Herbert A Wiener

Author:

Herbert Wiener

ISBN #:

3877900089

US Patent:

60074272, Dec 28, 1999

Filed:

Sep 10, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/926798

Inventors:

Herbert Wiener - Bronx NY
Michael Steven Budlow - Riverdale NY
Robert D'Alessio - Montville NJ

International Classification:

A63F 922

US Classification:

463 17

Abstract:

The present invention discloses casino baseball gambling games played on electronic video gaming devices including a microprocessor, computer memory chips, programming software or firmware, a video display, control input buttons, and a coin acceptor. In a first embodiment of the invention, multiple players make wagers and compete against each other to win a pot formed by player wagers by scoring the greatest amount of runs in an allotted number of innings of play. Player scores are determined by various simulated "at bat" events such as singles, doubles, strike outs, steals, bunts, and home runs, which occur under program control based upon probabilities for the actual "at bat" events derived from major league baseball statistics. Preferably, players are afforded an option at an intermediate step in game play, after a first one-half inning, to either drop out and forfeit their initial wager, or to continue play by placing a second wager. In a second embodiment, an electronic video slot type machine intended for play by a single player, or by multiple players taking turns in succession, operates under program control to display baseball "at bat" events, associated odds, and separate wagering options on first and second portions of a video display.

US Patent:

57697140, Jun 23, 1998

Filed:

Jun 19, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/667984

Inventors:

Herbert Wiener - Bronx NY
Michael Steven Budlow - Riverdale NY
Robert D'Alessio - Montville NJ

International Classification:

A63F 922

US Classification:

463 3

Abstract:

The present invention discloses casino baseball gambling games played on electronic video gaming devices including a microprocessor, computer memory chips, programming software or firmware, a video display, control input buttons, and a coin acceptor. In a first embodiment of the invention, multiple players make wagers and compete against each other to win a pot formed by player wagers by scoring the greatest amount of runs in an allotted number of innings of play. Player scores are determined by various simulated "at bat" events such as singles, doubles, strike outs, steals, bunts, and home runs, which occur under program control based upon probabilities for the actual "at bat" events derived from major league baseball statistics. Preferably, players are afforded an option at an intermediate step in game play, after a first one-half inning, to either drop out and forfeit their initial wager, or to continue play by placing a second wager. In a second embodiment, an electronic video slot type machine intended for play by a single player, or by multiple players taking turns in succession, operates under program control to display baseball "at bat" events, associated odds, and separate wagering options on first and second portions of a video display.