Equipment for and methods of conducting a prize drawing game of

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1997-09-26

1999-01-05

Stoll, William E.

Amusement devices: games

Chance devices

Chance selection

273269, A63F 306

Patent

active

058553690

ABSTRACT:
Equipment and methods for entering and conducting a prize drawing game of chance are disclosed, some of which do not require the participant to make a purchase or pay anything of value in order to enter. Entry forms are provided which depict and advertise the product which the game promotes, and which include spaces for the entrant to write self-identifying information. The entry forms also include a laser-scannable bar code which uniquely identifies the product being promoted. The inclusion of this bar code facilitates automated sorting of entry forms and makes practical the processing of a plurality of games, each promoting a different product, simultaneously within a single, centralized processing facility. The entry form also includes spaces in which the entrant is required to write the universal product code number which uniquely identifies the product being promoted. Since this number is not disclosed on the printed entry form, and since the most convenient source of the number is the label of the product that is being promoted, the handwritten-UPC-number requirement gives consumers an incentive to seek out, view and handle the product which is the subject of the promotion.

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