US 12,138,556 B2
Gaming systems and methods having automated dice features
William Jones, Boulder, CO (US); Aljosa Krupenko, Jesenice (SI); Christopher Wester, Henderson, NV (US); and Ryan Yee, Las Vegas, NV (US)
Assigned to LNW Gaming, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed by LNW Gaming, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed on Aug. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/886,868.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/237,617, filed on Aug. 27, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0063430 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. G07F 17/00 (2006.01); A63F 9/04 (2006.01); G07F 17/32 (2006.01)
CPC A63F 9/0468 (2013.01) [G07F 17/3209 (2013.01); G07F 17/3211 (2013.01); G07F 17/3213 (2013.01); G07F 17/323 (2013.01); G07F 17/3267 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A player terminal configured to primarily conduct a plurality of dice games, the player terminal comprising:
an electronic display device; and
game-logic circuitry configured to:
receive player input from a player selecting one or more dice games from the plurality of dice games for participation;
prompt, via the electronic display device, the player to provide a dice control parameter, the dice control parameter affecting an aspect of a dice roll of an automated dice unit (ADU) configured to house at least one die;
in response to receiving a player selection of the dice control parameter, convert the dice control parameter into a control data element having a machine-readable format compatible with the ADU;
transmit ADU control data including the control data element to the ADU, wherein the ADU is configured to (i) extract the control data element from the ADU control data, (ii) generate a modal control data element based on the control data element and extracted control data elements from other player terminals in communication with the ADU, the modal control data element representing a common player selection from the player terminal and the other player terminals, and (iii) generate a dice outcome by generating a dynamic force applied to the at least one die, the dynamic force adjusted based at least partially on the modal control data element;
generate a game outcome for each of the selected one or more dice games based on the dice outcome; and
cause the electronic display device to present the game outcome for each of the selected one or more dice games.