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Gaming device having skill/perceived skill bonus round

US6780103B2 · kind B2 · utility

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37Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 30, 2001
Grant dateAug 24, 2004
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Expiry dateMay 9, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA63F2250/142
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present provides a gaming device, wherein a player's skill at an action or event determines the player's success or failure in the round. The game is readily adaptable to becoming a pseudo-skill game that would be required in most gaming jurisdictions. In one pseudo-skill embodiment, the skill game is converted to a game employing skill, but which is controlled by a set number of successful outcomes. That is, the player keeps playing until the player's skill produces the set number of successful outcomes. In another pseudo-skill embodiment, the game only appears to the player as involving skill. Instead, the gaming device randomly determines when and how many times to produce a successful outcome and increase the player's award.

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