MICHAEL SCOTT WARD
Real Estate Appraisers in Las Vegas, NV

8337300, Dec 25, 2012

Oct 30, 2009

13/126503

Travis L. Bowers - Henderson NV, US
Joel R. Jaffe - Glenview IL, US
John F. LaSalvia - Las Vegas NV, US
Michael W. Mastropietro - Chicago IL, US
Scott H. Schulhof - Chicago IL, US
Richard T. Schwartz - Chicago IL, US
Jorge L. Shimabukuro - Las Vegas NV, US
Bruce E. Urban - Lisle IL, US
Michael C. Ward - Las Vegas NV, US

WMS Gaming. Inc. - Waukegan IL

A63F 9/24

463 25

A wagering game system and its operations are described herein. In embodiments, the operations can include presenting a skill-based wagering game on a wagering game machine. The skill-based wagering game can have a limited winnable award amount for the skill-based wagering game. The operations can also include tracking skilled game goals that a player accomplishes during the skill-based wagering game and awarding the player from the limited winnable award amount. The operations can also include determining a surplus amount that was not earned from the limited winnable award amount, and awarding some, or all, of the surplus amount during subsequent activity. In some embodiments, the operations can also include allocating the surplus amount to wagering game pools, distributing the surplus amount as tokens based on triggered activities, and presenting game modifiers that enable players to enhance performance in a skill-based game.

8556714, Oct 15, 2013

May 12, 2010

13/320075

Travis L. Bowers - Chicago IL, US
Mark B. Gagner - West Chicago IL, US
Timothy T. Gronkowski - Chicago IL, US
Damon E. Gura - Chicago IL, US
Joel R. Jaffe - Glenview IL, US
John F. LaSalvia - Las Vegas NV, US
James E. Motyl - Chicago IL, US
Victor T. Shi - Morton Grove IL, US
Jorge L. Shimabukuro - Las Vegas NV, US
Mark K. Trego - Chicago IL, US
Michael C. Ward - Las Vegas NV, US
Scott A. Massing - Lincolnwood IL, US

WMS Gaming, Inc. - Wakegan IL

G07F 17/32

463 29, 463 16, 463 20, 463 25, 463 31

A wagering game system and its operations are described herein. In some embodiments, the operations can include presenting a wagering game on a display device of a wagering game machine. The operations can also include detecting head movements and facial gestures of a player of the wagering game via a video capture device of the wagering game machine, and generating player input data based on the head movements and facial gestures of the player. The operations can further include modifying wagering game content based on the player input data associated with the head movements and facial gestures of the player, and presenting results of the wagering game on the display device of the wagering game machine.