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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 14, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Martin A Keane, Chicago, IL (US);
Assignee:
Bally Gaming International, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
463 22 ;
Abstract
A gaming machine produces truly random results using a noisy oscillator to randomly vary the frequency of a clock signal used to cycle a counter through its states. Multiple random numbers can be generated during the same game using the same circuitry, yet still achieve truly random results.
Published as:
ZA978721B; FI974222A7; EP0843289A2; AU4508097A; US5873781A; EP0843289A3; AU708826B2; US2001054387A1; US6645303B2;