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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2016
Igt, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Thierry Brunet de Courssou, Broome, AU;
Cameron Anthony Filipour, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Adam Singer, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Alexander Popovich, Henderson, NV (US);
IGT, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Abstract
A gaming system and method which includes determining a skill level of a player, determining, based on the determined skill level of the player, a return-to-player percentage to employ for a play of a game, wherein a first return-to-player percentage is determined when the skill level is a first skill level and a second, different return-to-player percentage is determined when the skill level is a second, different skill level, causing a display of the play of the game for the player in accordance with the determined return-to-player percentage, the play of the game associated with receipt of at least one skill-based input, and responsive to a score increase event that occurs in association with the play of the game, modifying a score of the player and causing a display of the modified score, wherein the score of the player is separate from a credit balance of the player.