Patents by Inventor Wayne R. Rothman

Wayne R. Rothman has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method for increasing gambling operation utilization by gamblers
    Patent number: 6500066
    Abstract: A method for increasing gambling operation utilization by gamblers, including the steps of determining the effect on the utilization of the gambling operation occurring as a result of variations in percentage of losses or winnings incurred by a gambler who loses or wins a particular wager at the gambling operation, communicating the percentage variation in losses or winnings on the wager correlated to the effect on the utilization of the gambling operation to gamblers or potential gamblers, and varying the percentage of losses or winnings incurred by a gambler on the wager by an amount correlated to the effect on the utilization of the gambling operation occurring as a result of the variation in the percentage of losses or winnings by the gambler, wherein the variation of the percentage of loss always results in losses less than the amount wagered and the variation in the percentage of winnings always results in winnings greater than the amount wagered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2002
    Inventors: Thomas J. Bower, Wayne R. Rothman