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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2006

Filed:

Sep. 21, 2001
Applicants:

Andrea C. Hughs-baird, Reno, NV (US);

Ryan William Cuddy, Rene, NV (US);

Brian Daniel Swift, Sparks, NV (US);

Inventors:

Andrea C. Hughs-Baird, Reno, NV (US);

Ryan William Cuddy, Rene, NV (US);

Brian Daniel Swift, Sparks, NV (US);

Assignee:

IGT, Reno, NV (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The present invention includes a gaming device which includes a plurality of game functions for a single game and a probability associated with each game function. After a predetermined event occurs, the processor uses the probabilities to generate a particular game function for a player to use. Preferably, the predetermined event is a game triggering event. The processor can generate different game functions for a single game from predetermined event to predetermined event. This type of gaming device increases the interest and entertainment of gaming device players.


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