IPC분류정보
| 국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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| 국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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| 출원번호 |
US-0128473
(1993-09-28)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
- Snowden Guy B. (Boca Raton FL) Markowicz Victor (Englewood NJ)
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| 출원인 / 주소 |
- GTECH Corporation (West Greenwich RI 02)
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| 인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
216 인용 특허 :
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초록
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A wagering system such as a lottery with a central computer communicating with agent terminals at which tickets are issued, for example in convenience stores and the like, has a player-operated win-checking system coupled to the communications network, preferably as a peripheral to the agent termina
A wagering system such as a lottery with a central computer communicating with agent terminals at which tickets are issued, for example in convenience stores and the like, has a player-operated win-checking system coupled to the communications network, preferably as a peripheral to the agent terminal but possibly as a separate network terminal. Player choices and game identifications are bar coded on the tickets. A player scans the ticket automatically to trigger comparison of the bar coded data with winning entry data kept in a past game memory, such that the system need not resort to stored data on individual wager transactions to check for wins. This reduces the burden on the agent and the network because most issued tickets need not be checked by attempting to validate them for a payout. A limited number of past games are stored, e.g., the most recent thirty Keno game cycles of a game run at five minute intervals. One or more of the win checking system, the agent terminal and the central computer can hold the past game memory. Winning choice data is downloaded after each game, or scanned player choices are uploaded, to effect the comparison. If a ticket is too old for the corresponding game data to remain in the past game memory, the player is directed to the agent, who can use the terminal to attempt to validate the old ticket as a winner.
대표청구항
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A computerized wagering system wherein player choices are matched with wiring indicia, comprising: at least one central computer operable to manage successive wagering games; a plurality of distributed wager processing terminals in at least intermittent data communication with the central computer,
A computerized wagering system wherein player choices are matched with wiring indicia, comprising: at least one central computer operable to manage successive wagering games; a plurality of distributed wager processing terminals in at least intermittent data communication with the central computer, the wager processing terminals and the central computer accepting and paying on wagers in the wagering games, each said terminal having input means and output means for managing a player entry via interactive display and input between the terminal and one or both of an agent and a player operating said terminal, the terminal and the central computer accepting wagering data defining choices of players of the wagering games managed by the central computer, said wagering data being reposed to the central computer, acknowledged to the terminal by the central computer as referenced to the player entry, and evidenced by a ticket for the player entry, the ticket bearing the player choices and an identification of the game, at least part of said wagering data being recorded for later reference, whereby the ticket can be verified to be a winning ticket when presented for redemption as a winning ticket; a player operated win-checking system separate from the wager processing terminals, the win-checking system being coupled to the computerized wagering system, the win-checking system comprising input means for entry of player choices and a corresponding identification of the game from an issued ticket; a past game memory coupled to at least one of the central computer, one of the wager processing terminals and the win-checking system, for receiving and storing said winning indicia after the winning indicia is determined for the successive wagering games, the winning indicia being indexed to the identification of the game, wherein at least one of the win-checking system, the central computer and said one of the wager processing terminals is operable responsive to the win-checking system to make a comparison of the player choices from the issued ticket of a particular player entry, with contents of the past game memory applicable to a corresponding game, and to distinguish a winning combination therein; and, output means coupled to the win-checking system for indicating whether or not the winning combination is found on the issued ticket, responsive to a result of said comparison, whereby the winning combination is found and indicated unofficially by the win-checking system, apart from said operation of the wager processing terminal for validating winning tickets, and without reference to the particular player entry in the wagering data as needed to validate the ticket as a winning ticket.
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