发明名称 Apparatus and methods for implementing bonuses in gaming machine networks using weighted pay tables
摘要 Disclosed is a gaming system for awarding a bonus to a player of a wager-based game of chance. The gaming system includes one or more gaming devices in communication with one or more host devices over a network. The host device(s) are configured to: i) receive an indication of a bonus award to be provided to a player of the gaming device, ii) receive a selection parameter, and iii) select one of a plurality of weighted pay tables stored in a storage medium using the selection parameter. Each weighted pay table includes a plurality of awards and a plurality of probabilities. The host device(s) are further configured to: iv) randomly determine one of the plurality of awards in the selected weighted pay table in accordance with the plurality of probabilities, and v) provide the randomly determined award as the bonus award for the player.
申请公布号 US8616961(B2) 申请公布日期 2013.12.31
申请号 US201213421751 申请日期 2012.03.15
申请人 BOYD SCOTT A.;MANFREDI VINCENT S.;ROPER JAY;IGT 发明人 BOYD SCOTT A.;MANFREDI VINCENT S.;ROPER JAY
分类号 G07F17/32 主分类号 G07F17/32
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