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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2007
Mark W. Bansemer, Reno, NV (US);
James G. Nolz, Reno, NV (US);
Anthony J. Baerlocher, Reno, NV (US);
Andrea C. Hughs-baird, Reno, NV (US);
Mark W. Bansemer, Reno, NV (US);
James G. Nolz, Reno, NV (US);
Anthony J. Baerlocher, Reno, NV (US);
Andrea C. Hughs-Baird, Reno, NV (US);
IGT, Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
A gaming device, wherein a player's skill at an action or event determines the player's success or failure in the round. The game is readily adaptable to becoming a pseudo-skill game that would be required in most gaming jurisdictions. In one pseudo-skill embodiment, the skill game is converted to a game employing skill, but which is controlled by a set number of successful outcomes. That is, the player keeps playing until the player's skill produces the set number of successful outcomes. In another pseudo-skill embodiment, the game only appears to the player as involving skill. Instead, the gaming device randomly determines when and how many times to produce a successful outcome and increase the player's award.