Amusement devices: games – Including means for processing electronic data – Credit/debit monitoring or manipulation
Reexamination Certificate
2007-01-02
2007-01-02
Jones, Scott (Department: 3712)
Amusement devices: games
Including means for processing electronic data
Credit/debit monitoring or manipulation
C463S016000, C463S017000, C463S018000, C463S019000, C463S020000, C463S029000, C463S042000, C463S046000, C273S138100, C273S138200, C273S139000, C273S14300R, C273S269000, C283S903000
Reexamination Certificate
active
09761031
ABSTRACT:
An electronic gambling unit for allowing a user to play a main gambling game and a bonus round game, and for dispensing value to the user at the conclusion of the bonus round game, may generally include a display unit capable of generating color images or other display mechanism capable of displaying symbols associated with the main gambling game and the bonus round game. The electronic gambling unit may further include an input device that allows the user to make a plurality of input selections, a currency-accepting mechanism capable of allowing the user to deposit a medium of currency, a value-dispensing mechanism capable of dispensing value to the user, and a controller operatively coupled to the display unit, the input device, the currency-accepting mechanism, and the value-dispensing mechanism. The controller may include a processor and a memory operatively coupled to the processor.
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IGT
Jones Scott
Marshall & Gerstein & Borun LLP
Shah Milap
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