Wms Gaming, Inc.

Bally Gaming, Inc.

Sg Gaming, Inc.

Lnw Gaming, Inc.

Novomatic Ag

Vms Gaming Inc.

Matthew John Ward

Mark B Gagner

Larry J Pacey

Craig Joe Sylla

Peter R Anderson

Joel Roger Jaffe

Jeremy Hornik

Jamie W Vann

Mary Burke

Damon E Gura

Dale Robert Buchholz

Alfred Thomas

Mark C Pace

Robert L Kyte

Michael W Mastropietro

Shridhar P Joshi

Patrick M Gustafson

Allon G Englman

Jeffrey Lee Allen

Richard T Schwartz

Michael P Casey

Scott Alan Massing

Jesse M Smith

Dave Savage

Timothy C Loose

Richard Barry Robbins

Jacek A Grabiec

Vladimir I Arezina

Rory L Block

Nickey C Shin

Michael V Dicillo

Peter W Flemming

David M Pryor

Justin A Perkins

Brian Gamache

Magesh Gangadharan

Michael J Blankstein

McLaurin H Files

Dion K Aoki

Daniel P Louie

Srinivyasa Murthy Adiraju

Jeremie D Moll

Thomas M Kopera

Michael R Bytnar

Steven J Zoloto

Christopher J Frattinger

Gary J Oswald

Muthu Velu

Nevin J Liber

Philip B Gelber

Vijay Agarwal

James S Halprin

Siva Kumar Krishnan

Lisa M Helfer

Jacqueline F Parra

Vincent P Chan

Simon Edward Sunblade

Timothy F Dinovo

Tejas Shah

Daniel Murphy

Brian P Moyles

Anthony J Baerlocher

Sean P Kelly

Erhard Walter Rathsack

Scott H Schulhof

Daniel P Fiden

John Patrick Toohey

James E Oatman

James S Peterson

Joseph A Sharpe

Paul M Lesley

Jacob C Greenberg

Vernon W Hamlin

Jorge Luis Shimabukuro

Jim Motyl

Jason A Smith

Robert T Davis

Christopher W Blackburn

David E Detlefsen

Krishnakumar Meluveettil

Travis N Nelson

Danijel Stankovic

James E Motyl

Paul A McInerny

Sridhar Gondesi

Brian L Yarger

Dwight D Sullivan

Vladislav Modilevsky

Evan Hollander

Brian Veenker

Christopher Brewer

Jeff Allen

Ali Neyestani

Dale R Bucholz

John McCormack

John Lee Griffin

Mark B Ganger

Phillip B Gelber

Michael Vincent DiCillo

Anuradha Jandhyala

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

A method for processing wagering game e-tickets is described herein. The method can include receiving, from a mobile device over a network, an indication to create an e-ticket. The method can also include determining, by a wagering game server, monetary value information for the e-ticket. The method can also include transmitting, to a ticketing server, the monetary value information; receiving, from the ticketing server, e-ticket information. The method can also include transmitting, over the network, the e-ticket information to the mobile device for generating the e-ticket.

Methods of transferring funds in a cashless wagering system

A wagering game system and its operations are described herein. In some embodiments, the operations can include detecting that one or more wearable computers are within a proximity range to a wagering game machine. In some examples, the operations further include determining one or more characteristics associated with the one or more wearable computers in response to the detecting that the one or more wearable computers are within the proximity range to the wagering game machine. In some examples, the operations further include providing a feature associated with a wagering game based on the one or more characteristics of the one or more wearable computers.

Wagering game wearables

Disclosed is a gaming system for playing a progressive jackpot game including a visible meter and a deficit meter. The system includes a display, a wager acceptor, player-activated buttons, and a processor. A percentage of the wager defines a contribution to the game. Each time the game is played the visible meter is increased by an increment amount. If the deficit meter is less than zero, the increment amount equals a first portion of the contribution, and a second portion of the contribution is added to the deficit value. If the deficit meter is not less than zero, the increment amount equals a third portion of the contribution. When the game is won, the visible meter is reset to a reset value which comprises a base reset value plus a random value, and the random value is subtracted from the deficit meter.

System and method for progressive jackpot wagering games having deficit meters

A wagering game system includes a peripheral device with a peripheral device display and at least one processor configured to execute at least one application to display information on the peripheral device display. The system also includes a wagering game terminal with a terminal display configured to display a wagering game and a player-accessible interface configured to allow a player to communicatively couple the peripheral device to the wagering game terminal. The at least one application includes a wagering game application relating to the wagering game displayed on the terminal display of the wagering game terminal, and the at least one processor of the peripheral device executes the wagering application to display, on the peripheral device display, wagering game information relating to the wagering game.

Gaming system with privacy features

A wagering game system and its operations are described herein. In some embodiments, the operations can include detecting a request to pair a mobile device with a secondary content controller that is communicatively coupled to a wagering game machine. In some examples the secondary content controller is independent of a primary content controller for the wagering game machine. The operations can further include determining, by the secondary content controller, that primary wagering game content of the wagering game machine is in a state that would permit secondary wagering on the primary wagering game content. Further, the operations can include pairing the mobile device with the secondary content controller after determining that the primary wagering game content is in the state that would permit the secondary wagering.

Mobile secondary betting user interface

Some embodiments include a method of operating a gaming system, the method comprising receiving, over one or more networks from a mobile device, a check-in message indicating a physical location external to a wagering game establishment and an identification of a wagering game player account. The method can also include detecting log-in of the wagering game player account on a wagering game machine in the casino, wherein the wagering game machine is configured to present a wagering game and establish a credit balance upon detection of a physical item associated with value. The method can also include in response to detecting the log-in, determining modified game content that includes an attribute associated with the physical location, and transmitting the modified game content over the one or more networks to the wagering game machine to replace wagering game content of the wagering game machine for use in presenting the wagering game.

Wagering game content based on locations of player check-in

A gaming system and its operations include, for instance providing, for presentation via one or more electronic display devices associated with the gaming system, first digital content for a first application that is independent from a second application that concurrently presents second digital content via the one or more electronic display devices; intercepting, by the first application, data associated with the second digital content; determining, via one or more electronic processing units of the gaming system and based on the data, a relationship between the first digital content and the second digital content; and causing the second application to automatically modify presentation of the second digital content in response to determining the relationship.

Dynamic updating of content based on gaming-application context

In at least some aspects, a method includes the acts of operating a wagering game with a player on a first game platform, suspending the wagering game operating on the first game platform at a game state, automatically authenticating the player at a second game platform different than the first game platform, resuming the wagering game from the game state on the second game platform, and operating the resumed wagering game with the player differently on the second game platform than on the first game platform, the second game platform having one or more different components than the first game platform to cause the wagering game to be operated differently on the second game platform than the first game platform.

Transient or persistent game play in wagering games

A gaming system and its operations are described herein. In some embodiments, the operations can include controlling a first casino wagering game. The first casino wagering game has a first credit meter balance. The operations can further include intercepting an electronic request sent from a second device to cash out a second credit meter balance for a second casino wagering game controlled by the second device. In some examples, the gaming system is independent from the second device. The operations can further include, after intercepting the electronic request, cashing out a combined total of the first credit meter balance and the second credit meter balance.

Cashing out independent wagering games

A method for presenting wagering games on a wagering game machine is described herein. The method can include detecting, by an add-on gaming system of the wagering game machine, a message indicating occurrence of a first wagering game on the wager game machine. The method can further include initiating, by the add-on gaming system, a second wagering game in parallel with the first wagering game on a display device native to the wagering game machine, where the presenting is in response to the detecting the message.

Synchronous betting in wagering game systems

A wagering game machine includes a processor and a wagering game module, executable on the processor, configured to present a wagering game on which monetary value can be wagered to a wagering game player. The machine includes a receiver configured to communicate with a transmitter of a mobile device to receive a mobile payment from the mobile device. The machine includes a bill validator that is communicatively coupled to the receiver. The bill validator configured to receive the mobile payment from the receiver, wherein the bill validator is configured to output a first communication to issue a first wagering game credit for the wagering game machine in response to receipt of a monetary bill, wherein in response to receipt of the mobile payment from the receiver the bill validator is configured to output a second communication to issue a second wagering game credit on the wagering game machine.

Mobile payment and credit integration into a wagering game machine

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Northbrook, IL, United States of America

Matthew John Ward