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EP 1 474 784 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 10.11.2004 Bulletin 2004/46 (21) Application number: 02783314.4 (22) Date of filing: 09.12.2002

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: G07F 1/00 (86) International application number: PCT/GB2002/005568 (87) International publication number: WO 2003/054811 (03.07.2003 Gazette 2003/27)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE SI SK TR Designated Extension States: AL LT LV MK RO (30) Priority: 12.12.2001 GB 0129674 (71) Applicant: IGT-UK Limited Lancashire OL7 0QQ (GB)	(72) Inventor: RANDALL, Dov Liam Manchester M45 7WZ (GB) (74) Representative: Wilson Gunn M'Caw  5th Floor,Blackfriars House,The Parsonage Manchester M3 2JA Manchester M3 2JA (GB)