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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:
Jan. 30, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2001
Applicants:
Michael T. Tessmer, Bozeman, MT (US);
Lee E. Cannon, Bozeman, MT (US);
Charlotte S. Centuori, Henderson, NV (US);
Alan D. Williams, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Inventors:
Michael T. Tessmer, Bozeman, MT (US);
Lee E. Cannon, Bozeman, MT (US);
Charlotte S. Centuori, Henderson, NV (US);
Alan D. Williams, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Assignee:
IGT, Reno, NV (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 9/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods of weighting odds in shared bonus events and gaming systems and devices configured for weighting odds in shared bonus events. A number of participations or entries by the same gaming machine or player entity may be obtained for a shared bonus event in association with play of a base or primary game, allowing the odds of winning the shared bonus event to be weighted.