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US 2006/0079321 A1Published application
Products and processes for providing a benefit according to a pattern in outcomes
AssigneeIgt
InventorsJay Walker, James Jorasch, Robert Tedesco
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Abstract
A hardware or software module is added to a gaming device. The module renders the gaming device capable of permitting play of the gaming device when a credit balance of the gaming device is insufficient, in which prior to such rendering, the gaming device was not capable of permitting play of the gaming device when the credit balance is insufficient.
Claims10
A method comprising:
- adding, to a gaming device, a module which renders the gaming device capable of permitting play of the gaming device when a credit balance of the gaming device is insufficient, in which prior to such rendering, the gaming device was not capable of permitting play of the gaming device when the credit balance is insufficient.
A method comprising:
- adding, to a gaming device, a module which renders the gaming device capable of determining whether play of the gaming device may continue, in which the determination of whether play may continue is based on at least one factor that does not consider the credit balance of the gaming device,
- in which prior to such rendering, the gaming device was not capable of determination of whether play may continue based on the at least one factor.
A method comprising:
- adding, to a gaming device, a module which renders the gaming device capable of determining whether play of the gaming device may continue, in which the determination of whether play may continue is based on at least one factor that considers the time of play of the gaming device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.