Amusement devices: games – Including means for processing electronic data – Credit/debit monitoring or manipulation
Reissue Patent
2006-10-02
2011-12-20
D'Agostino, Paula A. (Department: 3716)
Amusement devices: games
Including means for processing electronic data
Credit/debit monitoring or manipulation
C463S026000, C463S027000, C463S042000, C463S020000, C273S237000, C273S14300R
Reissue Patent
active
RE043037
ABSTRACT:
A gaming device of the type wherein a play generates one of multiple possible outcomes having reverse payout information. The gaming device comprises a memory device containing a first set of data correlating possible outcomes to a first set of payouts and a second set of data correlating possible outcomes to a second set of payouts second set of data correlates a majority of outcomes to positive payouts and the first set of data correlates a majority of outcomes to other than positive payouts. The gaming device also includes a payout selector indicating which of the first set of data and the second set of data the gaming device is to access. In an alternate embodiment, the gaming device includes a memory having only the second set of data.
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International Gaming & Wagering Business (IGWB), vol. 17, No. 4, pp. 2 and 36, Apr. 1996.
Jorasch James A.
Sparico Thomas M.
Walker Jay S.
D'Agostino Paula A.
IGT
K&L Gates LLP
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