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Apparatus and method for promotional contests

  • US 5,269,522 A
  • Filed: 09/20/1991
  • Issued: 12/14/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/20/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A gaming system comprising:

  • control means comprising;

    means for storing a plurality of messages;

    means for generating a plurality of symbols;

    means for grouping said symbols into symbol ranges, each symbol range having a start symbol and an end symbol;

    means for storing said symbol ranges; and

    means for associating at least one of said messages with a selected range of symbols, wherein different ranges are associated with different messages and wherein each symbol of a selected range is associated with one message;

    the system further comprisingmeans for generating indicia representative of each symbol, said indicia being located on an article and said article being available to a player, said indicia being in machine readable form,means for reading said indicia and for transmitting said read indicia to said control means,said control means also comprisingmeans for determining the symbol range which contains the symbol represented by the read indicia, andmeans for outputting the corresponding associated message to a player based upon said determine range, said message indicating to a player game status.

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