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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2013
Bally Gaming, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US);
Bryan M. Kelly, Alamo, CA (US);
Robert W. Crowder, Jr., Las Vegas, NV (US);
Pravinkumar Patel, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Anthony E. Green, Henderson, NV (US);
John E. Link, Manteca, CA (US);
Gennady Soliterman, San Ramon, CA (US);
Jeffrey L. Allen, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Dennis Lockard, Tracy, CA (US);
Jeffrey C. Tallcott, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Joshua D. Larsen, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Thomas Scott, Henderson, NV (US);
Christopher D. Barton, Henderson, NV (US);
Sudheer Vemuri, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Mettu R. Reddy, Marshfield, WI (US);
Bally Gaming, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments are directed to gaming systems, gaming devices, and methods for presenting tournament games. Accordingly, one method includes: incrementing tournament entry points based on a predetermined percentage of a player's wager for base game play; presenting the player with two or more tournament games for play, wherein the player selects multiple tournament games from the two or more tournament games for immediate initiation of tournament game play on demand, and wherein the tournament games are separate from the base game; and initiating the tournament games, using a processor, selected by the player on a secondary display of the gaming device, the secondary display using an embedded processor that is separate and distinct from a main processor of the gaming device.