Bryan D Wolf

Mark C Nicely

Binh T Nguyen

Anthony J Baerlocher

Richard E Michaelson

Ali M Saffari

Steven G LeMay

Scott A Caputo

William Brosnan

Ted M Gail

Mark Bansemer

Tracy Powell

Brian Underdahl

Cameron A Filipour

Adam M Singer

Justin M Krum

Michael M Oberberger

Warner R Cockerille, Iv

Dwayne R Nelson

Ryan William Cuddy

Larry R Hollibaugh

John M Montross

James K Kovacs

Paulina Rodgers

Richard E Rowe

Jamal Benbrahim

Gregory A Schlottmann

Christopher T Brune

Alexander Popovich

Alexander Casey Naglestad Cohen

John W Chamberlain

Diane Wanex

M Ali Saffari

Mohammed A Saffari

Craig A Paulsen

James A Vasquez

James W Stockdale

Xuedong Chen

Ernie M Lafky

Adam M Meyer

Ana K Rollins

Lesley S Swift

Joseph Randolph Hedrick

Robert E Breckner

John Daley

Nadeem Ahmad Quraishi

James Coleman

Kevin Kuran

Dorothy Cheung

Anthony M Evans

Jon M Leupp

Kelsy J Grace

Prashant Arora

Paul Douglas Miltenberger

Eric Satterlie

Jason D Kremer

Rachael A Bristol

Ross D Wenker

Anisur Rahman Chowdhury

Alexander C Present

Alexander C Cohen

Colin M Ferris

Garrett Olson

John E Grime

Stephen W Morro

Bill Brosnan

Theodore M Gail

Steven G Lemay

Lesley Bienvenue

Gregory A Schlottman

George Spark-Stahl

Jeffery Shepherd

Erik B Petersen

Richard Jay Schneider

Dwayne A Davis

Peter Gerrard

Michael MacVittie

Leandro Basallo

Cara L Iddings

William Chad Little

Christmas C Parker

Greg A Schlottmann

Daryn Kiely

Aaron T Jones

Adrian R Marcu

Jacob Thomas Graham

Thomas Humphrey

Christopher T Lundy

Thomas W Allen, Ii

David Matthew Oles

Joseph A Resnick

Greg Parrott

Vince Manfredi

Thomas A Uster

Chris D Reddicks

Richard W Poole

Roger William Harris

Bronislav Paykin

Greg Schlottman

Lance M Orner

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

The present disclosure provides a gaming system including a central controller, a central display which includes a plurality of display segments and a plurality player stations. The display segments are configured to each separately display one of a plurality of games, to co-act to display a plurality of games, or to co-act to display one game. Each player station is configured to enable a player to play one or more of the games displayed by the display segments. The gaming system enables a plurality of players to play a group game on the central display, a plurality of players to simultaneously play multiple group games on the central display, and a plurality of players to each simultaneously play multiple individual games on the central display.

Gaming system and method which enables multiple players to simultaneously play multiple individual games or group games on a central display

Intelligent gaming tables and methods of providing game play through the gaming tables are described herein. The gaming table includes a table having a table surface, a plurality of player stations, and a common display configured to display gaming content to a plurality of players. The gaming table further includes an interface configured to communicate with a plurality of user input devices. The gaming table includes a gaming controller. The gaming controller is configured to communicate with the plurality of user input devices through the interface, receive location information relating to touches or contacts detected on the table surface, analyze the information relating to the touches or contacts, identify a user performing each of the touches or contacts with the table surface, and implement player input instructions contained within the information relating to the touches or contacts.

Gaming system including a gaming table and a plurality of user input devices

The gaming system of the present disclosure provides a Class II bingo game with an interim video poker game. In various embodiments, the interim video poker game is a single-hand video poker game. In various embodiments, the interim video poker game is a multi-hand video poker game.

Gaming system and method providing a class II bingo game with an interim video poker game

Disclosed are methods, apparatus, and systems, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for a method for providing a game on demand over a data network, in a gaming machine. The gaming machine sends a request message for a game application over the data network. In a network mode, the gaming machine receives outputted results from an executed game application over a streaming channel of the data network for network-based game play. During the network-based game play, the game application is downloaded over a download channel of the data network. In a local mode, the gaming machine executes the downloaded game application independent of the network-based game play. The gaming machine switches instantaneously from the network mode to the local mode for machine-based game play, including maintaining a status of the network-based game play.

Method and system for instant-on game download

One embodiment provides a gaming system having a plurality of gaming devices. Each of the gaming devices enables a player to make wagers on plays of a primary game. For each gaming device, for each occurrence of a designated accumulation outcome, the player of that gaming device accumulates one or more positions on a bonus game display matrix. When a bonus game trigger occurs, the triggering gaming device is identified. In the bonus game, a plurality of symbols are displayed in the plurality of positions of the bonus game display matrix. The player of the triggering gaming device is provided with any awards associated with any winning symbol combinations formed by the displayed symbols. Additionally, for each assigned position of the bonus game display matrix that displays a symbol which is part of a winning symbol combination, a participation award is provided to the player assigned to that position.

Gaming system and method providing a multi-player bonus game

In various embodiments, the present disclosure relates generally to gaming systems and methods for modifying one or more accumulated persistent elements.

Gaming system and method for modifying persistent elements

A gaming system including a plurality of gaming machines is provided. The gaming machines may be configured to provide bonus games with persistent. The gaming machines may be configured to allow a player to enroll in bonus game with persistence and generate a record locator, such as printed ticket that allows a record of a state in the bonus game with persistence to be accessed at a later time. A server coupled to the plurality of gaming machines may maintain records of various states in the bonus game with persistence. When a valid record locator is presented at a gaming machine, these records may be checked out and updated via game play at the gaming machine.

Bonusing architectures in a gaming environment

Gaming systems and methods providing a community selection game providing bonus game selection. In one embodiment, for each gaming device in the gaming system, when a triggering event occurs, the gaming system provides a player of that gaming device with a player identifier that uniquely identifies that player. The community selection game includes a plurality of bonus game identifiers each identifying a bonus game. The bonus game identifiers each include a limited quantity of bonus game player identifier display areas. The gaming system enables the players to place earned or received player identifiers at the bonus game player identifier display areas. When each bonus game player identifier display area of one of the displayed bonus game identifiers displays a player identifier, the players associated with those player identifiers are provided with one or more plays of the bonus game identified by that bonus game identifier.

Gaming system and method providing a community selection game providing bonus game selection

Methods and gaming units for conducting a wagering game and an associated progressive jackpot in a gaming network having a plurality of operatively coupled gaming units are described. A progressive jackpot award amount may be determined in part based on the amount of the player's wager for the occurrence of the wagering game in relation to a maximum wager amount that may be made on one of the gaming units in the gaming network. The progressive jackpot pool may include a main pool and a reserve pool. Portions of players' wagers being added to the progressive jackpot pool may be apportioned between the main pool and the reserve pool based on calculation performed at the gaming network, with the apportionment being at least partially determined by the amount in the main pool.

Multi-player bingo game with progressive jackpots

A method for providing a casino cribbage game includes receiving a bet from a player, dealing a plurality of player cards from at least one deck of cards to the player, dealing one or more crib cards from the at least one deck to a crib hand, receiving at least one discard from the player cards to define a player hand from the player cards remaining, moving the at least one discard to the crib hand, exposing a starter card from the at least one deck of cards, totaling a value of the player hand in conjunction with the starter card, totaling a value of the crib hand in conjunction with the starter card, and determining a payout by comparing at least one of the value of the player hand and the value of the crib hand to a pay table.

Method for providing a cribbage casino game

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Reno, NV, United States of America

Bryan D Wolf