Games of chance using a cash till roll
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Abstract
Several embodiments of promotional games of chance played using game tickets, having one or more playing game pieces, that are pre-printed on the reverse side of a cash register till roll and a method of and system for playing the promotional game are disclosed. The promotional game tickets may be distributed at a point of sale terminal, e.g., sales register, at or during the normal course of a sales transaction at which at least one item is purchased. Furthermore, the odds of winning one or more prizes may be improved as the number of items purchased as part of the sales transaction increases. The promotional games may include an instant lottery-type format, a draw-type lottery format, an interactive game format, or a combination of any and all of these formats.
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74 Claims
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26. A method of facilitating the play of a game of chance, comprising:
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providing a participant with a playing game substrate, the playing game substrate including a plurality of game pieces disposed on a reverse side of a cash register till roll;
determining whether the playing game substrate is a winning game substrate; and
verifying that the playing game substrate is the winning game substrate, when the playing game substrate is presented for redemption. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A system for facilitating the play of a game of chance, comprising:
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a playing game substrate disposed on a reverse side of a cash register till roll;
a distributing device distributing the playing game substrate; and
a verifying device verifying whether the playing game substrate is a winning game substrate. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56)
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57. A method of playing a game of chance comprising:
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performing a sales transaction;
receiving a sales receipt produced from the sales transaction, the sales receipt having an obverse side and a reverse side, the obverse side having information about the sales transaction and the reverse side having a game ticket;
determining whether the game ticket is a winning game ticket; and
redeeming the ticket for a prize if the game ticket is a winning game ticket.
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58. A game ticket for facilitating the play of a game of chance, comprising:
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an obverse side having information of a sales transaction; and
a reverse side having a plurality of playing game pieces. - View Dependent Claims (59, 60, 61, 62, 63)
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64. A cash register till roll, comprising:
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an obverse side;
a reverse side; and
a playing game substrate on the reverse side, the playing game substrate having a plurality of game pieces disposed thereon, the plurality of game pieces determining the outcome of a game of chance when compared to a plurality of winning game pieces. - View Dependent Claims (65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73)
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74. An article of manufacture comprising a computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions adapted to be executed by a processor, the instructions which, when executed, define a series of steps to be used to control a method for facilitating the play of a lottery game, the method comprising:
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conducting a sales transaction;
producing a sales receipt for the sales transaction, the sales receipt being disposed on an obverse side of a cash register till roll;
providing the sales receipt to a participant;
providing a participant with a playing game substrate, the playing game substrate including a plurality of game pieces disposed on a reverse side of the cash register till roll;
determining whether the playing game substrate is a winning game substrate; and
verifying that the playing game substrate is the winning game substrate, when the playing game substrate is presented for redemption.
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