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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2010
Applicant:
Niels C. Holch, Annapolis, MD (US);
Inventor:
Niels C. Holch, Annapolis, MD (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 9/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method for operating one or more games for a plurality of players including identifying at least two players participating in a selected one of the games at the expiration of a predetermined time period, and establishing a wager pool corresponding to a total of wager amounts from each of the identified players. The wager pool is reduced by a takeout amount. One or more random numbers are generated, and one or more winners of the selected game are determined based on the one or more random numbers. Funds are distributed from the wager pool to the determined one or more winners of the selected game.