Method of leasing a gaming machine for a percentage of a net...

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2005-01-25

2010-02-23

Vo, Peter DungBa (Department: 3714)

Amusement devices: games

Including means for processing electronic data

Credit/debit monitoring or manipulation

C463S016000, C463S020000, C463S026000, C463S042000, C273S138100, C705S059000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07666090

ABSTRACT:
A method of leasing a gaming machine is provided that includes determining a monetary average machine net win in monetary units per gaming machine per unit of time for a group of existing gaming machines, receiving the leased gaming machine, and determining a monetary payment amount for the leased gaming machine for a second time period based on the average machine net win, the monetary payment amount equaling a percentage of a new gaming machine net win amount.

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