Amusement devices: games – Including means for processing electronic data – With communication link
Reexamination Certificate
2007-03-06
2007-03-06
Sager, Mark (Department: 3712)
Amusement devices: games
Including means for processing electronic data
With communication link
Reexamination Certificate
active
09965524
ABSTRACT:
Methods and apparatus are described for distributing gaming applications to a plurality of gaming sites located in a plurality of regulatory regions via a wide area network. Each regulatory region has a regulatory scheme associated therewith. A plurality of gaming applications are stored on at least one central server. A subset of the gaming applications are distributed from the at least one central server to at least one of the gaming sites located in one of regulatory regions via the wide area network, the subset of gaming applications being determined according to the associated regulatory scheme.
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