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Wagering game input apparatus and method

  • US 9,092,931 B2
  • Filed: 06/16/2011
  • Issued: 07/28/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A wagering game assembly, comprising:

  • an electrically responsive touch screen configured to display an image to a player of a casino wagering game, and further configured to receive an electrical stimulus as an input to the casino wagering game;

    a first, free-standing, moveable electronic input device (EID) configured to provide the electrical stimulus to the electrically responsive touch screen as the input to the casino wagering game, the first EID having a contact surface and a plurality of electrical contacts proximate the contact surface, the plurality of electrical contacts operatively arranged in a predetermined pattern to further provide machine-determinable differences that uniquely identify the first EID with respect to a second EID in use at the wagering game assembly when the first EID is in contact with the electrically responsive touch screen.

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