Abstract: Described herein are gaming systems and methods for providing timed inflation games. A data processing system can receive a wager and generate a graphical user interface that includes a graphical indicator representing the score for the gameplay along with a first interactive element that updates the score in response to user interaction with it. The state of the graphical indicator increases as the score for the gameplay increases. The data processing system can determine that interaction with the first interactive element has ceased and initiate a timer to count the passage of time up to an expiration threshold. The data processing system can also present a second interactive element that can terminate the gameplay, and the credit balance can be adjusted based on the wager and score in response to user interaction with the second interactive element before the timer expires.

Abstract: A sputtering target comprises a disc machined from a first piece of target grade material, having a front sputtering face and a rear face opposite. The sputtering face and target material erode during use to define a final sputtered face contour and a residual target thickness t measured from the rear face. A hub is machined from a second piece of material and is secured to the rear face of the disc. The securement device utilizes a depth of target material measured from the rear face which minimizes the thickness t in a region adjacent the hub so as to maximize the amount of the target grade material sputterable before in the region before encountering the securement device. In another form, the disc and hub are forged from a single starting slug of target grade material.