Amusement devices: games – Including means for processing electronic data – With communication link
Patent
1996-06-27
2000-06-27
Layno, Benjamin H.
Amusement devices: games
Including means for processing electronic data
With communication link
463 17, 463 27, A63F 306, A63F 922
Patent
active
060800623
ABSTRACT:
An individual electronic game for playing Lotto wherein acknowledgment as to the player's win or loss status is rapidly displayed. The player plays his/her selected numbers against the electronic lotto gaming apparatus randomly generated win numbers. In addition, the lotto gaming apparatus can transfer and receive lotto game information to a central processing system which is capable of handling multiple players from multiple lotto gaming apparatus either within a certain gaming facility or on a more universal, state wide, nationally or internationally. An additional embodiment of the invention allows individual players of the lotto games, with rapid determination of win status, via an electronic telecommunications network such as Internet.
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