Card-operated gaming system
CA 2654855 A1 · Owner: International Game Technology · Inventors: Rowe, Richard E.
Overview
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A disclosed smart card includes a processor and memory configured to execute a number of gaming applications, such as a bonus game application a, progressive game application, a voucher application and a paytable application, and communicate with a master gaming controller on the gaming machine. Gaming instructions generated during the execution of one or more of the gaming application on the smart card, may be used to affect game play on the gaming machine. The gaming instructions for various gaming services may be supplied to gaming machines operating in a "stand alone" mode or gaming machine connected to some type of dedicated network. In addition the smart card may store game components …
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- Filed July 26, 2001. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended July 26, 2021.
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