WO2002071726A3 - Wide area program distribution and game information communication system - Google Patents

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WO2002071726A3
WO2002071726A3 PCT/US2002/002431 US0202431W WO02071726A3 WO 2002071726 A3 WO2002071726 A3 WO 2002071726A3 US 0202431 W US0202431 W US 0202431W WO 02071726 A3 WO02071726 A3 WO 02071726A3
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Methods and apparatus are described for distributing gaming applications to a plurality of gaming sites located in a plurality of regulatory regions via a wide area network. Each regulatory region has a regulatory scheme associated therewith. A plurality of gaming applications are stored on at least one central server. A subset of the gaming applications are distributed from the at least one central server to at least one of the gaming sites located in one of regulatory regions via the wide area network, the subset of gaming applications being determined according to the associated regulatory scheme.
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