RICHARD CRAIG SCHNEIDER
Pilots at Kozak Cir, Las Vegas, NV

6364768, Apr 2, 2002

Apr 15, 1999

09/293491

John F. Acres - Corvallis OR
Richard J. Schneider - Las Vegas NV

Acres Gaming Incorporated - Las Vegas NV

A63F 924

463 25, 463 20, 463 16

A plurality of gaming machines, such as slot machines or the like, are networked together in communication with a bonus server. The bonus server identifies each machine on the network and transmits a bonus token across the network to a machine control interface within a selected one of the machines. The bonus token is preferably a message packet containing the unique address of the gaming machine selected as well as various parameters which govern aspects of a bonus session initiated at the machine. Receipt of the bonus token signal at the machine causes additional lighting and sound effects beyond that enabled by the normal operation of the game. The bonus token also enables additional bonuses within the game that are awarded to a player of the selected machine. At the end of a bonus period, the bonus token is returned to the bonus server, processed to introduce new parameters, and then transmitted to a second one of the plurality of gaming machines. The bonus token is passed in this way from machine to machine to enhance the gaming experience of the lucky player of the selected gaming machine.

2009032, Dec 31, 2009

Dec 24, 2008

12/344115

Dwayne Davis - Reno NV, US
Christiaan R. Champagne - Las Vegas NV, US
Damien C. Ennis - Reno NV, US
Michael P. Khamis - Reno NV, US
David Myers - Reno NV, US
David Palmer - Reno NV, US
Richard E. Rowe - Las Vegas NV, US
Richard J. Schneider - Las Vegas NV, US
Darryll Pleasant - Las Vegas NV, US

IGT - Reno NV

A63F 9/24

463 25

Various techniques are disclosed for facilitating side wagering activities conducted at a casino which includes a casino gaming network. In at least one embodiment, the gaming network includes a plurality of gaming devices, including a first gaming device. A side wager request may be received for placing a first side wager relating to a first target. In at least one embodiment, the first target may be selected from a group of possible targets which, for example, may include, but are not limited to one or more of the following (or combination thereof): casino players, game tables, electronic gaming devices (EGDs), game themes, game denominations, game paytables, etc. An identity of a first player associated with generating the first side wager request may be determined. A first side wager session may be automatically initiated. In at least one embodiment, the initiation of the first side wager session may include automatically placing the first side wager at the casino gaming network, and associating the placed first side wager with the identified first player. In at least one embodiment, the placing of the first side wager includes placing first wager on a game play-related event or activity associated with the second person, wherein an outcome of the game play-related event or activity is influenced by a decision or action of the second person. In one embodiment, the first side wager includes first side wager criteria specifying that an outcome of the first side wager is related to at least one event associated with a different player's game play which is associated with the first target.

6089976, Jul 18, 2000

Oct 14, 1997

8/951170

Richard Jay Schneider - Las Vegas NV
Rex Carlson - Las Vegas NV

Casino Data Systems - Las Vegas NV

A63F 922

463 16

A gaming apparatus and method including a primary game and a player interactive bonus game actuated by a qualifying outcome of the primary game and including a bonus award display showing a multiplicity of images displayed on a video monitor from which a player selects until achieving a pair of matched bonus awards.

2008007, Mar 20, 2008

Jul 30, 2007

11/830471

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.

6068101, May 30, 2000

Oct 11, 1996

8/729602

Robert M. Dickenson - Henderson NV
Richard Jay Schneider - Las Vegas NV
Joseph Wesley Cole - Las Vegas NV
Linn A. McKay - Las Vegas NV

Casino Data Systems - Las Vegas NV

G07F 704, G07F 1734

194206

A gaming machine and method including a housing having a door which exposes a currency mechanism along a medial portion thereof and located between a side wall and a monitor. This strategic location of the currency mechanism allows clearance for an underlying coin hopper so as to minimize the need for an external currency mechanism and to provide access to the coin hopper in a much more maintenance friendly manner for tending to the coin hopper and currency mechanisms, e. g. for filling, etc.

7794322, Sep 14, 2010

Sep 27, 2002

10/256949

Richard J. Schneider - Las Vegas NV, US
Michael B. Shelby - Corvallis OR, US
Lawrence R. Pitman - Corvallis OR, US
Carrie D. Porterfield - Las Vegas NV, US
Erik B. Petersen - Corvallis OR, US

IGT - Reno NV

A63F 9/00

463 27, 463 16, 463 17, 463 18, 463 19, 463 20, 463 24, 463 25, 463 26, 463 40, 463 41, 463 42

A method for awarding a bonus to a player of an electronic gaming device at one of a plurality of casino properties is implemented with a slave server networked with gaming devices at each property. The slave servers are networked with a master server that accumulates a pool comprising a percentage of play on the gaming devices. The pool is initiated with a starting value, which defines the lower end of a range having a predetermined maximum number at the upper end. A number is randomly selected from within the range. As play progresses, the pool increases until it hits the random number. As a result, a slave server is randomly selected. The randomly selected slave server then awards the bonus to a randomly selected one of its associated gaming devices.

7684874, Mar 23, 2010

Jun 8, 2007

11/760307

Greg Schlottmann - Sparks NV, US
Jacob Thomas Graham - Reno NV, US
Anthony J. Baerlocher - Reno NV, US
Richard J. Schneider - Las Vegas NV, US
Cara L. Iddings - Henderson NV, US
Vince Manfredi - Henderson NV, US
Michael MacVittie - Reno NV, US

IGT - Reno NV

A63F 9/24

700 9, 463 9, 463 20, 463 25, 463 42, 700 92

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.

2003019, Oct 9, 2003

Apr 3, 2002

10/117645

Vincent Manfredi - Henderson NV, US
Richard Schneider - Las Vegas NV, US

Acres Gaming Incorporated - Las Vegas NV

A63F009/24

463/020000

To self-limit play, a player selects a trigger event and an associated action. During play, the game is monitored for the trigger event. If the trigger event occurs, the associated action is performed.

7922576, Apr 12, 2011

Apr 2, 2004

10/817060

Richard J. Schneider - Las Vegas NV, US

IGT - Reno NV

G07F 17/34

463 25, 463 16, 463 17, 463 18, 463 19, 463 20, 463 29, 463 42, 463 43

The present system provides an incentive for players to place maximum wagers in an effort to gain access to secondary games, the entry of which is controlled by the player's own wager amount, wager type, or wager source. In employing such games, gaming machine establishments are able to maximize the level of play on each of their gaming machines and thereby reduce operation costs and increase the number of machines available for play.

8012009, Sep 6, 2011

Jul 30, 2007

11/830108

Cara L. Iddings - Henderson NV, US
Anthony J. Baerlocher - Reno NV, US
Richard J. Schneider - Las Vegas NV, US

IGT - Reno NV

A63F 9/24

463 16, 463 20, 463 29

A gaming system including a central server linked to a plurality of gaming tables. In one embodiment, the gaming system provides players with one or more loyalty incentives, such as one or more loyalty awards, utilizing one or more loyalty incentive award sequences. In one embodiment, the gaming system determines a loyalty award to provide to a player and then determines an appropriate loyalty award sequence to utilize to provide the player the determined loyalty award, wherein the loyalty award sequence is determined based on the individual gaming table at which that the player is currently playing.