Amusement devices: games – Chance devices – Electric or magnetic
Patent
1984-11-05
1987-06-02
Picard, Leo P.
Amusement devices: games
Chance devices
Electric or magnetic
273 1E, A63F 900
Patent
active
046697306
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method for playing a sweepstakes-type game wherein a player inserts an identification card into an automated remote computer terminal and accesses an account at a subject financial institution. The user identifier provides access to the financial account, and user indicia is compared to a game indicia. A sweepstakes processor compares the user and game indicia to determine whether a selected winning correlation is present between the game indicia and user indicia. The sweepstakes processor communicates with the remote computer terminal to notify the user of the presence or absence of a selected winning correlation, and upon the presence of the winning correlation, the user is notified of the prize awarded to him. The game apparatus is adapted to be used with a network of data processing machines and a transmission facilities device, which provides data processing communication among the data processing machines. A plurality of the remote computer terminals communicate with the network of data processing machines such that a user can access the sweepstakes data processor from any of the plurality of remote computer terminals.
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Lastova MaryAnn Stoll
Picard Leo P.
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