Amusement devices: games – Including means for processing electronic data – In a chance application
Reexamination Certificate
2006-02-24
2009-06-23
Hotaling, II, John M (Department: 3714)
Amusement devices: games
Including means for processing electronic data
In a chance application
C463S018000, C463S020000, C463S023000, C463S025000, C273S139000, C273S14200F
Reexamination Certificate
active
07549920
ABSTRACT:
A system installed in a casino allows gambling chips in the casino to have variable values. Each chip has an electronic circuit installed in it to store a chip identifier and data indicative of a value currently associated with the chip. Slot machines and other devices are arranged to interact with the gambling chips to read and write data from and into the chips. A central controller is connected to the slot machines and other devices that interact with the chips. The chips carry a display and/or an audio device to apprise players of the value currently associated with the chip.
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Golden Andrew P.
Jorasch James A.
Levin Nathaniel
Mik Magdalena
Van Vooren William B.
Hotaling, II John M
Pandya Sunit
Walker Digital, LLC
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