Amusement devices: games – Including means for processing electronic data – Credit/debit monitoring or manipulation
Reexamination Certificate
2007-10-02
2007-10-02
Hotaling, II, John M. (Department: 3714)
Amusement devices: games
Including means for processing electronic data
Credit/debit monitoring or manipulation
C463S020000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10414511
ABSTRACT:
Methods and apparatus are provided for enabling a player to take a tour of a secondary game at a game machine. In one embodiment, a method is provided that includes offering to enable entry of a player into a bonus round of a game machine in exchange for a fee, receiving the fee from the player, and enabling entry of the player into the bonus round. The method further includes receiving an indication of at least one player selection during the bonus round, and determining an outcome based on the at least one player selection. In other embodiments, the method includes providing a prize to the player based on the outcome.
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Jorasch James A.
Sammon Russell P.
Walker Jay S.
Hotaling II John M.
Walker Digital, LLC
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