Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited

Aristocrat Technologies, Inc.

Gary Frerking

Jeffrey S Topham

Jeff C Himmelright

David Lawdensky

David Salour

Scott Monroe Stewart

Anthony Wayne Bond

Scott Christopher Olive

Lattamore D Osburn

Gareth Stuart Phillips

Christine Judith Denlay

John Denlay

Kent Reisdorph

Michael Dugan

Philip Jeffrey Anderson

Stephen C Jones

Darnell Alfonso Johnson

John Wootress, Jr

An integrated active control system includes gaming devices, a server, and a network connecting the server and gaming devices. The gaming devices include gaming terminals and gaming tables. The integrated active control system aggregates gaming transaction information from the gaming devices and determines, for example, the effectiveness of the gaming establishment's floor configuration. Based on this effectiveness determination, at least one of the gaming devices are instructed to change their configuration. Staffing information may also be considered and reconfigured. The integrated active control system further monitors and configures gaming chips. The gaming chips are programmable, and may store monetary chip value and chip identification information. The programmable gaming chips are monitored for tracking the wagers made with the chips as well as for detecting their location.

Integrated active control system for managing gaming devices

An example environment control system for a venue includes a controllable device arranged to perform at least one of heating, cooling or ventilation of the venue so as to affect the environment of the venue; a plurality of input devices disposed throughout the venue, each input device operable by a user to input environment feedback; and an environment controller arranged to control the at least one controllable device based on the environment feedback.

Environment controller, an environment control system and environment control method

Certain embodiments provide systems and methods for multi-tiered gaming data download. The system includes a gaming device for local play of a game. The gaming device includes a communication interface receiving and transmitting data to download a game for play at the gaming device. The system also includes a plurality of download servers communicating with the gaming device to provide game data for download to and play at the gaming device. The system further includes a middle tier server acting as a hub to communicate with the plurality of download servers to provide game data from one or more of the plurality of download servers. The middle tier server allocates download server resources and schedules a download of game data from one or more download servers to the gaming device based on resource constraints at the plurality of download servers and availability for download at the gaming device.

Casino game download system and method of use

A gaming system is disclosed which includes a plurality of spinners, each spinner being associated with a plurality of display positions and having a plurality of symbols disposable at the display positions. A spinner controller is arranged to select the symbols to appear at the display positions for each spinner, and an outcome evaluator is arranged to determine whether the symbols shown at the display positions correspond to at least one winning outcome by reference to at least one defined win condition. Each win condition comprises a win line having at least three display positions from two adjacent spinners. A corresponding method of gaming is also disclosed.

Systems and methods of electronic gaming

A gaming machine is disclosed which comprises at least one meter arranged to generate game meter data. The gaming machine is arranged to forward meter data generated by the at least one meter to a remote data storage device arranged to store meter data associated with a plurality of games. The gaming machine is also arranged to retrieve meter data associated with a game from the remote data storage device when the gaming machine is requested to provide the meter data associated with the game. An associated gaming system and method of gaming are also disclosed.

Gaming system

A gaming system includes a bonus server and an initial gaming machine having a processor. The bonus server is configured to transmit an initial token including a first parameter relating to the gaming system. The processor of the initial gaming machine is configured to receive the initial token. The processor is further configured to translate a plurality of parameters relating to the gaming system to a plurality of translated values. The plurality of parameters includes the first parameter. The processor is further configured to sum the plurality of translated values to an accumulated value. The processor is configured to receive a random number and determine a bonus game outcome based on a comparison of the random number and the accumulated value. The processor is further configured to transmit a quantity of scatter tokens to the bonus server, where the quantity is determined based on a value of the random number.

Methods and apparatus for a distributed bonus scheme using simulated scatter reactions

A gaming machine () is disclosed which comprises at least one meter () arranged to generate game meter data. The gaming machine () is arranged to forward meter data generated by the at least one meter () to a remote data storage device () arranged to store meter data associated with a plurality of games. The gaming machine () is also arranged to retrieve meter data associated with a game from the remote data storage device () when the gaming machine is requested to provide the meter data associated with the game. An associated gaming system and method of gaming are also disclosed.

Gaming system and a method of gaming for providing a spinner game

Methods and apparatus for a distributed bonus scheme using simulated scatter reactions are disclosed. An example method of operating a gaming device in a gaming system includes receiving a trigger that initiates a first bonus decision in a first gaming device. Further, the example method includes calculating, using a programmed processor, an accumulated value that defines a range. Further, the example method includes generating a random number. Further, the example method includes, when the random number falls within the range, granting a bonus to the first gaming device. Further, the example method includes determining whether the first bonus decision is to initiate a second bonus decision in a second gaming device of the gaming system.

A bonus game controller is disclosed for use with a plurality of gaming machines in networked relationship with the bonus game controller. The bonus game controller comprises a trigger determiner arranged to determine whether a bonus trigger signal has occurred at a gaming device. The bonus game controller is arranged to implement a first bonus game when a bonus trigger signal occurs at a gaming device, and also comprises a bonus prize allocator arranged to allocate a bonus prize to the gaming device based on an outcome of the first bonus game and based on one or more respective outcomes of at least one other subsequent bonus game implemented within a qualification period. A gaming system including a plurality of gaming devices and a game controller is also disclosed. A corresponding method is also disclosed.

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Henderson, NV, United States of America

Gary Frerking