Autoplay mechanism for wagering game systems

摘要

A wagering game system and its operations are described. In some embodiments, the operations include initiating a wagering game title for presentation on a display device of a gaming machine, and receiving, from the gaming machine, player input indicating autoplay settings selected by a player for the wagering game title. The operations include initiating an autoplay mode for the wagering game title in response to receiving an autoplay trigger from the gaming machine, managing the autoplay mode for the player according to the autoplay setting selected by the player, and generating results for each wagering game of the wagering game title played during the autoplay mode. The operations include monitoring game events associated with the wagering games played during the autoplay mode to determine when to stop the autoplay mode, and stopping the autoplay mode for the player based on the autoplay settings selected by the player.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
initiating, at a wagering game server of a wagering game system, an autoplay mode for a wagering game session associated with a player for one or more wagering game titles in response to detecting an autoplay trigger; determining time-based eligibility thresholds, wherein the time-based eligibility thresholds dictate eligibility to participate in a community bonus game of the wagering game system; determining, based on the time-based eligibility thresholds, a speed of play for the player to be eligible to participate in the community bonus game; automatically placing, at the speed of play, a plurality of bets for a plurality of wagering games of the one or more wagering game titles that are played during the autoplay mode; in response to detecting that the community bonus game is triggered in the wagering game system, determining that the wagering game session associated with the player meets the time-based eligibility thresholds to participate in the community bonus game based on said automatically placing, at the speed of play, the plurality of bets; and determining bonus results for the wagering game session associated with the player based on results associated with the community bonus game.