WO2008057323A3 - Wagering game with episodic feature determined by player - Google Patents

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WO2008057323A3
WO2008057323A3 PCT/US2007/022852 US2007022852W WO2008057323A3 WO 2008057323 A3 WO2008057323 A3 WO 2008057323A3 US 2007022852 W US2007022852 W US 2007022852W WO 2008057323 A3 WO2008057323 A3 WO 2008057323A3
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wagering game
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Joel R Jaffe
Jamie Vann
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Wms Gaming Inc
Joel R Jaffe
Jamie Vann
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Publication of WO2008057323A3 publication Critical patent/WO2008057323A3/en
Priority to US13/431,635 priority patent/US8864577B2/en
Priority to US14/491,943 priority patent/US9613495B2/en

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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
    • G07F17/32—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for games, toys, sports, or amusements
    • G07F17/326—Game play aspects of gaming systems
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
    • G07F17/32—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for games, toys, sports, or amusements
    • G07F17/3244—Payment aspects of a gaming system, e.g. payment schemes, setting payout ratio, bonus or consolation prizes
    • G07F17/3258—Cumulative reward schemes, e.g. jackpots
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
    • G07F17/32—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for games, toys, sports, or amusements
    • G07F17/34—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for games, toys, sports, or amusements depending on the stopping of moving members in a mechanical slot machine, e.g. "fruit" machines

Abstract

A gaming machine for playing a wagering game includes a game display and a controller. The game display is operable to display a randomly selected outcome of a wagering game in response to receiving a wager from a player. The wagering game has a game-play progression that includes a plurality of game episodes, at least one of the plurality of game episodes having a plurality of episode features. The controller is in communication with the game display and is programmable to cause, in response to a manual selection received from the player, the start of the wagering game from any previously played feature of the plurality of episode features.
PCT/US2007/022852 2006-11-02 2007-10-30 Wagering game with episodic feature determined by player WO2008057323A2 (en)

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US12/513,339 US8162745B2 (en) 2006-11-02 2007-10-30 Wagering game with episodic feature determined by player
US13/431,635 US8864577B2 (en) 2006-11-02 2012-03-27 Wagering game with episodic feature determined by player
US14/491,943 US9613495B2 (en) 2006-11-02 2014-09-19 Wagering game with episodic feature determined by player

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