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Method for playing a gambling game

US7316611B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 17, 2003
Grant dateJan 8, 2008
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 11, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG07F17/3276
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In a gambling game a collateral gambling game which can be won by players on at least one specific event occurring in the principal game, the collateral game being separate from the principal game but one when any of the possible winning events occur in the principal game, the payment to the player divided by the total number of players who bet on the specific winning event.The game gives a possibility for a large number of players to share in the success of a single player who has successfully won the main game.It may be used with various types of games including those using electronic gaming machines.

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