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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2014
Filed:
May. 05, 2012
Jeffrey L. Allen, Naperville, IL (US);
Andrew C. Guinn, Chicago, IL (US);
Damon E. Gura, Chicago, IL (US);
Robert L. Kyte, Chicago, IL (US);
Harry C. Lang, Clapham, GB;
Richard B. Robbins, Glenview, IL (US);
Pamela S. Smith, Chicago, IL (US);
Danijel Stankovic, Evanston, IL (US);
Jeffrey L. Allen, Naperville, IL (US);
Andrew C. Guinn, Chicago, IL (US);
Damon E. Gura, Chicago, IL (US);
Robert L. Kyte, Chicago, IL (US);
Harry C. Lang, Clapham, GB;
Richard B. Robbins, Glenview, IL (US);
Pamela S. Smith, Chicago, IL (US);
Danijel Stankovic, Evanston, IL (US);
WMS Gaming, Inc., Waukegan, IL (US);
Abstract
The disclosure includes a game of chance in which profile data for social contacts in a social networking system is used to determine whether a player wins or loses the game of chance. Social contacts are randomly selected from a group of social contacts. The social contacts may be obtained from a single data source or from multiple data sources and aggregated. A game player wins if the randomly selected social contacts have one or more profile attributes that match each other. The game may be presented as a slots based game in which profile pictures for the social contacts are the symbols for the reels of the slots game.