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    <title>Clash of the Lottery Titans: Scientific Games Suing Rival GTECH</title>
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      <title>Comment #9</title>
      <link>http://www.lotterypost.com/news/112629/380198</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2005 21:53:50 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>RJOh</dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[Scientific said GTECH's systems for MUSL's Powerball Power Play and Keno Plus games violate its patents covering online lottery games that include an optional bonus wager. If a player who opts for the  bonus wager  wins a prize in the base game, the player's winnings get multiplied by a random amount. If they win, I may take out a patent on planting seeds in the spring, all the farmers in my area do it, but nobody owns the patent on that idea as far as I know.   I could collect royalties from al... [&nbsp;<a href="http://www.lotterypost.com/news/112629/380198">More</a>&nbsp;]]]></description>
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      <title>Comment #8</title>
      <link>http://www.lotterypost.com/news/112629/380042</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2005 18:07:13 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>LOTTOMIKE</dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[anyone have any thoughts as to how this will play out]]></description>
      <category>LOTTOMIKE</category>
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      <title>Comment #7</title>
      <link>http://www.lotterypost.com/news/112629/379750</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2005 02:02:35 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Todd</dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[Hence, in the words of the first sentence,  ...the world's largest operator of lottery systems...]]></description>
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      <title>Comment #6</title>
      <link>http://www.lotterypost.com/news/112629/379749</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2005 02:00:38 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Todd</dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[Hey that's a good idea - you should have kept quiet about it]]></description>
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      <title>Comment #5</title>
      <link>http://www.lotterypost.com/news/112629/379730</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2005 00:59:59 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>RJOh</dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[Next thing you know, someone will want a patent on their family birth days and will file a law suit to share the winnings if those numbers come up in a drawing whether they played them or not.RJOh]]></description>
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      <title>Comment #4</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2005 00:44:43 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>JimmySand9</dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[In laymans terms, these companies pretty much have duopoly on the lottery terminal industry, GTech being the most dominant.]]></description>
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      <title>Comment #3</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2005 00:39:08 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Todd</dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[Er, ah, well how do I put this?  Your knowledge of the lottery industry may be somewhat limited if you don't know of either of those companies.  Like a computer expert that has never heard of IBM.]]></description>
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      <title>Comment #2</title>
      <link>http://www.lotterypost.com/news/112629/379716</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2005 00:26:10 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Maverick</dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[Titans? I never heard of either of them knuckleheads.]]></description>
      <category>Maverick</category>
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      <title>Comment #1</title>
      <link>http://www.lotterypost.com/news/112629/379689</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2005 23:36:51 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>MillionsWanted</dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[A fantastic innovation: An algoritm with a RNG which multiplies winnings in a random manner! An innovation which can be compared to the invention of the rader!*sarcasm mode off*They can patent anything these days.]]></description>
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      <title>Clash of the Lottery Titans: Scientific Games Suing Rival GTECH</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2005 23:16:29 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Todd</dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[Lottery and betting equipment maker Scientific Games Corp. said Monday that its subsidiary Scientific Games Royalty Corp. is suing GTECH Holdings Corp., the world's largest operator of lottery systems, for patent infringement.The lawsuit concerns the enforcement of Scientific Games' group participation multiplier patents, U.S. Patent Nos. 6,648,753 and 6,692,354 and GTECH's unauthorized and illegal use of same.Lorne Weil, Scientific Games' chairman and CEO, said,  It is our intention to vigorous... [&nbsp;<a href="http://www.lotterypost.com/news/112629">More</a>&nbsp;]]]></description>
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