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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2010
Clifton Lind, Austin, TX (US);
Jefferson C. Lind, Austin, TX (US);
Clifton Lind, Austin, TX (US);
Jefferson C. Lind, Austin, TX (US);
Multimedia Games, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
A system, apparatus, and method are disclosed that include generating a scannable physical gaming component associable with a game. The disclosed method also includes identifying a game structure at a player station through a scan of the gaming component, receiving a game play request from a player at the player station, associating the game structure with the game, and awarding the player based on the game outcome. Further disclosed is a group or community game with which the player may be associated upon game play request wherein a winner may be determined based upon the game outcomes at respective player stations.