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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2014
Wms Gaming, Inc., Waukegan, 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, London, GB;
Richard B. Robbins, Glenview, IL (US);
Pamela S. Smith, Glenview, IL (US);
Danijel Stankovic, Evanston, IL (US);
Bally Gaming, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (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. An indication that a first player desires to be included in a game provided on a social network system is stored. The game randomly selects a subset of a plurality of social contacts of a second player. In response to determining that the first player is included in the randomly selected subset of the plurality of social contacts, an award is provided to the first player.