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more re acronyms - NSU

#1

Just thought I would mention that the term NSU really seems to be getting
around. I hear more and more people mentioning NSU when I am sitting at VP
machines - even people who are not on these lists! I'm assuming no machine was
actually marketed with a big "NSU Deuces" sign on it instead of "Draw Poker"
or "Deuces Wild". I guess with enough people reading VP books, hearing Bob
Dancer talk, or having friends, the term has just gotten into the general
gambling jargon. Soon it will show up in the dictionary.

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#2

IGT has used it on their web site. Amazing. <g>
Skip

misscraps@aol.com wrote:

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Just thought I would mention that the term NSU really seems to be getting around. I hear more and more people mentioning NSU when I am sitting at VP machines - even people who are not on these lists! I'm assuming no machine was actually marketed with a big "NSU Deuces" sign on it instead of "Draw Poker" or "Deuces Wild". I guess with enough people reading VP books, hearing Bob Dancer talk, or having friends, the term has just gotten into the general gambling jargon. Soon it will show up in the dictionary.

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#3

When BC put in the whole bunch of them several months ago, Lisa Vios (soon
to depart for the South Coast :-() included the fact that they had been
installed and used the term in a letter.

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From: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vpF…@…com] On Behalf Of
Skip Hughes
Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 6:49 PM
To: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [vpFREE] more re acronyms - NSU

IGT has used it on their web site. Amazing. <g>
Skip

misscraps@aol.com wrote:

Just thought I would mention that the term NSU really seems to be getting
around. I hear more and more people mentioning NSU when I am sitting at VP

machines - even people who are not on these lists! I'm assuming no machine

was

actually marketed with a big "NSU Deuces" sign on it instead of "Draw

Poker"

or "Deuces Wild". I guess with enough people reading VP books, hearing Bob

Dancer talk, or having friends, the term has just gotten into the general
gambling jargon. Soon it will show up in the dictionary.

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#4

Skip
You should have copyrighted it.....

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----- Original Message ----- From: "Skip Hughes" <skiphughes@earthlink.net>
To: <vpFREE@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 3:49 PM
Subject: Re: [vpFREE] more re acronyms - NSU

IGT has used it on their web site. Amazing. <g>
Skip

#5

Well, anything that's copyrightable and created in the US is
automatically copyrighted (although obviously the copyright isn't
automatically registered). I doubt that the name alone would qualify
for copyright protection.

There could certainly be a trademark, but I'm not sure that you could
claim a trademark on something like this without being IGT.

Certainly IGT could patent the pay table, copyright the design of the
machine, and trademark the name.

JBQ

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On 8/26/05, ednar <ednar@kconline.com> wrote:

Skip
You should have copyrighted it.....

----- Original Message -----
From: "Skip Hughes" <skiphughes@earthlink.net>
To: <vpFREE@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 3:49 PM
Subject: Re: [vpFREE] more re acronyms - NSU

> IGT has used it on their web site. Amazing. <g>
> Skip
>

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#6

ummmm. I was basically joking about the copyright. But seriously I believe it was Skip who was the first to initiate and formally utilize the acronym.

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----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean-Baptiste Queru" <jbqueru@gmail.com>

Well, anything that's copyrightable and created in the US is
automatically copyrighted (although obviously the copyright isn't
automatically registered). I doubt that the name alone would qualify
for copyright protection.

There could certainly be a trademark, but I'm not sure that you could
claim a trademark on something like this without being IGT.

Certainly IGT could patent the pay table, copyright the design of the
machine, and trademark the name.

JBQ