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Game-winner selection based on verifiable event outcomes

US8016662B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

SCA PROMOTIONS · US

Inventors

Robert D. Hamman · Dallas, US
Kenneth R. Westerlage · Fort Worth, US
William C. Kennedy, III · Dallas, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 22, 2002
Grant date	Sep 13, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 20, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG07F17/32
WIPO fieldControl
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A gaming system includes a game server and a client device. The game server accepts the publicly-verifiable outcome of a non-deterministic event as an input. The game server creates a seed from the outcome and inputs the seed into a random number generator to generate a random number. The game server generates a winner using the random number and communicates the winner to the client device.

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