A network gaming system
CA 2243582 A1 · Owner: Van Antwerp, John · Inventors: Goldberg, Sheldon Francis; Van Antwerp, John
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A method (Figs. 4A-4E) or apparatus (Figs. 1-3 6A-6B and 8A-8B) for automating playing games such as blackjack poker, craps, roulette, baccarat and pai gow wherein players may, play continuously and asynchronously and information related to, advertised items can be exchanged between players and advertisers. Each instance of a game is unique from all other current game instances. The games do not require a manual dealer and can be played either in a gaming establishment using low cost gaming stations (18) or on the Internet (324) or by an interactive cable television network wherein a game controller (14) communicates with players at network nodes (318). During a game advertising is, …
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- Filed January 17, 1997. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended January 17, 2017.
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