Portable validation unit for gaming system
CA 1284534 C · Owner: Advanced Gaming Technology Inc. · Inventors: Richardson, John
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A portable validation unit for an electronic gaming system, particularly a bingo system. The validation unit communicates through a serial data interface with a base station of the gaming system to receive a serial number defining a particular validation unit and corresponding employee and further, receives a validation code defining a particular gaming schedule. As the gaming schedule is played on electronic bingo cards, wins of each game are validated by connecting a validation unit to an electronic card to ensure that the card has a matching validation code stored therein for the current gaming schedule and is indicating a winning sequence of called numbers. If there is no winning …
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- Granted May 28, 1991. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended May 28, 2008.
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