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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.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2011

Filed:

Nov. 12, 2008
Applicants:

Jay S. Walker, Ridgefield, CT (US);

James A. Jorasch, Stamford, CT (US);

Victor M. Garcia, New Haven, CT (US);

Daniel E. Tedesco, Huntington, CT (US);

Stephen C. Tulley, Fairfield, CT (US);

Geoffrey M. Gelman, Stamford, CT (US);

Inventors:

Jay S. Walker, Ridgefield, CT (US);

James A. Jorasch, Stamford, CT (US);

Victor M. Garcia, New Haven, CT (US);

Daniel E. Tedesco, Huntington, CT (US);

Stephen C. Tulley, Fairfield, CT (US);

Geoffrey M. Gelman, Stamford, CT (US);

Assignee:

IGT, Reno, NV (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 9/24 (2006.01); A63F 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

In accordance with one or more embodiments, a method for facilitating play of a gaming device is presented, in which the method comprises enabling a reverse payout mode of play of the gaming device and displaying an indication that play of the gaming device is to be provided in accordance with the reverse payout mode of play. In some embodiments, the indication may include a representation of a virtual player playing in a normal mode of play.


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