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US 2025/0148858 A1Published application
Gaming system and method for placing and redeeming sports bets
AssigneeIgt
InventorsErrol A. Ramos, Mathew H. Henderson, Paul C. Ewing, Erik B. Chalko, David C. Pence, Tyrell J. Atterberry, Kimberly A. Carestia
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Abstract
Gaming systems and methods for placing one or more sports bets at an electronic gaming machine (“EGM”) and for redeeming any winnings for one or more placed sports bet at an EGM.
Claims20
A device comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- cause a display, by a display device and in a sports betting service window, of a sports bet available to be placed, wherein the sports betting service window is distinct from a game window simultaneously displayed by the display device and controlled by a processor of an electronic gaming machine and the sports betting service window is controlled, independent of the processor of the electronic gaming machine, based on data received from a sports book server, and
- responsive to a placement of the sports bet, cause a display, by the display device and in the sports betting service window, of a deduction of an amount associated with the sports bet from a credit balance.
2 more elements
An electronic gaming machine comprising:
- a display device;
- a processor;
- and
- a memory device which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- cause the display device to display, in a service window, a sports bet available to be placed, the service window being distinct from a game window displayed by the display device and controlled by the processor and the service window being controlled, independent of the processor, based on first data received from a sports book server, and
- responsive to a placement of the sports bet, cause the display device to display, in the service window, a deduction of an amount associated with the sports bet from a credit balance, wherein responsive to the sports bet being a winning sports bet, a virtual ticket associated with the placed sport bet is thereafter redeemable at a sports book that is distinct from the electronic gaming machine and associated with the sports book server.
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A method of operating a device, the method comprising:
- displaying, by a display device and in a sports betting service window, a sports bet available to be placed, wherein the sports betting service window is distinct from a game window simultaneously displayed by the display device and controlled by a processor of an electronic gaming machine and the sports betting service window is controlled, independent of the processor of the electronic gaming machine, based on data received from a sports book server, and
- responsive to a placement of the sports bet, display, by the display device and in the sports betting service window, a deduction of an amount associated with the sports bet from a credit balance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.