Gaming device having multiple game play option

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9483909-B2
Application number	US-201514982879-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 29, 2015
Priority date	Jul 24, 2009
Publication date	Nov 1, 2016
Grant date	Nov 1, 2016

Abstract

Embodiments of this concept are directed to gaming devices that are configured to initiate multiple gaming events in response to a player input. The gaming device may include game initiating inputs that initiate a predetermined number of gaming events in response to the player input, or the gaming device may include configurable game initiating inputs that initiate a number of gaming events specified by the player, specified the gaming device, or specified by a gaming server. The gaming device or gaming server may set the number of initiated game events in response to the occurrence of a triggering event.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method of operating a gaming device, the method comprising:
providing game play credits to a player of the gaming device in response to receipt of value from the player via at least one of a currency acceptor, a ticket acceptor, and a coin acceptor;
accepting a wager amount from the game play credits; and
in response to a single player action on the gaming device, for a fixed predetermined number of cycles greater than one:
automatically accepting a separate wager for a game on the gaming device equal to the wager amount,
automatically playing the game on the gaming device, and
displaying the results of the game to the player;

saving any bonus games accumulated by the player during the number of cycles until after the last cycle has completed; and
transferring game play credits to at least one of coins and tickets in response to actuation of an actuator by the player.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
in each of the cycles, crediting any winnings from the game to the player.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the single player action is pressing a multiple-play bet button.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein automatically accepting a wager amount comprises accepting a fixed wager amount for each of the number of cycles.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein automatically accepting a wager amount comprises accepting at least two different wager amounts for at least two respective games.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein at least one of the wagers is made from an account.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein the account is a player account.

8. The method of claim 6 wherein the account is related to value awarded to the player.

9. The method of claim 7 wherein the account is a credit account.

Assignees

• Patent Invest & Licensing Co

Inventors

• Acres John F

Classifications

• G07F17/34 Primary

  depending on the stopping of moving members {in a mechanical slot machine}, e.g. "fruit" machines · CPC title

• G07F17/3213

  Details of moving display elements, e.g. spinning reels, tumbling members · CPC title

• G07F17/3246

  involving coins and/or banknotes · CPC title

• G07F17/3225

  Data transfer within a gaming system, e.g. data sent between gaming machines and users · CPC title

• G07F17/3244 Primary

  Payment aspects of a gaming system, e.g. payment schemes, setting payout ratio, bonus or consolation prizes · CPC title