Appeal 2007-2810
Application 09/894,501
one involving “apparent “ skill. In other words, the player would get a payout in
winning the first level game of chance no matter how well they play the secondary
game.
Claim 1 reads as follows:
1. A method of playing a gaming machine in which a bonus round
includes an apparent game of skill or knowledge comprising:
a) a player making a wager to play the gaming machine;
b) activating the gaming machine to cause a game of chance to
occur;
c) determining an outcome of the game of chance;
d) if the outcome awards the player with the bonus round, selecting
an amount of a bonus payout to be paid to the player during the bonus round;
and
e) allowing the player to participate in the apparent game of skill or
knowledge at the end of which the player receives the bonus payout.
A. ISSUE
Appellants contends that
1) “Hoke disclosure does not award the player with a bonus round based on the
outcome of the game of chance” (Br. 6);
2) “Hoke does not have a bonus round of any kind” (Br. 7); and,
3) “In Hoke … the player would not receive the winning payout if the player is
unsuccessful in the skill portion of the game.
In claim 1, the player always wins the bonus award” (Br. 7).
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