game element 442 in the entertainment game.
  • an RC win could provide a player of a football game such as Madden FootballTM with access to linebacker Lawrence Taylor as a player on his team, which in turn could positively affect the player's performance in the entertainment game and/or in the RW gambling game. This stands in contrast to a RC win leading to the opportunity to run more plays, which is an example of an increase in EE.
  • an RC win could provide a player in a baseball game with a higher payroll ceiling, allowing the player to sign better talent to his team. This closed loop feedback could take place in lieu of, or in addition to, an increase in the amount of EE, for example.
  • an RC loss could cause a player in a racing game to experience fog, making it harder to stay on the track, or place road hazards on the track (e.g. potholes) in lieu of, or in addition to impacting the amount of fuel the race car has (i.e. the EE).
  • a loss in the gambling game could cause the steering wheel control to vibrate or become less responsive to the player's inputs until a subsequent gambling game win, or a certain event occurs within the entertainment game (e.g. a prescribed period of time elapses, the player pulls his car into the pits for repairs, etc.).
  • the closed loop feedback described herein need not be singular, but can continue to loop back on itself over a multitude of gambling game results and/or entertainment game events.
  • EE is consumed when tiles are moved from the player's rack to the board.
  • RC is bet as a function of the points on the tiles placed (i.e. Z-0"0 drives a 12 credit bet).
  • RC win in addition to affecting the player's amount of, or access to, EE, can in certain circumstances governed by the design of the game affect the Scrabble board.
  • bonus squares are added to the Scrabble board.
  • GWC e.g. an additional "triple word score" square
  • subsequent gambling games e.g. a square that provides a free credit added to a gambling game initiated by the consumption of EE when a tile is placed on the square using a valid Scrabble move
  • An RC win could also increase the total number of tiles available to the game or provide special tiles (e.g. a letter "A" worth eight points instead of one point). RC losses could provide the opposite effects, eliminating special squares, or base squares that are standard on a Scrabble board, eliminating tiles, etc.
  • Variables within the ESE, and also inputs from the casino operator, can also play a role in establishing the relationship between EE ⁇ RC and RC ⁇ EE beyond explicit choices made by the player (e.g. the case where the player selects a specific football play or a specific player for his football team in Madden FootballTM).
  • the impact of these variables and inputs, along with all other inputs that can affect this relationship are managed through a function within the GWE— previously described.
  • Examples of inputs from the casino operator include, in a non- exhaustive list, time of day, location of machine, player specific information (e.g. player identity, funds expended today or over a period of time on this game or on all games in the casino in total, etc.).
  • roving gaming element can be injected into the entertainment game, but only one for instance, for a whole group of networked games of the same type.
  • the first player of the networked games that successfully played the roving gaming element would receive a jackpot win that would then become unavailable to the other players of the networked games.
  • the roving gaming element In the context of a first person shooter entertainment game with a western them, the roving gaming element would be in the form of a very bad hombre who would roam towns within the GW.
  • Such a feature allows the casino operator to program a "roving jackpot” and inject the roving jackpot into the game for a period of time.
  • the casino operator could advertise this and make a big deal of it, such as coming to a gambling area to play for a big Texas Hold'em tournament prize.
  • a result of a gambling game shapes a parameter of the
  • the number and types of obstacles may be altered in correspondence with the result of a gambling game.
  • a new and unexpectedly harder obstacle may be placed into the game.
  • the GWE process maps shapes the ESE game by causing more trees to appear of various types (such as easier to chop higher point value - GWO trees if the player wins the gambling game, fewer or no new trees if the player loses the gambling game, or a serious beast is introduced into the forest in the event of a gambling game loss, and the player has to fend the beast off with the player's axe).
  • player choices and input are received through the GWE user interface 124, which can subsume a wide array of input devices, including but not limited to a touch screen, buttons, joystick controllers, levers, switches, etc.
  • Another benefit of this architecture is that it minimizes the underlying changes needed to the aforementioned entertainment software (Gears of War, etc.), for it to operate within the gaming construct, thus making a plethora of complex game titles and
  • a player either has an account on the gaming system or game network or they do not, as in the case of a new player. If a player is new to the network, or a player wishes to change their preferred profile, a setup process, similar to a wizard, is run.
  • the setup process can encompass a number of parameters which alter the look-and-feel of the ESE's 106 output. For example, a player profile might identify the football team they want to be represented by in an ESE 106 controlled entertainment game system built around Madden Football 2K10.
  • a choice of a particular team in a sports themed entertainment game can affect the paytables and costs of wagering.
  • a particular team may include players that have a higher probability of carrying out a particular called play. A player playing such a team would naturally tend to have better results in the entertainment game. Therefore, it would be natural for such a team to cost more to play, that is, minimum wagers placed while utilizing such a team in the entertainment game would be higher or occur with more frequency than if a lesser team were chosen.
  • paytables could be adjusted so that the player has either a higher probability of winning a particular wager or the payout as multiplier of the wagered amount per successful wager could be set higher.
  • the ESE's 106 entertainment game controlled sequence concerns an "old west" style gunfight where two gunfighters (one representing the player 114, the other the computer) oppose each other on the main street of a frontier town circa 1850.
  • the player can make choices as to how his gunfighter is represented in the game (e.g. man or woman, tall or short, left-handed or right handed, mode of dress, etc.).
  • the player can also choose the type of pistols their gunfighter is going to use. These choices are made through the GWE User Interface 124, in concert with audio-visual output created by the ESE 106.
  • Players could, at the behest of the casino and/or as a function of their player status, gain access to specialized accessories for their gunfighter, effectively conferring status.
  • the number of credits bet reflects the number of rounds of ammunition available to his character in the gunfight itself.
  • a single credit provides the character with one bullet in a single pistol.
  • a bet or wager of 10 credits might provide the character with two pistols, each with five bullets.
  • the game would always have the opposing character loading their gun with six bullets for a showdown (as one would typically expect).
  • the player by selecting to load less bullets for the gun fight, would be interpreted by the GWE 102 to be a riskier proposition for the player 114, and as such the GWE 102 would signal the RWE 104 to select a longer odds bet or wager pay table with larger payout potential than if the player 114 fully loaded their gun with six bullets.
  • the gun battle would ensue and if the result of the RWE 104 controlled gambling game was a win for the player 114, the player 114 would see his/her character shooting deftly only say the two bullets they had loaded short versus their opponent who wildly fanned their six gun missing the player 114 with their shots. If the RWE 104 controlled gambling game was a loss, the player 114 would see the more expected outcome whereby they ran out of ammo in the fight, or shot at too slow of a rate and were gunned down in the street.
  • a player could save the configuration of their gunfighter character for future use. This configuration would be linked to their account on the casino's Patron Management System and could be accessed in subsequent game playing sessions.
  • a player can accumulate GWC while playing the gunfighter game, thus allowing a player's character to gain in skill as function of winning more gunfights and therefore, gaining access, for example, to better odds for a bet or wager as a function of the player's GWC level (in this case akin to how many gun battles the player has won).
  • GWC can be accumulated by the player for making certain decisions during playing of the entertainment game as opposed to making other decisions. For example, a player may be accorded GWC for making a selection as to what to use for cover on the street, selecting a less powerful but more accurate weapon, etc.
  • gambling is undertaken in the context of a baseball game.
  • the game proceeds, bet by bet, or wager by wager, through nine innings, including both halves, where the player's team is on offense and on defense.
  • the player 114 can choose to play only offense, the computer controlled opponents' offensive half of each inning being represented simply as a final result.
  • Players would be able to choose the team that they were going to be represented by, and could also in some gaming systems select specific players to represent them. Specific baseball players would require different amounts of credits to be bet or wagered for each pitch of their at bat, or in the case of pitchers, for each pitch thrown.
  • the outcome of the baseball game need not be deterministically set by a gambling result.
  • the baseball game could still be played as is done on an interactive gaming system, such as a WiiTM, namely, the player has to hit the ball, etc., but the result of the gambling game affects the likelihood of hitting the ball out of the park, or the speed that the pitch is thrown, etc.
  • accumulation of GWC during an individual gaming session affects odds in future gaming sessions if the person playing the game plays again. For example, by continuing to play games through a simulated season, accumulation of GWC over several gaming sessions would correlate to keeping a team together. Through accumulation of GWC, a more favorable TABLE Ln-RC is used to improve the probability that the player will have winning gambling or wagering results.
  • gambling is undertaken in the context of a football game.
  • the game proceeds, play-by-play through as many as four quarters (plus OT potentially) of football.
  • each play would correspond to a specific bet or wager value. For example, a run up the middle might take a single credit, while a 50-yard Hail Mary pass attempt might require 10 credits.
  • Players would be able to choose the team that they were going to be represented by, and could also in some gaming systems select specific football players to populate their team.
  • Specific football players would modify the number of credits to be bet or wagered on a given football play. For example, selecting a pass play with Minnesota VikingsTM receiver Randy Moss as the recipient would require an additional two credits be expended in the RWE 104 controlled gambling game. Having Tom Brady of the New England PatriotsTM involved in a passing play might require a one credit step-up. It is also possible that selecting specific players would provide the player 114 with access to specific bonusing provisions.
  • the RWE 104 controlled gambling game After selecting a play, the RWE 104 controlled gambling game would run in the context of the number of credits dictated by the choice of football play and the player 114 or players engaged in the play.
  • the result of the RWE 104 controlled gambling game, as dictated by the RWE 104, is communicated to the GWE 102, and after conditioning through one or more Process Maps 130, drives a specific result through the ESE 106.
  • the result of the gambling proposition and the outcome of the football play are both displayed to the player 114.
  • the ESE 106 presents the player 114 with appropriate football play choices based upon the state of the game (e.g. punting the ball is not offered on anything other than fourth down).
  • This process can continue through four quarters of football or end prematurely when the player 114 declines to expend more credits. Bonuses can be awarded at the end of the game if the player 114's team wins the ESE 106 generated football game. Given the number of credits required to reach the end of the game, these bonuses could be significant.
  • gambling is undertaken in the context of a traditional tank battle.
  • the player 114 Via the GWE User interface 124, and responding to prompts generated by the ESE 106 audio- visual output, the player 114 selects one or more tanks and assigns them various attributes in terms of speed, maneuverability, range, armor and weapons. Each choice imputes a specific number of credits that will subsequently be bet in the RWE 104 controlled gambling game.
  • the player outfits one or more tanks (representing a minimum of one credit— a single, meagerly outfitted tank -- or multiple credits in the form of a single, well outfitted tank or multiple tanks each outfitted uniformly or differently) to build out his tank brigade.
  • These tanks are staged in a corral as represented through the ESE 106 as part of the entertainment game controlled sequence. Once outfitted, the player 114 launches one or more of these tanks into battle which triggers the appropriate number of credits to be bet or wagered in the RWE 104 controlled gambling game.
  • the result of the RWE 104 controlled gambling game is then communicated from the RWE 104 to the GWE 102 which in turn coordinates a controlled sequence of the tank battle between the player's brigade and an ESE 106 controlled opponent.
  • the result of the battle itself reflects (though not necessarily directly) the result of the RWE 104 controlled gambling game.
  • the player 114 can continue to outfit new tanks and release them from the corral into battle. This again correlates with the placement of a bet or wager of a specific number of credits in the RWE 104 controlled gambling game.
  • a player could create three tanks, correlating to three, six and ten credits respectively. These tanks are stored in the corral.
  • a three credit bet or wager is made in the RWE 104 controlled gambling game.
  • the result of this bet or wager dictates (not necessarily deterministically) the fate of the tank in the ESE 106 controlled entertainment game.
  • the RWE 104 controlled gambling game results in a three credit loss for the player 114, and the tank is hit by an anti-tank missile and burns to the ground. The player then releases both the six- and ten-credit tanks into the field of battle.
  • the RWE 104 executes both RWE 104 controlled gambling games and the results are again transmitted to the GWE 102 and ultimately affects the ESE's 106 representation of the result of these tanks' performance on the field of battle. Ultimately, if one of the player's tanks is the last remaining on the ESE 106 controlled entertainment game's field of play, the player 114 wins the ESE 106 generated tank game. This may cause the player 114 to receive a bonus but does not affect the number of credits ultimately won by the player 114. That is dictated solely by the RWE 104 controlled gambling game.
  • the gaming system may be embodied in whole or in part in the "cloud" being based in the internet thus taking place outside of a casino.
  • players would access games through an internet website and have an otherwise similar experience as relates to RC and GWC.
  • Tournament play would also be supported in such a model.
  • the only notable difference between a land based casino and an internet based one would be whether players are present in a gambling operation location in the case of a land based operation, or at home or other distributed location in the case of the internet based operation. In either case, the elements of the gaming system and their functions would operate effectively the same.
  • the gaming system also includes the concept whereby players can independently gamble through the RWE 104, but experience a head-to-head presentation of the ESE 106 driven entertainment game controlled sequence content.
  • players opt to participate in a head-to-head competition through a GWE 102 managed sign-up process. That process allows two or more (as may be appropriate given the entertainment game in question, i.e. the limit is two players for football, but could be N players for the adaptation of a multi-player game like HaloTM) players to directly establish a head-to-head pairing between them, or for a single player to request a head-to-head competition.
  • the GWE 102 will interact with a centralized server to link the player 114 with another player in a queue of players seeking head-to-head game play.
  • This sign-up process may, but does not have to, require minimum bet or wager commitments on the part of the players to ensure a game of adequate length between the participants.
  • a single GWE 102 and ESE 106 act as a master controller.
  • One or more Process Maps 130 dictate the impact of each player's gambling upon the players' characters within the ESE 106 driven entertainment game controlled sequence. The same resulting audio-video feed is displayed on all the slot machines of participating players.
  • An example of such a map, for a western gun fighting game is as follows. In the table, "Character 1" is the entertainment game avatar related to player 1 and "Character 2" is the entertainment game avatar related to player 2.
  • a player's character dies when the player 114 runs out of credits as a result of a losing bet or wager.
  • a range of bonus schemes are possible in this environment.
  • a player gains bonuses (either credits or other prizes as dictated by the casino) as a function of the player's gambling or wagering results independent of the head-to-head play (i.e. "independent bonusing").
  • each player in addition to their gambling or wagering results, is assigned a score or GWC, in the context of the ESE 106 displayed entertainment game controlled sequence that relates to their performance relative to the player 114 they are competing with head-to-head (i.e. "relative scoring").
  • relative scoring might work like this.
  • the bonus scoring would be tracked within the GWE 102 overseeing the head-to-head competition and would be either communicated directly to a patron management system or relayed to a patron management system through the RWE 104 associated with each player participating in the competition.
  • head-to-head competition revolves around an ESE 106 deployment of a video football game (e.g. Madden Football 2K11TM).
  • a video football game e.g. Madden Football 2K11TM
  • head-to-head competition is limited to two players. Each selects the team they want to be, and the head-to- head competition itself is managed as described previously.
  • the Process Map for a head-to-head football game might look like this for example when the "offense" has the ball and it is first, second or third down.
  • the head-to-head implementation of the gaming system contains a richer series of one or more Process Maps 130 that are managed by the GWE 102 and ESE 106 to provide a rich gaming experience.
  • Bonusing schemes in the football context are derived directly from the score of the ESE 106 simulated video football game, which in turn represents the aggregate performance of the two teams as a function of each player's gambling or wagering results as transformed through the Process Map into specific football plays.
  • FIG. 5 is a hardware architecture diagram of a processing apparatus 500, such as a computing device, controller, general purpose computer, gaming machine or the like, that may be used to host various components of a gaming system as previously described herein.
  • a processor 501 is coupled to a memory 502 by a bus 504.
  • the processor is also coupled to a non-transitory processor-readable storage device 506 that stores processor-executable instructions 507 and data 508.
  • the processor is also coupled to one or more interfaces 510 that connect the processor to other processing apparatuses as well as networks as previously described herein.
  • the processor is also coupled via the bus to user input devices 512 and user output devices 514.
  • the processor 501 loads instructions 507 and data 508 into memory 502 and executes the instructions and operates on the data to implement the features of the components of a gaming system as described herein.
  • the processor uses the user input devices 512 and user output devices 514 in accordance with the instructions and data in order to create and operate user interfaces for players, casino operators, owners, etc. as previously described herein.
  • processing apparatus 500 is described herein as being constructed from processor instructions stored and executed by hardware components, the processing apparatus can be composed of only hardware components.
  • storage device 506 is described as being coupled to the processor through a bus, those skilled in the art of processing apparatuses will understand that the storage device could include removable media such as a USB memory device, an optical CD ROM, magnetic media such as tape or disks, etc.
  • the storage device could be accessed through one of the interfaces 510 or over a network.
  • any of the user input devices 512 or user output devices 514 could be coupled to the processor via one of the interfaces or over a network.
  • the processor could be a controller or other computing device or a separate computer as well as be composed of multiple processors or computing devices.
  • an RWE, a GWE and an ESE as described herein can be implemented on multiple processing apparatuses, whether dedicated, shared or distributed in any combination thereof, or may be implemented on a single processing apparatus.
  • an RWE, a GWE or an ESE these aspects and features may be implemented in a hybrid form where any of the features or aspects may be performed by any of an RWE, a GWE or an ESE within a gaming system.
  • a gaming system may be implemented using a computer processor such as a single core or multi-core central processing unit (CPU) or micro-processing unit (MPU), which is constructed to realize the functionality described above.
  • the computer processor might be incorporated in a stand-alone apparatus or in a multi-component apparatus, or might comprise multiple computer processors which are constructed to work together to realize such functionality.
  • the computer processor or processors execute a computer-executable program (sometimes referred to as computer-executable instructions or computer-executable code) to perform some or all of the above-described functions.
  • the computer-executable program may be pre-stored in the computer processor(s), or the computer processor(s) may be functionally connected for access to a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium on which the computer-executable program or program steps are stored.
  • access to the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium may be a local access such as by access via a local memory bus structure, or may be a remote access such as by access via a wired or wireless network or Internet.
  • the computer processor(s) may thereafter be operated to execute the computer-executable program or program steps to perform functions of the above- described embodiments.
  • a gaming system by implemented using methods in which the functionality described above is performed by a computer processor such as a single core or multi-core central processing unit (CPU) or micro-processing unit (MPU).
  • a computer processor such as a single core or multi-core central processing unit (CPU) or micro-processing unit (MPU).
  • the computer processor might be incorporated in a stand-alone apparatus or in a multi-component apparatus, or might comprise multiple computer processors which work together to perform such functionality.
  • the computer processor or processors execute a computer -executable program (sometimes referred to as computer-executable instructions or computer-executable code) to perform some or all of the above-described functions.
  • the computer- executable program may be pre-stored in the computer processor(s), or the computer processor(s) may be functionally connected for access to a non- transitory computer-readable storage medium on which the computer-executable program or program steps are stored. Access to the non- transitory computer-readable storage medium may form part of the method of the
  • access to the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium may be a local access such as by access via a local memory bus structure, or may be a remote access such as by access via a wired or wireless network or Internet.
  • the computer processor(s) is/are thereafter operated to execute the computer-executable program or program steps to perform functions of the above-described embodiments.
  • the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium on which a computer- executable program or program steps are stored may be any of a wide variety of tangible storage devices which are constructed to retrievably store data, including, for example, any of a flexible disk (floppy disk), a hard disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, a compact disc (CD), a digital versatile disc (DVD), micro-drive, a read only memory (ROM), random access memory (RAM), erasable programmable read only memory (EPROM), electrically erasable programmable read only memory (EEPROM), dynamic random access memory (DRAM), video RAM (VRAM), a magnetic tape or card, optical card, nanosystem, molecular memory integrated circuit, redundant array of independent disks (RAID), a nonvolatile memory card, a flash memory device, a storage of distributed computing systems and the like.
  • the storage medium may be a function expansion unit removably inserted in and/or remotely accessed by the apparatus or system for use with the computer processor(s).

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