Amusement devices: games – Including means for processing electronic data – Credit/debit monitoring or manipulation
Reexamination Certificate
2006-07-04
2006-07-04
Nguyen, Kim (Department: 3713)
Amusement devices: games
Including means for processing electronic data
Credit/debit monitoring or manipulation
Reexamination Certificate
active
07070505
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for wagering on a community event by a plurality of players. The apparatus includes a pay table ranking a preselected community event, a wagering place to accept individual wagers from each of the players on the occurrence of the preselected community event, a random number generator for establishing chance events during a game of chance, and a prize pool connected to the wagering place, which prize pool receives at least a portion of the accepted wagers. The players are rewarded from the prize pool if the preselected community event occurs during the game of chance. The method includes identifying. a community event, accepting wagers from players on the game of chance, entering part of the wagers into a prize pool, and rewarding the players from the prize pool if the community event occurs during the game of chance.
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Oliver Terrance W
Vancura Olaf
Dorr, Carson & Birney, P.C.
Nguyen Kim
Progressive Gaming International Corp.
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