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Gaming apparatus and method

US7223171B2 · kind B2 · utility

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31Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 12, 2002
Grant dateMay 29, 2007
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 27, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA63F2001/008
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method and apparatus are provided for playing a one player video game of chance. The method includes the steps of providing a plurality of items that until selected by the one player occupy a set of non-selected items, displaying an indicia of a winning combination of items present within the plurality of items in advance of selection of any item of the plurality of items by the one player, enabling the one player to select at least some of the plurality of items for inclusion in a set of selected items, wherein at least one other of the plurality of items remains within the set of non-selected items and displaying the items within the set of selected and non-selected items.

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