Bally Gaming, Inc.

Wms Gaming, Inc.

Brian L Yarger

Paul J Radek

Edward G Brunell

Wingate K Williams

Joel Roger Jaffe

Craig Joe Sylla

Matthew John Ward

Daniel P Louie

Shridhar P Joshi

Jesse M Smith

Mary Burke

Jacqueline F Parra

A wagering game system and its operations are described herein. In some examples, the operations can include presenting, via an electronic display device of the wagering gaming system, a configuration interface capable of presenting options to configure a wagering game machine. The operations can further include automatically detecting, via user input from the configuration interface, an electronic request to configure the wagering game machine for presentation of a wagering game effect ('effect'). The effect has a presentation limit for the presentation amongst a plurality of wagering game machines. The operations can further include electronically modifying, via an electronic processing unit of the gaming system, an availability of at least one of the options in response to determining, based on electronic evaluation of the electronic request against the presentation limit, whether the presentation of the effect via the wagering game machine complies with the presentation limit.

Configuring wagering game machines for gaming effects

A computerized method includes presenting a community game on a display device of a wagering game system that comprises a wagering game machine associated with a handheld device for use in conducting the community game, wherein the presenting of the community game comprises presenting movements of a game element in response to movements of the handheld device. The computerized method includes, at periodic time intervals during the community game, storing, in a memory device, data indicating a current position of the handheld device.

Game history for wagering games using handheld devices

A system determines that current wagering game establishment activity data of a user satisfies wagering game establishment offer evaluation criteria (). The system accesses, over a network, past activity data of the user at least partially in response to determining that the current wagering game establishment activity data of the user satisfies the wagering game establishment offer evaluation criteria (). The system analyzes the past activity data based, at least in part, on a desired effect and the current wagering game establishment activity data (). The system computes likelihood that at least one of a set of offers can achieve the desired effect based on the analysis result (). The system selects a first of the set of offers based, at least in part, on determining the likelihood that at least one of the set of offers can achieve the desired effect (). The system presents the selected first offer to the user ().

Wagering game establishment offer tailoring

A wagering game system and its operations are described herein. In some embodiments, the operations can include detecting a request to configure a wagering game machine for presentation of a wagering game effect. The operations can further include, in response to detecting the request, evaluating, a position of the wagering game machine against criteria for presentation of the wagering game effect. The operations can further include, based on the evaluating the position of the wagering game machine against the criteria for presentation of the wagering game effect, modifying an availability of at least one of a plurality of options to configure the wagering game machine for the presentation of the wagering game effect.

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Arlington Heights, IL, United States of America

Brian L Yarger