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Richard E Michaelson 
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`555 Werth Circle 
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`Reno, NV 89506 
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`775 846 9422 
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`EDUCATION: 
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`University of Nevada, Reno; Graduate work in Elizabethan Drama 
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`University of Nevada, Reno; Bachelor of Science; Major in Mathematics; minor in Physics 
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`Mt. San Antonio College; Undergraduate studies; Major in Commercial Aviation 
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`Oregon Technical Institute; Undergraduate studies; Field of study Electronics Technology 
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`Klamath Union High School graduate 
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`EXPERIENCE: 
`
`IGT; Staff Engineer; 2000 – 2015 
`
`Legal Dept.; Advised on continuations of patents; Testified as designated 30(b)(6) 
`witness; Performed forensic analysis of competitor machines directed to patent 
`infringement. 
`
`Firmware Dept.; Led projects in Class II gaming products including Electronic Bingo and 
`Finite Pool central determination systems. 
`
`Math Team; Led mathematics team that ensured that Game Design products worked as 
`designed before inflicting flawed designs on Firmware Engineering. 
`
`Weaver, Fuller, and Dyer, LLC.; Managing Member; 1998 – 2000 
`
`Consulted on projects for major gaming companies, Aristocrat, Bally, IGT; Details of 
`work confidential. 
`
`Bally Systems; Chief Engineer; 1996 – 1998 
`
`Mentored engineers; Designed casino floor protocol, hardware and firmware for 
`Thrillions system (similar to Megabucks). 
`
`Spintek International; President; 1994 – 1996 
`
`Managed the day to day problems besetting a startup; Designed spinning reel games; 
`Developed a new method of determining game outcomes (US Pat 5,380,008); Wrote an 
`RS485 protocol for distributed game machine hardware. 
`

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`IGT EX. 1008 - 1/4
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`Bally Systems; Engineering Manager; 1993 – 1994 
`
`Mentored engineers; Designed hardware to interface various manufacturer’s slot 
`machines to the Bally SDS slot data system. 
`
`Hamilton Medical; Firmware Engineer; 1991 – 1993 
`
`Wrote firmware for medical laboratory instruments, precision syringes, titrating 
`equipment, X‐Y sampling system. 
`
`P.I.Kaiser Software; Owner; 1989 – 1991 
`
`Consulting firmware design company; Designed firmware for a small SCADA system; 
`Wrote firmware for external and internal underground fuel storage leak detection; 
`Modernized a Velobind binder/debinder. 
`
`Syntech International; Firmware Engineer; 1987 – 1989 
`
`Wrote firmware for Player Activated Terminals for state lotteries. 
`
`Linear Instruments; Hardware Engineer; 1985 – 1987 
`
`Designed hardware interfaces for laboratory chart recorders. 
`
`IGT; Firmware Engineer; 1981 – 1985 
`
`Wrote firmware for Americanization of Aristocrat spinning reel machines; Developed 
`firmware for the IGT M‐slot; Developed firmware for the IGT S‐slot; Developed video 
`slot games including a 9‐coin video game with three sets of three reels. 
`
`P.I.Kaiser, Inc.; Co‐owner, Firmware Engineer; 1980 – 1981 
`
`Designed and manufactured progressive jackpot systems; Designed a conversion kit to 
`replace Bally 870 electromechanical works with microprocessor controlled electronics. 
`
`Summit Systems; Slot machine designer; 1980 
`
`Designed slot games and firmware for spinning reel slot with solenoid driven stop arms. 
`
`Lynch Communications; Manufacturing Engineer; 1979 – 1980 
`
`Designed test equipment for new products in N‐carrier, subscriber carrier, and T‐carrier 
`telecommunications equipment. 
`
`Harrah’s Hotel and Casino, Reno; Electronics Maintenance Technician, Slot Mechanic, and 
`Electronics Engineer; 1973 – 1979 
`
`Maintained sound, video, and other electronic systems in the casino; Maintained 
`electronic slot machines; Designed firmware and hardware for Harrah’s microprocessor 
`controlled slot machines. 
`
`2 
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`   
`

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`IGT EX. 1008 - 2/4
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`

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`Lear Motors; Electronics Technician; 1970 – 1973 
`
`Prototyped solid‐state brushless electric motor drives; Designed a 20 kVA 3 phase to DC 
`intelligent front end for a motor drive; Programmed a discrete component digital 
`computer for sawmill setworks. 
`

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`U.S. PATENTS: 
`
`5,380,008  Electronic gaming apparatus  
`6,626,758  Random pay gaming method and system  
`6,866,584  Apparatus and method for generating a pool of seeds for a central 
`determination gaming system  
`6,988,946  Central determination gaming system with a central controller 
`providing a game outcome and a gaming terminal determining a 
`presentation of the provided game outcome  
`7,291,069  Central determination gaming system with a game outcome generated 
`by a gaming terminal and approved by a central controller  
`7,329,183  Central determination gaming system where the same seed is used to 
`generate the outcomes for a primary game and a secondary game  
`7,399,227  Central determination gaming system with a keno game  
`7,473,176  Apparatus and method for generating a pool of seeds for a central 
`determination gaming system  
`7,479,062  Apparatus and method for generating a pool of seeds for a central 
`determination gaming system  
`7,572,183  Gaming machine including redo feature  
`7,628,703  Central determination gaming system with a gaming terminal assisting 
`the central controller in the generation of a game outcome  
`7,651,392  Gaming device system having partial progressive payout  
`7,811,168  Random pay gaming system using weighting function with maximum, 
`minimum, and average value  
`7,819,743  Gaming machine including redo feature  
`7,833,093  Central determination gaming system where the same seed is used to 
`generate the outcomes for a primary game and a secondary game  
`7,871,328  Random pay using non‐gaming revenue  
`7,887,415  Random payout while maintaining the progressive prize pool at the 
`predetermined average pool size  
`7,951,004  Multi‐player bingo game with progressive jackpots  
`7,959,509  Multi‐player bingo game with optional progressive jackpot wager 
`7,980,947  Flexible determination of progressive awards  
`8,062,119  Apparatus and method for memorization poker  
`8,070,578  Central determination gaming system with a central controller 
`providing a game outcome and a gaming terminal determining a 
`presentation of the provided game outcome  
`

`
`3 
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`IGT EX. 1008 - 3/4
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`

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`8,079,902  Central determination gaming system with a game outcome generated 
`by a gaming terminal and approved by a central controller  
`Interactive gaming table  
`8,157,652 
`8,192,279  Multi‐player bingo game with optional progressive jackpot wager 
`8,251,824  Central determination gaming system with a keno game  
`8,272,937  Central determination gaming system with a game outcome generated 
`by a gaming terminal and approved by a central controller  
`8,328,623  Apparatus and method for memorization poker  
`8,337,295  Central determination gaming system with a game outcome generated 
`by a gaming terminal and approved by a central controller  
`8,449,378  Gaming system, gaming device and method for utilizing bitcoins  
`8,523,657  Gaming system, gaming device and method for utilizing bitcoins  
`8,579,709  Multi‐player bingo game with progressive jackpots  
`8,684,832  Multi‐player bingo game with optional progressive jackpot wager  
`8,864,573  Gaming with fee‐type wagering  
`9,053,602  Flexible determination of progressive awards  
`9,177,443  Multi‐player bingo game with progressive jackpots  
`

`

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`4 
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`IGT EX. 1008 - 4/4

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