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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2013
Bally Gaming, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US);
Bryan M. Kelly, Alamo, CA (US);
Robert W. Crowder, Jr., Las Vegas, NV (US);
Dennis Lockard, Tracy, CA (US);
Robert A. Luciano, Jr., Reno, NV (US);
Jeffrey C. Tallcott, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Bally Gaming, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US);
Abstract
A disclosed method provides for tournament gaming. The method comprises: allowing a wager on non-modified base game in normal mode and awarding pay table prize for a winning event on said base game; monitoring said base game wager and win data; processing a calculated normalized tournament score using said monitored data spanning multiple base game plays; and providing a tournament game and awarding a tournament prize to at least one tournament winner; wherein the tournament score calculation also uses the theoretical payout percentage for the base game in determining player ranking.