A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may include, for example, a gaming system that cooperates with a graphical user interface to enable user modification and enhancement of one or more audio streams associated with the gaming system. In embodiments, the audio streams may include a game audio stream, a chat audio stream of conversation among players of a video game, and a microphone audio stream of a player of the video game. Additional embodiments are disclosed.

Systems and methods for using re-playable in-game operations to reach particular user game states in an online gaming platform are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: manage user inventories for users of the online gaming platform; receive a request, from the first user, for activation of the replay asset by the first user; and execute the set of in-game operations automatically such that a first current user game state for the first user is advanced to a first subsequent user game state for the first user within the online gaming platform, responsive to the activation of the replay asset as requested by the first user.

A gaming device comprises a main board comprising a processor, a memory storing system program code and an expansion port in data communication with a memory interface of the processor, and a memory expansion board connected to the main board via the expansion port. The memory expansion board comprises a device configured to execute a random number generator and write random numbers into one or more registers of the memory expansion board accessible by the main board, and at least one connector for connecting a memory module comprising game program code. When the processor requires random numbers, the system program code causes the processor to read random numbers from the one or more registers of the memory expansion board.

Systems and methods are disclosed for provisionally crediting a financial account of a gaming environment based on player funds received by gaming devices in the form of wagers. The financial account can be maintained at a financial institution. The player funds can be currency, electronic funds, or combinations therefor. Once the currency is physically transferred to the financial institution, the provisional credit can be converted to a full credit. Similarly, for wagers using electronic funds, once the settled funds are received by the financial institution, the provisional credit can be converted to a full credit. Using provisional credits, benefits from the funds can be enjoyed by the gaming operator prior to the physical currency and/or settled funds being received and processed by the financial institution.

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems, methods, and computer storage media directed to anti-cheat detection in online multiplayer video games. An anti-cheat kernel driver adapted to validate and secure a system state of a gaming device is loaded during a booting process of the gaming device. The loaded anti-cheat kernel driver ensures that the system state cannot be tampered with from the time of boot through the duration of gameplay. The loaded anti-cheat kernel driver can also receive anti-cheat modules communicated to the gaming device from an anti-cheat server, so that anti-cheat modules are received and executed on an ad hoc basis dictated by the anti-cheat server. The anti-cheat server can autonomously manage the anti-cheat operations performed on a kernel layer or application layer of the gaming device, and conduct anti-cheat mitigation operations if necessary.

An accent light system for a gaming machine includes an accent light arrangement having a number of LED panels assembled in one of a number of possible configurations. An electronic controller is coupled through a data communication interface to the accent light arrangement. The electronic controller is configured to transmit a signal to LED drivers of the number of LED panels, receive a loop-back signal transmitted from a final one of the LED panels, and, based on timing of the received loop-back signal, identify the configuration of the number of LED panels from the number of possible configurations.

Implementations described herein relate to methods, systems, and computer-readable media to automatically detect prohibited content. For example, a method can include receiving data associated with a game hosted on a gaming platform, the data indicative of at least one developer, at least one user, and game content, automatically assigning a classification to the game with a machine learning model, the classification based on the data indicative of the at least one developer, at least one user, and game content, determining whether the classification of the game meets a safety threshold, and based on determining that the classification of the game does not meet the safety threshold, identifying the game as having prohibited content.

A multisession remote game scheme in a distributed network architecture (300A-300C) including a dedicated network slice (365) for gaming. A remote game rendering application service (316) deployed in a trusted edge data network (302A-302B) includes a remote render system (RRS) manager (318) operative to instantiate one or more remote game rendering engines coupled to respective game engines (334). RRS manager (318) includes an interface to a remote gaming back office (308) disposed in an external network (304), wherein the RRS manager (318) is operative to instantiate and manage a plurality of gaming sessions responsive to game session setup requests propagated from the back office on behalf of clients (367). An edge routing application (314) is configured to provide edge network location information of the game engines to the remote game back office (308). A multisession game slice bandwidth manager (340) is operative to allocate a respective bandwidth to each of the plurality of gaming sessions from a dedicated bandwidth of the network slice (365) serving the plurality of gaming sessions.

Gaming systems and methods that provide player versus player games using symbol combinations from underlying game plays.

A method includes controlling a display system of a gaming machine to display a symbol array including an active array area and an expansion array area. Designated symbols are visible in the expansion array area. Responsive to designated conditions, the active array area is expanded to include portions of the expansion array area.

Gaming systems and methods that, upon an occurrence of a designated triggering event, associated with a keno game, provide wild ball feature for one or more keno cards of the keno game.

The present disclosure relates to a computer implemented method performed by a gaming system. In particular, the present disclosure relates to a scheme for further improving an attraction power of a game provided in relation to the gaming system. The present disclosure also relates to a corresponding gaming system.

A gaming funds transaction device is disclosed that includes a user interface device, and in some embodiments a keypad section having input keys and a display, by which a gamer may obtain a gaming ticket with value added using a credit or debit card. The gaming funds transaction device may have a communication link to a financial institution or another validation service to obtain validation of a request to charge a credit or debit card. The user interface device may be connected to an input and printing section by a flexible arm, or may be an integrated component.

An electronic device for discharging a pulse of current includes an energy storage medium for receiving and storing electric energy supplied from a power source, a solenoid and a control switch connectable with the energy storage medium and the power source and configured to discharge a pulse of current for energising the solenoid when the control switch is activated, whereby the solenoid moves from a first position when the solenoid is not energised, into a second position when the solenoid is energised, and the energised solenoid generates and supplies a current back to the energy storage medium, a processor configured to process the time taken to energise the solenoid, monitor the current drawn by the solenoid from the energy storage medium, and control at least one parameter of a discharged pulse; and an output module to control the discharge of the current from the energy storage medium to the solenoid.

Wagering gaming systems, devices, and methods are presented. A gaming device includes a credit input mechanism, a player interface mechanism, a display, and a controller. The credit input mechanism receives a physical item representing a monetary value and increases a credit balance of a credit meter based on the monetary value of the received physical item. The display includes symbol positions arranged in an array of rows and columns. During game play, the controller is further configured to display symbols selected from the set of symbols on the array. The symbol set includes a plurality of image segments that form a contiguous image when they are displayed in a predetermined arrangement on the array of symbol positions. The controller makes an award or triggers an event, such as a bonus game, if the displayed symbols include the plurality of image segments arranged to display the contiguous image. Numerous additional aspects are disclosed.

A gaming platform is provided in which players control player characters to interact with other player characters controlled by other users as well as with non-player characters (NPCs) controlled by NPC engines. Players are tasked to identify which of the other characters within the game are controlled by other players (i.e., controlled in real time by humans) and which of the characters are NPCs controlled by NPC engines. Interactions between the players and between the players and the NPCs may include verbal communications, typed communications, physical communications, other types of communications, and any combinations thereof. The gaming platform is able to receive non-standardized NPCs and NPC engines from third-party developers and subsequently standardize them for inclusion in the gaming platform.

A sporting event wagering system for accepting auction bid amount for a plurality of sporting event participants and computing a prize purse from the collected winning auction bid amounts and assigning a payout to users owning a sporting event participant that wins one or more contests of a sporting event, the payouts assigned according to predefined payout rules that are optionally modifiable by the users.

A method and an apparatus for validating software usage, the method comprising: collecting data containing user activity data when a piece of software is running and being used by a user; periodically generating a data packet containing the data collected to obtain a plurality of the data packets; verifying that each data packet is generated according to predetermined rules; checking the collected data contained in a plurality of verified data packets to determine whether the user is using the software; and checking whether the checked collected data have similarity with past collected data that exceeds a predetermined level of similarity, wherein software usage by a user is deemed to be validated if it is determined that the user is using the software and no past collected data exceeding the predetermined level of similarity is found.

A gaming chair controller operably mounted to a gaming chair having a light and a speaker. The gaming chair controller that includes a light control, a sound control and a display. The light control is capable of controlling emission of light from the light. The sound control is capable of controlling emission of sound from the speaker. The display is capable of displaying and changing an operational status of the light control and the sound control.

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine that suppresses decline in interest in gaming.

SOLUTION: When a right to perform variable display of identification information is acquired on a display unit, a specific image (reservation icon, relevant icon) can be displayed in accordance with the acquisition of the right, and a display mode of the specific image may be changed by making a specific object (bat image G51) operate (fly) toward the specific image. When making the specific object operate, a suggestion image (the suggestion image for object suspension is G52) which suggests that it is the object of the operation concerned before the operation concerned is displayed.

SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 62

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A collectible card defect correction tool has a cylindrical handle and a ductile, resilient tubing coupled to and extending from a first end of the handle. The handle has a first diameter over a first length. The tubing has an inner diameter. The card tool easily eliminates dents and bends on collectible cards, such as sports cards and gaming cards, making them more presentable and valuable. The handle is comfortable to use, like holding a paint brush.

A gaming machine comprises game-logic circuitry and a display device that presents a plurality of symbol positions and modifier positions. The game-logic circuitry causes the display device to present (i) a modifier outcome by populating one or more modifier positions with modifier symbols, and (ii) an animation of one or more symbol positions being populated with value-bearing symbols having award indicia in response to the modifier outcome including a first modifier symbol at a first modifier position. The game-logic circuitry increases, for a preexisting value-bearing symbol prior to the modifier outcome, the award value of the preexisting value-bearing symbol, wherein the display device presents an updated award indicia based on the increased award value, removes, in response to a termination condition, any locked value-bearing symbols from the symbol positions, and provides an aggregated award as a function of the award values of the locked value-bearing symbols occupying the symbol positions.

The present application provides methods and systems for maintaining anonymity in a gaming environment that include or perform the step or steps of receiving a user preference from a first user for maintaining an identity of the first user anonymous during at least one game; tracking game play involving the first user and at least one other user; receiving a request from the at least one other user to initiate at least one game with the first user; retrieving game history data specific to the first user and the at least one other user; retrieving at least one rule for controlling interactions between anonymous users and the at least one other user in the gaming environment; and disposing the request to initiate the at least one game with the first user based at least on the game history data and the at least one rule for controlling interactions between anonymous users and the at least one other user. The game may be a casino-type game, such as poker, blackjack, craps, roulette, and baccarat.

An electronic gaming machine includes a display device and a processor configured to execute instructions stored in a memory, which when executed, cause the processor to at least initiate a multiplayer game, select at least one bot of a plurality of bots from a bot selection table associated with each bot of the plurality of bots, each bot simulating a player behavior, determine an entry time for at least one bot of the plurality of bots in the simulated multiplayer game, and control the display device to simulate a selection, by the at least one bot, of at least one selectable item at the determined entry time.

The innovations herein concern a general service architecture and flexible backend platform design for a novel game development kit (GDK). In particular, a hosted gaming platform may be used to provide backend data services to a number of different players and/or for a number of different games, such as slot games or other wagering games. Many slot games and other wagering games may be developed by many different gaming studios concurrently, and such games may have many shared components, as well as many unique or custom-developed components for a particular game. Thus, presented herein are techniques, devices, and software architectures to provide a novel GDK having a general service architecture and a flexible, platform-agnostic backend design to support customizable, composable, and interoperable game development.

A gaming machine and method include a monetary input device, a user interface configured to: enable a player to select a wager for a game of chance having a skill-based activity, to interact with the game of chance using a gaming input device. A processor is programmed to enable the player to win a prize based at least in part on input from the gaming input device, and to set at least one parameter of the skill-based activity or the gaming input device to a first difficulty for winning the prize during a first game of a gaming session including a plurality of games, and to adjust the parameter to modify the difficulty to a second difficulty for winning the prize during a subsequent game of the gaming session to maintain a predetermined percentage or percentage range of money or credits returned to the player (RTP) during the gaming session.

Embodiments of the present invention provide entertainment gaming systems and methods comprising, among other things, a real world non-random number outcome generator machine and an entertainment gaming machine wherein the non-random outcome from the real world non-random number generator machine is processed into an entertainment gaming machine outcome. The entertainment gaming system and method of embodiments of the invention may be configured to collect non-random number based outcome from a real-world event and transmitting it to the entertainment gaming machine. The non-random number outcome from the real-world is processed into an entertainment gaming machine outcome event by the entertaining game machine processor or by the central server. The central server communicates with the real word non-random number outcome generator and entertainment gaming machine wherein the central server further transmit the processed outcome to the entertainment gaming machine to generate the game result requested by the triggering event on the entertainment gaming machine.

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a rate determination method and a rate determination program for determining game rates, which contribute to gaming attraction for casino customers and profitability for a casino operator.

SOLUTION: A rate determination method disclosed herein makes a computer perform processing for acquiring wagering attributes of casino customers, and determining a game rate to be presented at a casino game table on the basis of the acquired attributes.

SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 12

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Embodiments are directed to enforcing responsible gaming, especially on the occurrence of near misses, by selectively modifying an appearance of an outcome of an electronic game to avoid triggering possible problem behaviors. Near misses, such as when two reels of a three-reel slots game have winning symbols stopping on a pay line but the third reel has a winning symbol stopping adjacent to or near the pay line, can trigger players and cause a change in their behavior. Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to detecting problem gamblers at playtime and assessing a risk factor on each random miss before it is visualized to the player. If the near miss is assessed to be potentially triggering, it can be disguised as a total miss.

A gaming machine includes a processor configured to execute instructions, which when executed, cause the processor to at least control a display device to display a first subgame and a second subgame during a multi-game bingo game, evaluate a first bingo card to determine a first outcome for the first subgame, and evaluate a second bingo card to determine a second outcome for the second subgame. The instructions also cause the processor to control the display device to display the first outcome for the first subgame and the second outcome for the second subgame.

The present invention relates to systems and methods for repurposing existing Class III electronic gaming device components for use in Class II electronic gaming device systems, as the terms “Class II” and “Class III” are defined in the regulations relating to the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of the United States of America.

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine capable of suppressing a decrease in gaming interest.

SOLUTION: A game machine includes: a first start area that can trigger a first game when a game ball shot in a first manner passes through it, a second start area that can trigger a second game when a game ball shot in a second manner passes through it, a third start area that can trigger a third game when a game ball passes through it, first determination means that can determine the results of the first game or the second game having been executed, mode control means that can execute a game in one of a plurality of modes with different degrees of advantage for the player, and report control means that can control report contents, which can be reported by predetermined report means. The first determination means can determine, as the results of determination, at least a special result and a specific result. The plurality of modes include at least a predetermined mode where mainly the first game can be executed, and a specific mode where mainly the second game or the third game can be executed.

SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 232

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A method for providing adaptive game assistance during gameplay is described. The method includes providing access to play a game for a game session by a user via a game controller and accessing a profile model of the user during the game session. The profile model is a machine learning model used for predicting gaming skills from select game contexts in games. The method further includes detecting a context in the game during the game session where the profile model predicts that the user lacks a gaming skill to advance in the game and activating a haptic cue to the game controller, wherein the haptic cue is a vibration to a specific region of the game controller. The vibration to the specific region is suggestive of a type of input to be made using the game controller to advance in the game.

A method is disclosed for requesting data in a cloud gaming system that includes a cloud storage system and a cloud compute system, each of which has a respective peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) interface and a respective computer memory. The cloud gaming system includes a PCIe switch connected to both the PCIe interface of the cloud storage system and the PCIe interface of the cloud compute system. The PCIe switch exposes a doorbell register that is monitored by the cloud storage system. The cloud compute system writes to the doorbell register, which causes an interrupt to fire on the cloud storage system. The cloud storage system handles the interrupt, which directs the cloud storage system to read a message from a specified computer memory location. The message directs the cloud storage system to read requested data from a storage device accessible by the cloud storage system.

A system, method, and computer program product for evaluating user performance across different activities is provided. In some examples, sensor data is obtained from sensors associated with a user while the user is performing one or more activities. The sensor data may be obtained from the user while the user performs activities corresponding to different activity categories, including gaming and non-gaming activities. The value of a standard athletic metric can be generated for the user for each activity using the corresponding sensor data. An activity category can also be determined for each activity. A user performance score for a given activity can be generated based on the corresponding standard athletic metric value and activity category.

A gaming machine is described herein. The gaming machine includes a control unit operably coupled to the control panel and the display device. The control unit including a processor programmed to execute an algorithm to display an animated sequence of computer-generated images on the display device including the steps of displaying a game screen on the display device including a plurality of reels, establishing a plurality of predefined subsets of cells, displaying a plurality of player selectable feature area buttons on a touchscreen with each player selectable feature area associated with a corresponding subset of cells, receiving a player's selection of a selected player selectable feature area button and highlighting a feature area including the corresponding subset of cells, animating the plurality of reels to spin and stop and displaying a game feature upon detecting the occurrence of a predetermined symbol appearing in the highlighted feature area.