DR. BRYAN JAMES WOLF, MD
Osteopathic Medicine at Ridgeview Ct, Reno, NV

8632396, Jan 21, 2014

Nov 6, 2012

13/669887

Bryan D. Wolf - Reno NV, US

IGT - Las Vegas NV

A63F 9/24

463 25, 463 20, 463 21

The gaming system disclosed herein accounts for game play over a gaming session in determining a bonus game attribute for a triggered bonus game. The gaming system maintains a plurality of different bonus game attributes. Each different bonus game attribute is associated with a different bonus game attribute modification event and an initial probability of that bonus game attribute being selected for a play of a bonus game. For each bonus game attribute modification event that occurs, the gaming system modifies the probability that the associated bonus game attribute will be selected for a play of a bonus game. Upon an occurrence of a bonus game triggering event, the gaming system randomly selects one of the maintained bonus game attributes. The gaming system then displays a bonus game and determines a bonus game award utilizing the selected bonus game attribute.

2013031, Nov 21, 2013

May 17, 2012

13/474528

Jib I. Daeges - Reno NV, US
Bryan D. Wolf - Reno NV, US
Dorothy Cheung - Reno NV, US

IGT - Reno NV

A63F 13/02, A63F 13/12

463 20, 463 42

A gaming system and method which displays a plurality of symbol displays having symbol sets distributed about circumferential paths thereof. The gaming system enables the player to select one or more directions of spin or circumferential paths for the symbol displays, and then spins the symbol displays in the selected direction(s) or along the selected circumferential paths. After the gaming system stops the spinning, each symbol display displays at least one randomly generated symbol of the symbol set extending along the circumferential path of that symbol display which corresponds to the direction of spin of that symbol display. The gaming system evaluates the displayed symbols for any winning combinations. The gaming system provides the player any awards associated with the displayed winning combinations.

2008005, Mar 6, 2008

Oct 30, 2007

11/929509

Ali Saffari - Reno NV, US
John Chamberlain - Carson City NV, US
Anisur Chowdhury - Reno NV, US
Christopher Lundy - Reno NV, US
James Vasquez - Carson City NV, US
Bryan Wolf - Reno NV, US

A63F 13/00

463020000, 463025000, 463029000

Methods and systems for providing low denomination payline and wagering options for “penny” gaming machines and systems are disclosed. A gaming machine or system configurator can provide various operator adjustable settings, including minimum overall wager, maximum overall wager, available denominations for play, minimum number of paylines that must be played, and incremental amount of paylines to be played. The configurator can include manual devices, an interface to a remote server or internal gaming machine logic. Player adjustable game parameters can include a play denomination, an overall wager, the number of paylines played and the number of credits per payline. Parameters not set by the player are automatically calculated by the gaming machine for faster game play. Residual awards or credit balances of less than a whole coin can be squared by payout mechanisms including a ticket printer, a player accounting system, a charity feature or a bonus play feature.

8562423, Oct 22, 2013

Feb 28, 2008

12/039523

Bryan D. Wolf - Reno NV, US
Gregory A. Schlottman - Sparks NV, US
William R. Brosnan - Reno NV, US

IGT - Las Vegas NV

A63F 9/24

463 25, 463 16, 463 20, 463 42, 2731381, 273139

A gaming apparatus and method is provided that is capable of rewarding a distributed jackpot to players using gaming units that are electronically linked to one another. The distributed jackpot may be shared among non-winning players when a winning result is achieved by a winning player.

8360838, Jan 29, 2013

Jul 3, 2006

11/480713

Binh Nguyen - Reno NV, US
Bryan D. Wolf - Reno NV, US
Brian Underdahl - VC Highlands NV, US

IGT - Reno NV

A63F 9/24, A63F 13/00, G06F 17/00, G06F 19/00

463 9, 463 29, 463 42

Methods and devices are provided for detecting and/or preventing cheating in online gaming. Some implementations provide gaming information in formats that are difficult for a bot to interpret, but which are preferably easy for humans to interpret. Some implementations of the invention involve the tracking and analysis of players' gaming activities. Some implementations of the invention provide a multi-tier approach to data analysis. Some analyses may be performed, for example, by a centralized computing device such as a server, whereas other analyses may be performed by a host device. In some implementations, “challenge and response” measures will be employed. Some implementations of the invention involve detection and prevention of collaboration between players.

2013020, Aug 8, 2013

Jan 28, 2013

13/752027

Binh T. Nguyen - Reno NV, US
Bryan D. Wolf - Reno NV, US
Brian Underdahl - VC Highlands NV, US

A63F 13/12

463 29, 463 42, 463 31, 463 35

Methods and devices are provided for detecting and/or preventing cheating in online gaming. Some implementations provide gaming information in formats that are difficult for a bot to interpret, but which are preferably easy for humans to interpret. Some implementations of the invention involve the tracking and analysis of players' gaming activities. Some implementations of the invention provide a multi-tier approach to data analysis. Some analyses may be performed, for example, by a centralized computing device such as a server, whereas other analyses may be performed by a host device. In some implementations, “challenge and response” measures will be employed. Some implementations of the invention involve detection and prevention of collaboration between players.

2014003, Feb 6, 2014

Oct 7, 2013

14/047847

Steven G. LeMay - Reno NV, US
Robert E. Breckner - Reno NV, US
Warner R. Cockerille - Sparks NV, US
Jamal Benbrahim - Reno NV, US
Bryan D. Wolf - Reno NV, US

IGT - Las Vegas NV

A63F 13/12

463 42

Systems and methods for replaying a prior game play cycle of a game on a gaming terminal, wherein the game has been deactivated from the gaming terminal, are disclosed. The method includes deactivating the game from the gaming terminal, wherein the game includes a game logic component and an accumulative data component, the accumulative data component including minimal state information required to recreate a prior game play cycle of the game on the gaming terminal. Deactivating the game includes removing the game logic component from the gaming terminal and preserving the accumulative data component of the game. The method further includes receiving an indication that the prior game play cycle is to be recreated, downloading the game logic component to the gaming terminal, and recreating the prior game play cycle on the gaming terminal with the game logic component and the accumulative data component.

2007029, Dec 20, 2007

Jun 16, 2006

11/454201

David A. Gipp - Reno NV, US
Bryan D. Wolf - Reno NV, US

IGT - Reno NV

A63F 9/24

463 16

Methods, systems, and apparatus are provided for presenting win information associated with games played on gaming machines. The win information may be presented on a secondary display of a gaming machine having multiple displays.

2008007, Mar 20, 2008

Jul 30, 2007

11/830441

Greg Schlottmann - Sparks NV, US
Jacob Graham - Reno NV, US
Bryan Wolf - Reno NV, US
Anthony Baerlocher - Reno NV, US
Richard Schneider - Las Vegas NV, US
Cara Iddings - Henderson NV, US
Vince Manfredi - Henderson NV, US
Michael MacVittie - Reno NV, US

IGT - Reno NV

A63F 9/24

463042000

A gaming system includes a central server or controller operable to communicate a plurality of different commands to a plurality of gaming machines to provide non-tournament game play and to provide tournament game play on the same gaming machines.

2010014, Jun 10, 2010

Feb 19, 2010

12/709417

Ted Gail - Sparks NV, US
Bryan Wolf - Reno NV, US
Larry Hollibaugh - Reno NV, US

IGT - Reno NV

A63F 9/24, A63F 13/00

463 13, 463 30, 463 25

The present invention provides methods and devices for providing wagering games. A player pays an initial price to play a wagering game according to normal game rules. Game information that would normally be concealed from the player is offered for an additional price. In some implementations, the wagering game is a poker game and the game information is draw card information. The additional price may increase according to the amount of game information provided. In some implementations, a paytable percentage for the wagering game decreases according to the amount of game information provided.