Preprinted lottery tickets using a player activated electronic validation machine
First Claim
1. A lottery game ticket for interfacing with an electronic game device that allows a user thereof to selectively play a game thereon, the game having an outcome, the lottery game ticket comprising:
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an encoded machine-readable game information embedded on the substrate; and
an encoded machine-readable prize information embedded on the substrate, wherein the encoded game information and encoded prize information is readable by the electronic game device such that the encoded game information determining a game for the electronic game device.
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Abstract
A lottery game played on an electronic game machine using a pre-printed lottery ticket is disclosed. The lottery ticket is embedded with game and prize information that can be read by the game machine. After inserting the lottery ticket into the game machine, the player may play a game using the game machine based upon the information on the lottery ticket. If the player is a winner, an award is given to the player. The player can redeem the award for cash with the lottery authority.
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20 Claims
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1. A lottery game ticket for interfacing with an electronic game device that allows a user thereof to selectively play a game thereon, the game having an outcome, the lottery game ticket comprising:
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a substrate;
an encoded machine-readable game information embedded on the substrate; and
an encoded machine-readable prize information embedded on the substrate, wherein the encoded game information and encoded prize information is readable by the electronic game device such that the encoded game information determining a game for the electronic game device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A lottery game apparatus for enabling a user to play a lottery game, the lottery game apparatus capable of extracting game data from a lottery game ticket, the lottery game apparatus comprising:
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a game ticket interface unit for receiving game information and prize information from the lottery game ticket;
a storage unit for storing a plurality of lottery games;
a controller unit for selecting a game from the storage unit according to the game information received from the lottery game ticket in the game ticket interface unit; and
a user interface unit for displaying the game to a user and receiving inputs from the user. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of playing a lottery game using a lottery game ticket and a lottery game apparatus, comprising the steps of:
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interfacing the lottery game ticket at the lottery game apparatus;
receiving game information from the lottery game ticket at the lottery game apparatus;
selecting at the lottery game apparatus a game based on the game information;
displaying the game to a user of the lottery game apparatus;
receiving commands from the user at the lottery game apparatus;
determining at the lottery game apparatus if the user is a winner; and
awarding a prize to the user if the user is a winner. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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