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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:
May. 17, 2011

Filed:

Oct. 04, 2005
Applicants:

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

James A. Jorasch, New York, NY (US);

Peter Kim, New York, NY (US);

Geoffrey M. Gelman, Boston, MA (US);

Peter J. Vogel, Hartland, WI (US);

Michael D. Downs, Stamford, CT (US);

Inventors:

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

James A. Jorasch, New York, NY (US);

Peter Kim, New York, NY (US);

Geoffrey M. Gelman, Boston, MA (US);

Peter J. Vogel, Hartland, WI (US);

Michael D. Downs, Stamford, CT (US);

Assignee:

IGT, Reno, NV (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 1/00 (2006.01); G07F 17/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

In some embodiments, methods and apparatus allow for a plurality of options to be displayed to a player for playing at least one round of a game in accordance with at least one advantage and/or disadvantage. The player may accept an option. For example, a player may accept an option to play at least one future round of play in accordance with a rule that is different from a rule used in a current round of play.


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