Chris E Hammond

6832956, Dec 21, 2004

Oct 18, 2001

10/035812

Scott A. Boyd - Las Vegas NV
Miles M. Patceg - Las Vegas NV
Perry O. Cobb - Las Vegas NV
Chris E. Hammond - Las Vegas NV
Kevan L. Wilkins - Las Vegas NV
Shannon L. Mason - Las Vegas NV

Acres Gaming Incorporated - Las Vegas NV

A63F 924

463 19, 463 16, 273269

A secondary game operable on a gaming machine top box includes visual representations of a plurality of bingo cards formed of five columns, each column corresponding to a letter in B-I-N-G-O. The secondary game also includes peripheral spaces on the top box corresponding to each letter on each card. Qualified players, e. g. those making a maximum bet on the base game, cause the secondary game to operate whereby one of the peripheral spaces is selected. A letter causes the column on the card associated with that letter to be lit; however, the cards must be completed sequentially so that the âBâ column must be lit before âIâ and so forth. Completely filling out one or more of the bingo cards results in a selected award associated with that winning card. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, a bonus script is built that predetermines the number of plays made and the bonus amount received. The player then simply plays out the script until the bonus amount is one.

7056212, Jun 6, 2006

Feb 19, 2004

10/783457

Scott A. Boyd - Las Vegas NV, US
Miles M. Patceg - Las Vegas NV, US
Perry O. Cobb - Las Vegas NV, US
Chris E. Hammond - Las Vegas NV, US
Kevan L. Wilkins - Las Vegas NV, US
Shannon L. Mason - Las Vegas NV, US

Acres Gaming Incorporated - Las Vegas NV

A63F 9/24

463 19, 273269

A secondary game operable on a gaming machine top box includes visual representations of a plurality of bingo cards formed of five columns, each column corresponding to a letter in B-I-N-G-O. The secondary game also includes peripheral spaces on the top box corresponding to each letter on each card. Qualified players, e. g. those making a maximum bet on the base game, cause the secondary game to operate whereby one of the peripheral spaces is selected. A letter causes the column on the card associated with that letter to be lit; however, the cards must be completed sequentially so that the ‘B’ column must be lit before ‘I’ and so forth. Completely filling out one or more of the bingo cards results in a selected award associated with that winning card. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, a bonus script is built that predetermines the number of plays made and the bonus amount received. The player then simply plays out the script until the bonus amount is one.

7278916, Oct 9, 2007

Aug 3, 2004

10/910755

Scott A. Boyd - Las Vegas NV, US
Miles M. Patceg - Las Vegas NV, US
Perry O. Cobb - Las Vegas NV, US
Chris E. Hammond - Las Vegas NV, US
Kevan L. Wilkins - Las Vegas NV, US
Shannon L. Mason - Las Vegas NV, US

IGT - Reno NV

A63F 9/24

463 16, 273141 R, 2731381, 273143 R, 273121 B, 273141 A, 463 25, 463 26, 463 27, 463 28, 463 12, 463 13, 463 17, 463 18, 463 19, 463 20, 463 21, 463 22

When a special symbol appears during play of the gaming machine game, the secondary game is initiated. At initiation, a bonus prize is determined by the secondary game microcontroller by consulting a bonus game paytable stored therein where each bonus prize corresponds to a bonus spot on the secondary game. A multi-ended pointer of the secondary game spins around the field of bonus spots and the player is prompted to select which end of the pointer is active. Upon selection of the end—e. g. blue or green—a microcontroller operating the spinner calculates the point at which the spinner will cease to spin so that the selected pointed end is pointing toward the selected bonus prize. The player is given the illusion that he or she controls which bonus prize is won since the green side of the pointer will point to a different bonus prize than the blue side.

6793577, Sep 21, 2004

Oct 18, 2001

10/035813

Kevan L. Wilkins - Las Vegas NV
Shannon L. Mason - Las Vegas NV
Chris E. Hammond - Las Vegas NV
Scott A. Boyd - Las Vegas NV
Miles M. Patceg - Las Vegas NV
Perry O. Cobb - Las Vegas NV

Acres Gaming Incorporated - Las Vegas NV

A63F 924

463 16, 273141 R

When a special symbol appears during play of the gaming machine game, the secondary game is initiated. At initiation, a bonus prize is determined by the secondary game microcontroller by consulting a bonus game paytable stored therein where each bonus prize corresponds to a bonus spot on the secondary game. A multi-ended pointer of the secondary game spins around the field of bonus spots and the player is prompted to select which end of the pointer is active. Upon selection of the endâe. g. blue or greenâa microcontroller operating the spinner calculates the point at which the spinner will cease to spin so that the selected pointed end is pointing toward the selected bonus prize. The player is given the illusion that he or she controls which bonus prize is won since the green side of the pointer will point to a different bonus prize than the blue side.