Games of chance with player-specified elements

US6877745B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Walker Digital, LLC · US

Inventors

• Jay S. Walker · Ridgefield, US
• James A. Jorasch · Stamford, US
• Peter Kim · Pasadena, US
• Geoffrey M. Gelman · Stamford, US
• Andrew P. Golden · New York, US
• Russell P. Sammon · San Francisco, US
• Norman C. Gilman · New York, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 23, 2000
• Grant date: Apr 12, 2005
• Expiry date: Jun 23, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A63F2001/005
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A game to be modified in accordance with the invention involves a first random outcome and a second random outcome that are combined according to game rules to produce a game outcome. The game is administered by receiving a player request for a specific entry, the specific entry replacing one of the random outcomes and being selected from a finite set of possibilities not determined by chance. The requested specific entry affects the probable outcome of the game. The specific entry is combined with the remaining one of the random outcomes according to the game rules to determine the game outcome. According to one embodiment, the specific entry may be a score such as 18 which replaces the player's hand in the game of blackjack.