Gaming system, gaming device and method providing a group of timed games

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10058772-B2
Application number	US-201414328224-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 10, 2014
Priority date	Nov 11, 2008
Publication date	Aug 28, 2018
Grant date	Aug 28, 2018

Abstract

The gaming system, gaming device and gaming method provides a plurality of sequential player events in which the player must take an action in a designated period of time and where the player has less time to take the action in each subsequent event.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A gaming system comprising:
at least one display device;
a plurality of input devices including an acceptor;
at least one processor; and
at least one memory device which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
responsive to a physical item being received via the acceptor, establish a credit balance based, at least in part, on a monetary value associated with the received physical item;
for a first play of a group of sequential plays of a draw poker card game, wherein each play of the draw poker card game includes an initial player hand and a final player hand and is associated with a designated period of time:
cause the at least one display device to display the initial player hand of said first play of said draw poker card game;
enable a player to, via at least one of the input devices, hold zero, one, or more than one of the cards in the initial player hand within the designated period of time associated with said first play of said draw poker card game;
cause the at least one display device to display the final player hand of said first play of said draw poker card game;
if the final player hand includes a winning card combination, cause the at least one display device to display any award based on that winning card combination, said credit balance being increasable based on any displayed awards;
if the final player hand includes a designated card combination, increase the designated period of time associated with a second play of the group of sequential plays of the draw poker card game that is subsequent to the first play of the draw poker card game; and
if any of the designated period of time associated with said first play of the draw poker card game remains unused, increase the designated period of time associated with said second play of the draw poker card game;

cause the at least one display device to display said second play of the draw poker card game, wherein if the designated period of time associated with said second play of the draw poker card game was increased responsive to said first play of the draw poker card game, the designated period of time associated with a third play of the group of sequential plays of the draw poker card game that is subsequent to the second play of the draw poker card game is not modified in response to expiration of the designated period of time associated with said second play of the draw poker card game; and
responsive to a cashout input being received, cause an initiation of any payout associated with the credit balance.

2. The gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the designated period of time associated with the first play of the draw poker card game is different from the designated period of time associated with the second play of the draw poker card game.

3. The gaming system of claim 2 , wherein the designated period of time associated with the second play of the draw poker card game is less than the designated period of time associated with the first play of the draw poker card game.

4. The gaming system of claim 1 , wherein when executed by the at least one processor, the plurality of instructions cause the at least one processor to determine a quantity of plays of the draw poker card game to include in the group.

5. The gaming system of claim 1 , wherein when executed by the at least one processor, the plurality of instructions cause the at least one processor to, for each of the group of sequential plays of the draw poker card game, cause the at least one display device to display the designated period of time associated with said play of the draw poker card game.

6. The gaming system of claim 1 , wherein when executed by the at least one processor, the plurality of instructions cause the at least one processor to, for each of the group of sequential plays of the draw poker card game, automatically cause the at least one display device to replace all of the cards in the initial player hand if the player does not hold any cards within the designated period of time associated with that play of the draw poker card game.

7. The gaming system of claim 1 , wherein when executed by the at least one processor, the plurality of instructions cause the at least one processor to, if any of the designated period of time associated with said first play of the draw poker card game remains unused, increase the designated period of time associated with said second play of the draw poker card game responsive to receipt, by the at least one input device, of a save input.

8. A method of operating a gaming system, said method comprising:
responsive to a physical item being received via an acceptor, establishing a credit balance based, at least in part, on a monetary value associated with the received physical item;
for a first play of a group of sequential plays of a draw poker card game, wherein each play of the draw poker card game includes an initial player hand and a final player hand and is associated with a designated period of time:
causing, by at least one processor, at least one display device to display the initial player hand of said first play of said draw poker card game;
enabling a player to, via at least one input device, hold zero, one, or more than one of the cards in the initial player hand within the designated period of time associated with said first play of said draw poker card game;
causing, by the at least one processor, the at least one display device to display the final player hand of said first play of said draw poker card game;
responsive to the final player hand including a winning card combination, causing, by the at least one processor, the at least one display device to display any award based on that winning card combination, said credit balance being increasable based on any displayed awards;
responsive to the final player hand including a designated card combination, increasing, by the at least one processor, the designated period of time associated with a second play of the group of sequential plays of the draw poker card game that is subsequent to the first play of the draw poker card game; and
responsive to any of the designated period of time associated with said first play of the draw poker card game remaining unused, increasing, by the at least one processor, the designated period of time associated with said second play of the draw poker card game;

causing, by the at least one processor, the at least one display device to display said second play of the draw poker card game, wherein responsive to the designated period of time associated with said second play of the draw poker card game having been increased responsive to said first play of the draw poker card game, the designated period of time associated with a third play of the group of sequential plays of the draw poker card game that is subsequent to the second play of the draw poker card game is not modified in response to expiration of the designated period of time associated with said second play of the draw poker card game; and
responsive to a cashout input being received, causing an initiation of any payout associated with the credit balance.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the designated period of time associated with the first play of the draw poker card game is different from the designated period of time associated with the second play of the draw poker card game.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the designated period of time associated with the second play of the draw poker card game is less than the designated period of time associated with the first play of the draw poker card game.

11. The method of claim 8 , further

Assignees

• Igt Reno Nev

Inventors

• Caputo Scott A
• Davis Dwayne A
• Hilbert Scott T
• Oberberger Michael M
• Sutich Alexandria E

Classifications

• G07F17/3269

  Timing aspects of game play, e.g. blocking/halting the operation of a gaming machine · CPC title

• G07F17/32 Primary

  for games, toys, sports, or amusements · CPC title

• G07F17/3293

  Card games, e.g. poker, canasta, black jack · CPC title

• A63F13/005 Primary

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A63F13/80 Primary

  Special adaptations for executing a specific game genre or game mode · CPC title