Amusement devices: games – Including means for processing electronic data – In a chance application
Patent
1997-10-14
2000-08-15
Martin-Wallace, Valencia
Amusement devices: games
Including means for processing electronic data
In a chance application
463 17, 463 42, 2731381, 273139, 273269, G06F 1500
Patent
active
061027979
ABSTRACT:
A weekly or other regularly scheduled game of chance is conducted in conjunction with a series of seasonal sporting events, such as baseball, football, hockey and basketball games, in which a number of specific games are identified on a printed or electronic game card, and the participant marks the game card with the predicted total of points scored by both teams for each of the identified sporting events, which can include one or more alternate events. Data related to predicted scores and the fee paid are entered into a programmed central computer system for eventual processing and matching with data entered for the actual scores when the identified games are completed to identify the winners. The participant receives a receipt and unique transaction code. Participant data entry and payment means can include third-party ATMs and cash machines, and third-party vendors and participants' PCs connected to the central computer via the Internet, with payment made through the participants' credit or debit accounts.
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Hotaling II John M.
Martin-Wallace Valencia
Supra Engineering Limited
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