Patent Document ID: 7892080
Application ID: 11810827
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A system for conducting a game between at least one computer-controlled player and at least one live player, said game comprising at least one decision node at which an action is taken by said computer-controlled player and said live player, said game producing a game outcome, comprising: a data processor; a data storage in communication with said data processor, said data storage adapted to store instructions executable by said data processor, said instructions comprising a training program, said training program adapted to conduct said game among two or more agents controlled by said data processor to select actions at said decision nodes to produce game outcomes, said training program adapted to evaluate said game outcomes based on one or more predetermined criteria, said training program adapted to generate probability weights associating sets of one or more of said actions with a probability that said predetermined criteria will be met as a result of said set of one or more actions; and a gaming device comprising: a gaming device processor; a gaming device interface in communication with said gaming device processor; and a gaming device data storage in communication with said gaming device processor, said gaming device data storage adapted to store instructions executable by said gaming device processor to conduct said game, said instructions comprising a game program, said game program adapted to receive input including a wager from said live player through said gaming device interface and conduct said game to produce a game outcome by controlling said computer-controlled player against said live player, said computer-controlled player selecting at least one action at one or more of said decision nodes based, at least in part, on said probability weights, said game program adapted to evaluate said game outcome and resolve said wager.