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Entertainment and gaming devices coupled to an indication of payout percentage characteristics

  • US 7,749,069 B2
  • Filed: 05/12/2004
  • Issued: 07/06/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/13/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An assembly comprising:

  • a plurality of coin-operated player-operable entertainment machines, each one of the machines configured to implement one of a plurality of different payout percentages, each different payout percentage determined based on;

    (i) a plurality of awards associated with a plurality of winning outcomes and (ii) for each of the plurality of winning outcomes, a probability of said winning outcome occurring in a play of a game;

    at least one common display device for the plurality of machines; and

    at least one processor configured to cause the at least one common display device to indicate a plurality of the different payout percentages which are currently being implemented by the plurality of machines, the indication occurring;

    (i) without outputting an identification of which of the machines are currently implementing which of the indicated payout percentages, and(ii) independent of any of the outcomes generated by any of the plurality of machines.

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