Patent ID: 9092946
Filing Date: 2015-07-28
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. An electronic gaming machine comprising: a cabinet; a security system, coupled to the cabinet, configured to monitor access to the cabinet; a video display, coupled to the cabinet, configured to display a presentation of a game; a bill/ticket acceptor, coupled to the cabinet, configured to receive currency or printed ticket vouchers which are converted into credits used to make wagers on the game; a printer, coupled to the cabinet, configured to print and output ticket vouchers to cash out the credits stored on the electronic gaming machine; input buttons, coupled to the cabinet, configured to receive inputs from a live player which plays the game; a game controller, disposed within the cabinet, including a processor, a memory, communicatively coupled to the security system, the video display, the bill/ticket acceptor, the printer and the input buttons, the game controller configured to 1) receive, via the input buttons, an indication of a wager on the game using the credits wherein the game is played between at least the live player and a virtual player; 2) receive, via the input buttons, first decision information associated with the live player's play of the play of the game; 3) determine second decision information for the virtual player related to the play of the game; 4) determine behavioral information associated with the virtual player wherein the behavioral information is conveyed to the live player via a virtual character associated with the virtual player; 5) generate a visual presentation of the behavioral information wherein the visual presentation includes the virtual character; 6) control output of the visual presentation to the video display wherein the behavioral information when correctly interpreted by the live player increases a chance of the live player winning the game played against the virtual player; 7) determine a winner of the game from among at least the virtual player and the live player; 8) receive security information from the security system; and 9) control the printer to cash out the credits.