Determining a result of an electronic game

Details Determining a result of an electronic game Determining a result of an electronic game

2008-05-13

2008-05-13

Sager, M. A (Department: 3714)

Amusement devices: games

Including means for processing electronic data

In a chance application

C463S025000, C273S269000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07371167

ABSTRACT:
There is disclosed a method of determining a result of an electronic game in order to allow fixed odds betting on the result. The method comprises providing a mechanical ball draw machine (3) configured to draw one ball at a time from a set of balls also provided to said mechanical ball machine (3). The set of balls consists of a plurality of subsets of one or more balls, at least some of the subsets having different numbers of balls and each ball being identifiable as belonging to a subset, whereby the relative numbers of balls in the subsets determine the likelihood of a ball from a subset being drawn thus allowing fixed odds betting to be carried out on a result is determined on the basis of subset identity. The method further comprises drawing a ball or balls using the mechanical ball machine (3) until sufficient balls have been drawn to enable a result to be determined, identifying the subset to which each said ball or balls belongs, and determining the result of the electronic game from the identified subset or subsets.

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Powerball, webpage (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powerball), 6 pages, downloaded Jul. 2007.
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