Wms Gaming, Inc.

Michael C Ward

Joel Roger Jaffe

Jorge Luis Shimabukuro

John Francis LaSalvia

Travis L Bowers

Mark B Gagner

Damon E Gura

Michael W Mastropietro

Richard T Schwartz

Scott Alan Massing

Timothy T Gronkowski

Victor T Shi

Scott H Schulhof

James E Motyl

Mark K Trego

Bruce E Urban

A wagering game system and its operations are described herein. In some embodiments, the operations can include presenting a wagering game on a display device of a wagering game machine. The operations can also include detecting head movements and facial gestures of a player of the wagering game via a video capture device of the wagering game machine, and generating player input data based on the head movements and facial gestures of the player. The operations can further include modifying wagering game content based on the player input data associated with the head movements and facial gestures of the player, and presenting results of the wagering game on the display device of the wagering game machine.

Player head tracking for wagering game control

A wagering game system and its operations are described herein. In embodiments, the operations can include presenting a skill-based wagering game on a wagering game machine. The skill-based wagering game can have a limited winnable award amount for the skill-based wagering game. The operations can also include tracking skilled game goals that a player accomplishes during the skill-based wagering game and awarding the player from the limited winnable award amount. The operations can also include determining a surplus amount that was not earned from the limited winnable award amount, and awarding some, or all, of the surplus amount during subsequent activity. In some embodiments, the operations can also include allocating the surplus amount to wagering game pools, distributing the surplus amount as tokens based on triggered activities, and presenting game modifiers that enable players to enhance performance in a skill-based game.

Controlling and rewarding wagering game skill

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Michael C Ward