Wms Gaming, Inc.

Bally Gaming, Inc.

Aristocrat Technologies, Inc.

Sg Gaming, Inc.

Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited

Lnw Gaming, Inc.

Ball Gaming, Inc.

Particle City, Inc.

Larry J Pacey

Alfred Thomas

Mark B Gagner

Jeremy Hornik

Allon G Englman

Peter R Anderson

Joel Roger Jaffe

Paul M Lesley

Shridhar P Joshi

Matthew John Ward

Richard T Schwartz

Walter E Smolucha

Craig Joe Sylla

Damon E Gura

Andrew C Guinn

Daniel P Louie

Joseph Masinter, Ii

Jamie W Vann

Mark C Pace

Vladimir I Arezina

Brian J Barclay

Brian D Manning

Christian L Castro

Timothy C Loose

Jeffrey Lee Allen

Michael W Mastropietro

Norman R Wurz

Jesse M Smith

Scott Burns

Dion K Aoki

Scott Alan Massing

Vernon W Hamlin

Scott H Schulhof

Michele Rousseau

James M Rasmussen

John Joseph Giobbi

Benjamin T Gomez

Dale Robert Buchholz

Eric Michael Pryzby

Robert L Kyte

Timothy John Durham

Rory L Block

Brian Gamache

Robert J Glenn, Ii

Srinivyasa Murthy Adiraju

Jason C Gilmore

Michael R Bytnar

Christopher W Chudek

Christopher R Barney

Siva Kumar Krishnan

Anthony J Baerlocher

Joseph E Kaminkow

Bruce Edward Urban

Daniel Mordecai Marks

Christopher Green

Ariel David Turgel

William C Cesaroni

Daniel Harden

Dominic J DeMarco

Morad Ghassemian

Wayne Howard Rothschild

Jacek A Grabiec

Jeremie D Moll

Cheng-Fu Hsieh

John Daley

Bradley D Cornell

Muthu Velu

Nevin J Liber

Andrew Fowler

Martin R Ugarte, Jr

Philip B Gelber

Paul A McInerny

Frank E Rodriguez

Michael P Casey

Allon Englman

Angelo Palmisano

Sean P Kelly

Jacob C Greenberg

Paul J Radek

Stephen A Canterbury

Eleobardo Moreno

Christopher Cleveland

Victor Mercado

Mary Burke

Thomas M Kopera

Edward G Brunell

Michael J Irby, Ii

Marwan Y Ansari

Samuel D Ralston

Matthew R Fitzsimons

Christopher W Blackburn

David E Detlefsen

Travis Whidden

Danijel Stankovic

Gilbert J Q Burak

Tracey L Wright

Peter A Anderson

David M Pryor

John L Walsh

Edward Q Earley

Display screen with animated graphical user interface

An example system of the present disclosure is configured to detect (e.g., by a processor of the system), in response to a wireless device being in proximity to a wagering game machine, a request to pair the wireless device with the wagering game machine. The system is further configured to, in response to detection of the request to pair the wireless device with the wagering game machine, automatically obtain, without user input, secret information from either the wireless device or from a configuration device accessible via a network. The system is further configured to generate, based on the secret information, an encryption key, and automatically pair the wireless device with the wagering game machine using the encryption key.

Persistent device relationships in wagering game systems

A communal gaming system provides a communal game to players of electronic gaming devices. The system includes a plurality of EGMs, each EGM includes a trigger condition identifying when the player is awarded participation in the communal game. The system also includes a communal game display configured to display a communal game play area. The system (a) begins a game cycle for a game instance of the communal game; (b) receives, from a first device and in response to detecting the trigger condition, a communal participation trigger message; (c) awards a participation entry in the game cycle to the player; (d) transmits, to the first device, a participation award message indicating successfully entry of the player in the game cycle; (e) conducts the communal game, thereby generating an award outcome of the communal game for the player; and (f) awards the player based on the generated award outcome.

Systems and methods for multiplayer gaming

Systems and techniques are provided for enabling all wins multiplier features on gaming devices during multiplayer gaming tournament play. The all wins multiplier features may be simultaneously engaged on multiple gaming devices at a predetermined point in time, and may generally all simultaneously terminate the all wins multiplier feature at the same time. Multiple different all wins multiplier features using different multiplier values may be enabled at different times during a particular tournament session.

Tournament gaming system with all wins multiplier mode

Multi-currency digital wallet systems for use in casino gaming and other contexts are described. Such digital wallets may allow for balances of a variety of different types of currencies to be tracked and managed by a user. Multi-currency gaming machines are also described; such gaming machines may provide award amounts in different currencies dependent on a particular game outcome.

Multi-currency digital wallets and gaming architectures

Systems and techniques for providing time-based sticky wild features for use in multiplayer gaming tournaments are disclosed, including various mechanisms and techniques for distributing sticky wild patterns for use in provisioning such sticky wild features.

Sticky wilds feature for tournament gaming for electronic gaming machines and other computing devices

Various types of graphical leaderboards for electronic multiplayer gaming events are disclosed. Examples of player-specific graphical leaderboards that may be presented to individual players in the multiplayer gaming event to provide leaderboard information tailored to their own scores are disclosed, as well as player-agnostic graphical leaderboards that may present relative ranking information for a plurality of players in a player-non-specific manner.

Systems and techniques for providing animated leaderboards

A method and apparatus are described that detects, via an electronic processor, a first orientation of a mobile device relative to an orientation of a gaming device. The method and/or apparatus further provides, by the electronic processor via a user interface of the mobile device, at least one bet placement option for a game conducted by the gaming device, in response to detecting the first orientation. After detection of a selection of the at least one bet placement option, the method and/or apparatus detects, via the electronic processor, a change from the first orientation of the mobile device to a second orientation different from the first orientation. The method and/or apparatus further presents, by the electronic processor via the user interface, at least one game play option for the game in response to detecting the change from the first orientation to the second orientation.

Device-to-device transfer of wagering game objects

Various gaming tournament-related techniques and systems for providing for game-of-chance gaming tournaments are disclosed, including techniques relating to criteria-based award of plays and/or perks for use in a particular tournament. Unlockable tournament games and geolocation-based award of tournament benefits are also discussed.

Tournament gaming for electronic gaming machines and other computing devices

A wagering game system configured to perform operations to transmit to a mobile device, via a wireless communication device of the gaming system, an offer for presentation via the mobile device in response to detecting that the mobile device is located at a casino. The offer is associated with a wagering game machine within the casino. The operations can further include detecting, via an electronic tracking device associated with the wagering game machine, an electronic identifier provided from the mobile device. For instance, the mobile device can provide the electronic identifier to the wagering game machine. The operations can further include associating, via an electronic processing unit of the gaming system, the offer with the wagering game machine in response to detecting the electronic identifier.

Mobile device applications for casinos

In some embodiments a wagering game system comprises a personal area network device configured to render media content including results of a wagering game. The system can include a wagering game machine configured to determine and provide the wagering game results to the personal area network device. The wagering game machine can include a personal area network device transceiver configured to exchange data with the personal area network device, the data including the wagering game results, and a personal area network controller configured to detect the personal area network device, to procure an identification code for the personal area network device without player input, and to authenticate the personal area network device by use of the identification code. The system can also include a repository configured to store the identification code in association with a player identifier and to provide the identification code to the wagering game machine upon request.

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Northbrook, IL, United States of America

Larry J Pacey