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Scott A Caputo

Mark C Nicely

Leandro Basallo

Brian F Saunders

Bryan D Wolf

Alan Robert Weiss

Prashant Arora

Carl Victor Kniesteadt

Jon M Leupp

Timothy L Isaacson

Rachael A Bristol

Ernest M Lafky

Thomas A Uster

Benjamin J Zoltewicz

Ernie M Lafky

Dacotah A Petermann-Turner

Alexander C Present

Stephen J Edwards

David Hernandez-Diaz

Matthew Falzone

Sean Mountain

Todd Wong

Jodi Manela

Amity Wang

Anthony J Baerlocher

Binh T Nguyen

Paulina Rodgers

Cameron A Filipour

Adam M Singer

Paul Douglas Miltenberger

Gregory F Frank

Adam M Meyer

John Daley

Gregory Hopkins Parrott

Kevin Norman Taylor

Ryan M Griffin

Anthony M Evans

Ryan William Cuddy

Michael M Oberberger

Dwayne A Davis

Scott Thomas Hilbert

Kelsy J Grace

Rogelio S Decasa

Colin M Ferris

Michael Shorrock

Paul Baker Stroube

Benjamin Mikal Fuller

Fayez Idris

Stacy A Friedman

Christmas C Parker

Bethany Trainor

Greg Parrott

Charles R Berg

Alexandria E Sutich

Paolo Werbrouck

Joanne Louise Mills

Alexandria E Sultich

Walter B Scharold

Mark C Nicley

Kathleen C Bolich

Nathan G Leland

Gaming systems, gaming devices and methods that provide games that control volatility. In one embodiment, the gaming system disclosed herein enables a player to select values, or cells associated with values, that are displayed in a particular arrangement. The player selected values are distributed to other values or cells according to one or more predefined rules. In one embodiment, one or more of the player selectable values are progressive award values. At some point during the game, the gaming system randomly picks one of the remaining values that have not been selected and provides an award to the player based at least in part on the selected value.

Gaming systems, gaming devices and methods with volatility control games

In various embodiments, the present disclosure relates generally to methods for providing an award based on matching symbols.

Gaming system and method for determining awards based on matching symbols

A computer-implemented method includes providing a real-time environmental model of a shared virtual environment (SVE) that includes a plurality of virtual players. Display data corresponding to the SVE is transmitted to each player device. The data includes user display data that causes a display in the player device to render a portion of the SVE based on a virtual orientation of the player device and a virtual location of the virtual player in the SVE. Sensory feedback data is then transmitted to the plurality of VR devices that causes each VR device to provide a sensory indication associated with the SVE to the respective player. The sensory indication is indicative of a benefit that will be provided to a subset of the plurality of players at a predetermined future time. At the predetermined future time, the benefit is then provided to the subset of the plurality of players.

Sensory indications for future game events for multiple players of a wagering game

In various embodiments, the present disclosure relates generally to gaming systems and methods for providing an award based on adding symbols to additional symbols display positions of a symbol display position matrix.

Gaming system and method for determining awards based on adding symbols

In various embodiments, the present disclosure relates generally to gaming systems and methods for providing an award based on matching symbols.

Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a gaming system and method providing a slot game including a symbol generator modification event. In various embodiments, the gaming system is configured to provide a slot game, each play of which employs a subset of a plurality of symbol generators. If a symbol generator modification event occurs in association with a first play that employs a first subset of the symbol generators, the gaming system removes one of the symbol generators from the first subset and adds another one of the plurality of symbol generators to the first subset to form a second subset, and employs the second subset for a second play. The gaming system removes and adds the symbol generators to form the second subset such that the average expected payback percentage of the second play is greater than the average expected payback percentage of the first play.

Gaming system and method providing a slot game including a symbol generator modification event

In various embodiments, the present disclosure relates generally to gaming systems and methods for individually activating zero, one or more features in association with one or more elements or parameters of a play of a game. In these embodiments, upon an occurrence of a feature activation determination sequence triggering event, the gaming system enables a player to participate in a feature activation determination sequence to individually determine, for one or more displayed elements of a play of a game, whether or not to individually activate one or more features in association with such displayed elements for the play of the game.

Gaming system and method for providing individual feature activation determination sequences

Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a gaming system and method providing a skill-based wagering game.

Gaming system and method providing a skill-based wagering game

Gaming systems and methods for accumulating designated symbols, wherein the form of the designated symbols accumulated as well as the quantity of designated symbols accumulated determine whether to activate a feature in one or more plays of a first game or trigger a secondary event, such as a win of a progressive award.

Gaming system and method for accumulating symbols to activate a primary event feature or trigger a secondary event

A gaming system including a cascading symbol or tumbling reel game which utilizes zero, one or more upgrades in association with zero, one or more shifting symbols. Upon an occurrence of an upgrade event, the gaming system upgrades one or more aspects or attributes of one or more games played. In certain embodiments, such upgrades pertain to upgrading one or more symbols displayed at one or more symbol display positions of one or more symbol display position grids. In certain other embodiments, such upgrades pertain to upgrading the award evaluation of one or more symbols displayed at one or more symbol display positions of one or more symbol display position grids. In certain other embodiments, such upgrades pertain to upgrading one or more attributes or features of one or more bonus or secondary games which are subsequently triggered.

Gaming system and method for providing a symbol game with upgrade events

One embodiment provides a gaming system having a plurality of gaming devices. Each of the gaming devices enables a player to make wagers on plays of a primary game. For each gaming device, for each occurrence of a designated accumulation outcome, the player of that gaming device accumulates one or more positions on a bonus game display matrix. When a bonus game trigger occurs, the triggering gaming device is identified. In the bonus game, a plurality of symbols are displayed in the plurality of positions of the bonus game display matrix. The player of the triggering gaming device is provided with any awards associated with any winning symbol combinations formed by the displayed symbols. Additionally, for each assigned position of the bonus game display matrix that displays a symbol which is part of a winning symbol combination, a participation award is provided to the player assigned to that position.

Gaming system and method providing a multi-player bonus game

A gaming system displays a plurality of spaced-apart selections each associated with a masked award. One or more selectors are each associated with one or more players, and are visible to each player. The selectors are moveable amongst the spaced-apart selections based on a plurality of player inputs. For a play of the game, the players provide inputs to move the selectors amongst the spaced-apart selections. During such movement, the gaming system temporarily reveals the award associated with any spaced-apart selection in the vicinity of any selector to at least one player, such as the player whose selector is near the selection. After the play of the game has ended (e.g., based on an amount of elapsed time), the gaming system provides awards to the players based on the ending positions of the one or more selectors with respect to the plurality of spaced-apart selections.

Gaming system, gaming device, and method for providing a game in which players position selectors within a field of selections based on values masked by the selections

The present disclosure provides a gaming system and method modifying of one or more options provided to a player based on the player's previously chosen options. When a triggering event occurs, the gaming system displays an indication of each of a first plurality of options and enables the player to choose one of the first plurality of options. The gaming system stores player choice data representing the player's chosen one of the first plurality of options. Upon an occurrence of one or more modification events, the gaming system modifies the first plurality of options based at least in part on which of the first plurality of options were previously chosen by the player. Following a subsequent occurrence of the triggering event, the gaming system displays an indication of each of the modified first plurality of options and enables the player to choose one of the modified first plurality of options.

Gaming system and method modifying of one or more options provided to a player based on the player's previously-chosen options

A gaming system which includes a game sequence, such as a free game sequence, which enables a player to selectively apply modifiers after viewing the results of games. For a game associated with an available modifier, following the display of the results of that game, the gaming system enables the player to either utilize the available modifier for that game or accumulate another modifier to be potentially utilized for another game. If the player selects to utilize the available modifier, the gaming system modifies one or more aspects of the play of the game to result in a modified game outcome and/or a modified game award. If the player selects to not utilize the available modifier, the gaming system accumulates another modifier for the player, wherein the other modifier may or may not be subsequently utilized by the player to modify any designated aspects of a subsequent play of the game.

Gaming system and method for selective accumulation of free game modifier or application of free game modifier

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Scott A Caputo