Amusement devices: games – Chance devices – Chance selection
Reexamination Certificate
2009-11-04
2011-10-25
Pierce, William (Department: 3711)
Amusement devices: games
Chance devices
Chance selection
C283S903000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08042809
ABSTRACT:
A lottery game incorporates player direction in determining the outcome of the game and allows a player to reveal one or more elements in a lottery game area according to rules associated with the lottery game. According to one embodiment of the invention, the player may expose initially any element of the lottery game area, and every exposable element includes an indication of at least two other exposable adjacent elements that may next be selected. The player's progression through the lottery game is not predetermined such that the player has significant ability or flexibility to control or direct the play of the lottery game and to influence or direct the outcome of the lottery game (e.g., embodied by the card).
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Jorasch James A.
Tedesco Daniel E.
Tulley Stephen C.
Walker Jay S.
Downs Michael D.
Fincham Downs LLC
Pierce William
Walker Digital, LLC
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