Twitter, Inc.

Adam M Singer

Cameron A Filipour

Alexander Popovich

Thierry Brunet De Courssou

Bryan D Wolf

Mark C Nicely

William Morgan

Buster Benson

Jeremy Gordon

Ian Chan

Russell D'Sa

Brian Ellin

Reeve Thompson

Grant Monroe

Scott A Caputo

Paulina Rodgers

Ernie M Lafky

Adam M Meyer

Zachary Taylor

Brian Guarraci

Lucas Alonso-Martinez

Luke Alonso

Zhigang Chen

Ali M Saffari

Zhijang Chen

Gaming systems, gaming devices and methods that provide games that control volatility. In one embodiment, the gaming system disclosed herein enables a player to select values, or cells associated with values, that are displayed in a particular arrangement. The player selected values are distributed to other values or cells according to one or more predefined rules. In one embodiment, one or more of the player selectable values are progressive award values. At some point during the game, the gaming system randomly picks one of the remaining values that have not been selected and provides an award to the player based at least in part on the selected value.

Gaming systems, gaming devices and methods with volatility control games

Various embodiments of gaming systems, gaming devices, and methods of the present disclosure provide one or more alternative wagering propositions to a player when the player's credit balance is less than (or, in certain embodiments, less than or equal to) a designated wager amount. If the player accepts one of the alternative wager propositions, the player risks an amount of the player's remaining credit balance for a chance to win an alternative award. If the player wins the alternative award, the gaming system enables the player to play one or more plays of the wagering game at the designated wager amount. If the player does not win the alternative award, the gaming system reduces the player's credit balance by the amount risked.

Gaming system, gaming device, and method providing one or more alternative wager propositions if a credit balance is less than a designated wager amount

A method for using an in-message application. The method includes: receiving a broadcast message; identifying, in the broadcast message, a reference to an external data provider; obtaining an identifier of the in-message application from the external data provider; using the identifier to identify a set of components of the in-message application, where placement of the set of components is defined by a visual structure of the in-message application, and where each of the set of components is a user interface (UI) element; associating data obtained from the external data provider with a component of the set of components; and serving the broadcast message and the data to a consumer client, where the consumer client renders the in-message application based on the visual structure.

Rendering messages having an in-message application

Various embodiments disclose an in-message application facilitating the use of third-party application programming interfaces (APIs). In particular, these in-message applications (referred to as 'cards') may be designed by a developer to access third-party API functionality. A user may then create a message referencing, e.g., a web address associated with the developer's card. The system may receive the user's message and recognize the reference. The system may then distribute an instantiation of the card to various recipients, the instantiation including elements generated using, or providing the user access to, the third party functionality.

Generating messages having in-message applications

A gaming system and method which includes determining a skill level of a player, determining, based on the determined skill level of the player, a return-to-player percentage to employ for a play of a game, wherein a first return-to-player percentage is determined when the skill level is a first skill level and a second, different return-to-player percentage is determined when the skill level is a second, different skill level, causing a display of the play of the game for the player in accordance with the determined return-to-player percentage, the play of the game associated with receipt of at least one skill-based input, and responsive to a score increase event that occurs in association with the play of the game, modifying a score of the player and causing a display of the modified score, wherein the score of the player is separate from a credit balance of the player.

Method and system for time gaming with skill wagering opportunities

In-message applications in a messaging platform

A gaming system receives a total wager for a game session which occurs over a designated period of time. The game session includes a plurality of different wagering events. Each of the wagering events is associated with one of a plurality of different magnitudes. For each of the plurality of different wagering events, the gaming system determines: a portion of the total wager amount, and a wager by modifying the determined portion by the magnitude associated with that wagering event. The gaming system causes the wagering event to occur, determines at least one outcome for the wagering event, determines any awards based on the determined wager and the at least one determined outcome, and provides any of the determined awards to the player.

Gaming systems, gaming devices and methods having time based games and magnitudes associated with wagering events in the time based games

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Las Vegas, NV, United States of America

Adam M Singer