Wms Gaming, Inc.

Bally Gaming, Inc.

Sg Gaming, Inc.

Lnw Gaming, Inc.

Daniel P Louie

Allon G Englman

Andrew C Guinn

Brian J Barclay

Jamie W Vann

Joel Roger Jaffe

Benjamin T Gomez

Larry J Pacey

Richard T Schwartz

Jeremy Hornik

Peter R Anderson

Dion K Aoki

Alfred Thomas

Brian D Manning

George Napoleon Bouvier

Kenneth Shawn Soong

Jeremie D Moll

Kimberly Cohn

Pamela S Smith

Jack Chesworth

Michael W Mastropietro

Richard Barry Robbins

Damon E Gura

Matthew John Ward

Steven J Zoloto

Mark B Gagner

Craig Joe Sylla

Mark C Pace

Srinivyasa Murthy Adiraju

Erhard Walter Rathsack

Shawn C Collette

David M Pryor

Edward Q Earley

Alexander J Gobe

James E Oatman

Jason W Chan

Anthony J Baerlocher

Shridhar P Joshi

Scott Alan Massing

Jesse M Smith

Mary Burke

Robert L Kyte

Scott H Schulhof

Jeffry L Nauman

Dylan B Selegue

Tracey L Wright

Noel Steere

Harry C Lang

Brian L Yarger

Aaron Jon Schurman

Darren Yat-man Ng

Orrin Edidin

Brian K Danilo

Mary Griffin

Jeff D Fleyshman

Zachary T Salem

Pamela S Smtih

Robin L Littleworth

A gaming system includes at least one input device adapted to receive a physical item associated with a monetary value that establishes a credit balance, an input indicative of a wager drawn on the credit balance for a wagering game, and a cashout input that initiates a payout from the credit balance. In response to a wager input, a wagering game is initiated that includes the spinning and stopping of a set of bonus reels through a plurality of bonus spins populating a bonus array with bonus symbols. The bonus reels comprise a combination of symbols reducing display processing requirements and improve mapping random numbers to displayed symbols for display during bonus spins having reduced durations. When completed, an award is determined based according to values associated with less than all of the bonus symbols displayed in a bonus outcome array.

Gaming machine using multiple triggers to determine an award from a subset of displayed awards

A wagering game system and its operations are described herein. In some embodiments, the operations can include detecting initiation of a wagering game and determining, in response to the detecting the initiation of the wagering game, first content and second content to present for the wagering game. The operations can further include providing the first content for presentation on a display device, the first content being viewable through the gaming eyewear, and providing the second content for presentation as a virtual image via the gaming eyewear.

Augmented reality gaming eyewear

A gaming system for conducting a wagering game includes an input device, a display device, a processor, and a memory device. The memory device stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the gaming system to receive a wager in response to an input, display a main array of symbol-bearing reels, and to display a plurality of enhanced arrays. The main array includes a plurality of enhanced-array triggers. Each enhanced array includes an enhancement feature and each enhanced array is associated with at least one of the plurality of enhanced-array triggers. The enhanced arrays are spun and evaluated upon display of the associated enhanced-array triggers.

Wagering game with multiple unlockable arrays

A gaming system presents a wagering game that includes a bonus wheel having a plurality of wheel segments. A player directs the placement of at least one award marker on a wheel segment of the plurality, and the wagering game randomly selects a winning wheel segment of the plurality.

Wagering game having player-directed population of a bonus feature

A gaming system includes at least one memory device that stores instructions that cause a processor to operate with a display device an input device to display a wagering game having a basic game and a bonus game having a first end-game outcome, trigger a first instance of the bonus game during play of the basic game, provide a first number of award opportunities during play of the first instance of the bonus game, complete the first instance of the bonus game in response to the first end-game outcome, store any remaining award opportunities in the at least one memory device in response to the first end-game outcome being achieved with at least one award opportunity remaining, trigger a second instance of the bonus game during play of the basic game, and provide any stored remaining award opportunities during play of the second instance of the bonus game.

Wagering game with game enhancement feature

A computerized method includes receiving, at an online wagering game establishment and from a number of persons, a link that comprises a request to play an electronic scratch card. The method includes presenting for play the electronic scratch card to the number of persons. The method includes dynamically assigning by the online wagering game establishment, results of the play of the electronic scratch card by the number of players, wherein the results comprise at least one of a loss or a win. The win comprises a bonus monetary amount. The bonus monetary amount is usable within the online wagering game establishment and non-usable external to the online wagering game establishment. The method includes outputting the results of the play of the electronic scratch card to the number of persons.

Scratch cards and wagering game environments

A casino wagering game machine includes an electronic display device, electronic input device(s), and controller(s). The controller(s) detect, via at least one of the electronic input device(s), a physical item associated with a monetary value that establishes a credit balance. The controller(s) initiate the casino wagering game responsive to an input indicative of a wager covered by the credit balance and randomly select two or more adjacent reels of a plurality of reels to include one or more sets of adjacent identical symbols. The controller(s) spin and stop the reels with the adjacent identical symbols in each set represented as a single meta-symbol while the reels are spinning, award an award based on any winning outcomes displayed on the stopped reels, adding the award to the credit balance, and receive, via at least one of the electronic input device(s), a cashout input that initiates a payment from the credit balance.

Wagering game with altered probabilities based on reel strip configurations

A gaming system and method includes receiving a wager and in response thereto a basic game is conducted. The basic game includes a plurality of symbols that indicate a randomly selected outcome. In response to an offer trigger, an offer is displayed to conduct one or more subsequent plays of the basic game at a reduced maximum bet wager having a wager amount that is less than a normal maximum bet wager amount. A second input is received indicative of an acceptance of the offer for a reduced maximum bet wager. A randomly selected outcome is displayed. The plurality of possible outcomes each include a plurality of symbols arranged in an array. If the randomly selected outcome includes a winning symbol combination, an award is provided for any winning outcome. The provided award is determined as though a normal maximum bet wager amount was received.

Wagering games having reduced maximum wagering levels

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Daniel P Louie