WO2007146791A3 - Server based gaming system and method for selectively providing one or more different tournaments - Google Patents

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WO2007146791A3
WO2007146791A3 PCT/US2007/070740 US2007070740W WO2007146791A3 WO 2007146791 A3 WO2007146791 A3 WO 2007146791A3 US 2007070740 W US2007070740 W US 2007070740W WO 2007146791 A3 WO2007146791 A3 WO 2007146791A3
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gaming system
server based
selectively providing
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Gregory A Schlottmann
Jacob Thomas Graham
Bryan D Wolf
Anthony J Baerlocher
Richard J Schneider
Cara L Iddings
Vince Manfredi
Michael Macvittie
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Igt Reno Nev
Gregory A Schlottmann
Jacob Thomas Graham
Bryan D Wolf
Anthony J Baerlocher
Richard J Schneider
Cara L Iddings
Vince Manfredi
Michael Macvittie
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Priority to ZA2008/10414A priority patent/ZA200810414B/en
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Abstract

A gaming system (10) includes a central server (12) operable to communicate a plurality of different commands to a plurality of gamin machines (14) to provide non-tournament game play (120) and to provide tournament game play (100) on the same machines (14).
PCT/US2007/070740 2006-06-13 2007-06-08 Server based gaming system and method for selectively providing one or more different tournaments WO2007146791A2 (en)

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