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Game of skill or chance playable by several participants remote from each other in conjunction with a common event

  • US 5,083,800 A
  • Filed: 06/07/1990
  • Issued: 01/28/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/09/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A game of skill or chance playable simultaneously by several participants remote from each other in conjunction with a common event comprising:

  • computer game means for providing said common event having a basic format with playing parameters and stored in a binary data form on a digital storage medium;

    personal computer means associated with each participant including means for receiving said binary data from said storage medium;

    a one-way only mass communication means;

    network terminal means connected to each personal computer means for receiving data related to said playing parameters from said one-way only mass communications means and transferring such data to said personal computer;

    said mass communications means for transferring such data to said network terminal in a form compatible with said format of said computer game means for both initializing said game and while the game is being played, for providing updated playing parameters which affect the playing of said game.

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