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Stratosphere comes down to earth with a bump27 April 2001A Harrah's Entertainment Inc. subsidiary filed a lawsuit this week in U.S. District Court against the owners of the Stratosphere hotel-casino alleging patent infringement. Apparently, the Stratosphere violated a patent, filed in 1996, for the "Bet Guarantee System" invented by Thomas Cook and James LoCicero. The "Bet Guarantee System" enables casinos to track a players wins, losses and the casino's theoretical win as well as producing a ticket that rated customers can redeem for cash, credits or coins. At this time, Stratosphere officials could not be reached for comment. |