Games of chance including an evaluation of a partial symbol combination

US8020866B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• IGT · 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: Apr 23, 2010
• Grant date: Sep 20, 2011
• Expiry date: Apr 23, 2030

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.