WO2006031913A3 - Multiplayer card tournaments and methods - Google Patents

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WO2006031913A3
WO2006031913A3 PCT/US2005/032790 US2005032790W WO2006031913A3 WO 2006031913 A3 WO2006031913 A3 WO 2006031913A3 US 2005032790 W US2005032790 W US 2005032790W WO 2006031913 A3 WO2006031913 A3 WO 2006031913A3
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Gil Levi
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    • G07F17/32—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for games, toys, sports, or amusements
    • G07F17/326—Game play aspects of gaming systems
    • G07F17/3272—Games involving multiple players
    • G07F17/3276—Games involving multiple players wherein the players compete, e.g. tournament
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    • G07F17/32—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for games, toys, sports, or amusements
    • G07F17/3286—Type of games
    • G07F17/3293—Card games, e.g. poker, canasta, black jack

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Abstract

The invention provides a multiplayer card tournament for playing on a communications network and methods for conducting and determining a winner of the tournament.
PCT/US2005/032790 2004-09-14 2005-09-13 Multiplayer card tournaments and methods WO2006031913A2 (en)

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