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An off-line remote lottery system which enables players to purchase instant-type lottery game outcomes from a randomized prize datastream in a central computer and view the outcomes on remotely disposed gaming computers which do not require an on-line connection to the central computer during play,

An off-line remote lottery system which enables players to purchase instant-type lottery game outcomes from a randomized prize datastream in a central computer and view the outcomes on remotely disposed gaming computers which do not require an on-line connection to the central computer during play, the central computer storing identification data for a plurality of gaming computers and being configured for randomly assigning outcomes from the randomized prize datastream to the gaming computers in response to purchase requests by players for a requested number of outcomes in each purchase request, each gaming computer including a game program in memory for execution on the gaming computer to generate games which yield the purchased outcomes or aggregate net payoff of the purchased outcomes, and a redemption function for generating a redemption request to cash-out winnings, the system enabling outcome purchase and redemption of winnings to be effectuated directly with the central computer over a telephone network, or via a plurality of agent terminals located at various lottery retailers.

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[ We claim:] [1.] A remote lottery system which enables a player to purchase outcomes from a randomized prize datastream in a central computer and view the outcomes on at least one device which is not in electronic communication with the central computer during play, comprising:a central computer in

[ We claim:] [1.] A remote lottery system which enables a player to purchase outcomes from a randomized prize datastream in a central computer and view the outcomes on at least one device which is not in electronic communication with the central computer during play, comprising:a central computer including a processor and a central computer memory, said central computer memory operative to store a randomized prize datastream comprised of a finite series of random win/lose outcomes and identification data for at least one remotely disposed gaming computer, said central computer further including assignment means responsive to an outcome purchase request by a player for assigning a requested number of outcomes from said randomized prize datastream to said at least one remotely disposed gaming computer, and for storing a record representative of said purchased outcomes with said identification data for said at least one remotely disposed gaming computer in said central computer memory to enable subsequent redemption of outcome wins;said at least one remotely disposed gaming computer including a gaming computer processor, gaming computer memory, display, player input controls and at least one program stored in said gaming computer memory that, when executed by said gaming computer processor, generates and presents on said display at least one game that yields at least one of the group consisting of said purchased outcomes and an aggregate net payoff of said purchased outcomes, and directs said at least one remotely disposed gaming computer to generate a redemption request message to be communicated to said central computer to cash-out, said at least one remotely disposed gaming computer not being in electronic communication with said central computer during game play; anda plurality of agent terminals disposed in electronic communication with said central computer, said agent terminals programmed for enabling the player to purchase outcomes from said randomized prize datastream in said central computer and for enabling the player to redeem outcome wins, where at least one of said plurality of agent terminals comprises an agent terminal read/write interface for reading data from and writing data to portable data storage media, and where said at least one remotely disposed gaming computer comprises a gaming computer read/write interface for reading data from and writing data to said portable data storage media, to communicate said outcome transfer message from said at least one of said plurality of agent terminals to said gaming computer via said portable data storage media, and to communicate said identification data and said redemption request message to said at least one of said plurality of agent terminals from said at least one remotely disposed gaming computer via said portable data storage media,wherein, said central computer includes means for processing said redemption request message to check said record in said central computer memory of said outcomes assigned to said at least one remotely disposed gaming computer in connection with said outcome purchase request to enable any payoff on said assigned outcomes to be made to the player.