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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2007
Dow K Hardy, Marlborough, MA (US);
Mark E Herrmann, Wellesley, MA (US);
John E Taylor, Jr., Vero Beach, FL (US);
John F Acres, Corvallis, OR (US);
Steven N Kane, Brookline, MA (US);
Dow K Hardy, Marlborough, MA (US);
Mark E Herrmann, Wellesley, MA (US);
John E Taylor, Jr., Vero Beach, FL (US);
John F Acres, Corvallis, OR (US);
Steven N Kane, Brookline, MA (US);
Scientific Games Holdings Limited, Ballymahon, Co. Longford, IE;
Abstract
A system and method is provided for incentivizing players to visit a gambling location. In one aspect, a qualified person is invited to play an electronic game which has a plurality of outcomes, at least one of which is a winning outcome. One aspect relates to accumulating outcomes. Another relates to incentives provided to player program member(s). In some embodiments, the person does not need to be qualified. In one embodiment, the person may be required to redeem the outcome at the gambling location, in another at a redemption location. In one embodiment, a player is required to take an action in order to redeem an outcome. In some embodiments, a game play and/or redemption and/or any action must occur in a specified time, respectively. In one embodiment the electronic game is not located at a gambling location, in another it is not located at a redemption location.