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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:
Aug. 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);
Other;
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. In one embodiment, the qualified person may be required to redeem the outcome at the gambling location. In another embodiment, the person may be required to redeem the outcome at a redemption location.