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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2004
Lonnie D. Ropp, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Joe Blackwell, Worth, IL (US);
Keith Johnson, Bartlett, IL (US);
Dwight Sullivan, West Chicago, IL (US);
Lonnie D. Ropp, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Joe Blackwell, Worth, IL (US);
Keith Johnson, Bartlett, IL (US);
Dwight Sullivan, West Chicago, IL (US);
Stern Pinball, Inc., Melrose Park, IL (US);
Abstract
Enhanced amusement game tournament play is achieved by awarding prizes to one or more players maintaining a position on a threshold game score achieving, bump board listing, a prize qualifying cumulative threshold game score total, and/or a prize qualifying cumulative actual game score total wherein individual game scores are required to meet a threshold game score prior to being added to the cumulative total. These methods for awarding prizes may also include the awarding of prizes to one or more players achieving a prize qualifying individual game score and/or a prize qualifying cumulative game score total.