Advantage bingo bonus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8974285-B2
Application number	US-201314023034-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 10, 2013
Priority date	Jan 19, 2007
Publication date	Mar 10, 2015
Grant date	Mar 10, 2015

Abstract

One or more instances of a bonus game (e.g., Class II games such as Bingo games) may be provided to players of another wagering game (e.g., a Class III game such as a slot game, a poker game, etc.). Some implementations of the invention allow players to exchange indicia of credit (e.g., money, game credits, or player loyalty points) for bonus opportunities. For example, players may be able to purchase one or more Bingo cards for Bingo bonus games. Some implementations award bonus opportunities to players based on wager levels, game results, a player's level in a player loyalty program and/or other criteria.

First claim

The invention is claimed as follows:

1. A gaming system comprising:
at least one display device;
at least one input device; and
a gaming controller configured to operate with the at least one display device and the at least one input device to:
(a) receive a wager from a player for a play of a game;
(b) display said play of the game;
(c) determine a rank associated with the player;
(d) for each of a plurality of different bonus opportunities, determine a probability of…

Assignees

• Igt Reno Nev

Inventors

• Roper Jay
• Iddings Cara
• Paulsen Craig A

Classifications

• G07F17/3237

  Physics · mapped topic

• G07F17/3262

  Physics · mapped topic

• G07F17/32

  Physics · mapped topic

• G07F17/3267 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G07F17/3202

  Physics · mapped topic