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Country	kind	publication No.	Filing Date	Type	Sub-Type
US	B2	US6921331	Apr 19, 2001	Patent	Grant
Type : Patent Sub-Type : Grant
GRANTED PATENT AS SECOND PUBLICATION		Methods and systems for electronic virtual races		Jul 26, 2005
US	A1	US20080027919	Oct 10, 2007	Patent	Application
Type : Patent Sub-Type : Application
FIRST PUBLISHED PATENT APPLICATION		Methods and systems for electronic virtual races		Jan 31, 2008

• 15 United States
• 10 France
• 8 Japan
• 7 China
• 5 Korea
• 2 Other

Patent Owner(s)

Patent Owner	Address
IGT	6355 SOUTH BUFFALO DRIVE LAS VEGAS NV 89113

International Classification(s)

• G06F:ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING

• 2003 Application Filing Year
• G06F Class
• 25668 Applications Filed
• 15037 Patents Issued To-Date
• 58.59 % Issued To-Date

Inventor(s)

Inventor Name	Address	# of filed Patents	Total Citations
Beney, Pierre-Jean	London, GB	31	2550
# of filed Patents : 31 Total Citations : 2550
Gatto, Jean-Marie	London, GB	94	5734
# of filed Patents : 94 Total Citations : 5734

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• 19 Citation Count
• G06F Class

• 31.06 % this patent is cited more than
• 18 Age

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Maintenance Fees

Fee	Large entity fee	small entity fee	micro entity fee	due date

Fee	Large entity fee	small entity fee	micro entity fee
Surcharge after expiration - Late payment is unavoidable	$700.00	$350.00	$175.00
Surcharge after expiration - Late payment is unintentional	$1,640.00	$820.00	$410.00

DATE PUBLISHED	PUBLICATION/PATENT NO.	PUBLICATION TYPE
November 06, 2007	US,7291070,B2   US7291070B2	GRANTED PATENT AS SECOND PUBLICATION
September 11, 2003	US,20030171140,A1   US20030171140A1	FIRST PUBLISHED PATENT APPLICATION

Full Text

US Patent No: 7291070

Methods and systems for electronic virtual races

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Abstract

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A game of chance includes steps of accepting at least one of a wager and a selection of a predicted outcome of a competitive activity; randomly selecting an actual outcome of the competitive activity according to predetermined odds; accessing one of a plurality of video sequence that shows the randomly selected actual outcome of the competitive activity, and showing the accessed one of the plurality of video sequence on a display. A step may be carried out to pay a sum determined by the wager and the predetermined odds when the predicted outcome matches the randomly selected actual outcome.

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