Gaming at cash register

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2010-06-14

2011-11-22

Bumgarner, Melba (Department: 3717)

Amusement devices: games

Including means for processing electronic data

In a chance application

C463S025000, C463S042000

Reexamination Certificate

active

08062116

ABSTRACT:
In various embodiments, a method may include receiving an indication of a price of an item to be purchased by a person from a merchant, receiving an indication of an amount tendered by the person, determining an amount of change due to the person based on the price and based on the amount tendered, receiving from the person an indication that the person wants to use the change as a bet in a game in which the person specifies desired probability of winning outcome in the game, determining the rules of a game, generating an outcome of one or more games using a random number generator, determining based on the rules whether the outcome is winning or losing, authorizing, if the outcome is winning, that the amount tendered be returned to the person and that the person be allowed to keep the item, and authorizing, if the outcome is losing, that the amount tendered be kept by the merchant.

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