Amusement devices: games – Including means for processing electronic data – In a chance application
Reexamination Certificate
2007-08-13
2010-06-29
Vo, Peter DungBa (Department: 3714)
Amusement devices: games
Including means for processing electronic data
In a chance application
C463S016000, C463S025000, C463S029000, C273S138100, C273S139000, C705S014120, C705S044000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07744456
ABSTRACT:
Certain embodiments provide systems and methods for sweepstakes awards in a gaming environment. Certain embodiments provide a method including accumulating sweepstakes entries for a player based on at least one sweepstakes entry criterion and randomly selecting a winner from the pool of sweepstakes entries. The sweepstakes entries are associated with the player and incorporated in a pool of sweepstakes entries. In certain embodiments, the at least one sweepstakes entry criterion comprises at least one of one entry per player, accumulating points based on play, accumulating points based on machine outcome, and coin in. In certain embodiments, the method further includes determining eligibility of a player for the sweepstakes. In certain embodiments, eligibility is determined based on at least one of a player group, a machine group, a machine denomination, a machine type, a machine manufacturer, a game manufacturer, a game theme and a game title, for example.
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Berelowitz Lael
Walther Steve J.
Aristocrat Technologies Inc.
Hall Arthur O.
McAndrews Held & Malloy Ltd.
Vo Peter DungBa
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