Amusement devices: games – Including means for processing electronic data – In a chance application
Patent
1995-10-26
1998-06-30
Layno, Benjamin H.
Amusement devices: games
Including means for processing electronic data
In a chance application
463 42, 273139, 2731382, A63F 306
Patent
active
057725101
ABSTRACT:
A non-completed lottery ticket having a blank region adapted for having printed therein information necessary to complete the ticket. The necessary information includes "play data" used to determine the win/lose outcome of the ticket, either "instantly" or at a future date. A lottery ticket having a first number concealed with a removable material and a blank region adapted for having printed thereon a second number, the first and second numbers indicating the win/lose outcome of the ticket. A method for providing completed lottery tickets comprising the steps of: storing a partially printed, non-completed lottery ticket; providing a terminal coupled to a remotely located computer; and, inserting the non-completed lottery ticket into the terminal and having the terminal communicate with the remotely located computer, the computer supplying to the terminal ticket completion information and such terminal then printing such computer supplied ticket completion information onto the non-completed lottery ticket to provide the purchaser with the completed lottery ticket. Also disclosed is a system for dispensing completed lottery tickets from a vending machine. The vending machine stores partially printed, non-completed lottery tickets. When a lottery ticket is purchased from the vending machine, a printer in the vending machine prints ticket completion information on the stored, non-completed lottery ticket to thereby provide the purchaser with a completed lottery ticket.
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Layno Benjamin H.
Loto Mark Incorporated
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