Apparatus for processing betting tickets
First Claim
1. An apparatus for processing operator input betting information to issue a betting ticket, and for determining whether said betting ticket is authentic once a betting ticket is returned and presented for payment, said apparatus comprising, in combination:
- forming means responsive to said operator input betting information for forming at least one computed secret code logically in accordance with the input betting information,recording means for recording said at least one computed secret code along with said input betting information when said betting ticket is issued,reading means for reading said recorded at least one computed secret code and said recorded input betting information when said betting ticket is returned and presented for payment,said forming means being additionally responsive to said recorded input betting information read by said reading means for forming at least one additional secret code logically in the same manner as said at least one computed secret code was formed, andcomparing means for comparing said at least one computed secret code read by said reading means with corresponding said at least one additional secret code formed by said forming means in order to determine coincidence therebetween, whereby to validate the betting ticket returned and presented for payment.
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Abstract
Herein disclosed is an apparatus for processing betting tickets which prints the betting tickets with at least one attached secret code and verifies said betting tickets during payment of dividends. According to the present invention, the secret code is formed logically in accordance with the input betting information received from the clients, said secret code is added to the betting information and recorded on said betting tickets. During payment of said dividends with respect to the betting ticket, said secret code on the betting tickets is verified as to whether said secret code coincides with another code which is formed logically in accordance with the betting information on said betting ticket, for verifying the payment of said dividends. If said codes do not coincide, then said ticket is considered to be a falsified or forged one.
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7 Claims
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1. An apparatus for processing operator input betting information to issue a betting ticket, and for determining whether said betting ticket is authentic once a betting ticket is returned and presented for payment, said apparatus comprising, in combination:
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forming means responsive to said operator input betting information for forming at least one computed secret code logically in accordance with the input betting information, recording means for recording said at least one computed secret code along with said input betting information when said betting ticket is issued, reading means for reading said recorded at least one computed secret code and said recorded input betting information when said betting ticket is returned and presented for payment, said forming means being additionally responsive to said recorded input betting information read by said reading means for forming at least one additional secret code logically in the same manner as said at least one computed secret code was formed, and comparing means for comparing said at least one computed secret code read by said reading means with corresponding said at least one additional secret code formed by said forming means in order to determine coincidence therebetween, whereby to validate the betting ticket returned and presented for payment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. An apparatus for processing a betting ticket containing betting information to determine the authenticity thereof, wherein said betting information includes betting data recorded on said ticket at the time of issuance, and at least one compued secret code recorded on said betting ticket at the time of issuance, said at least one computed secret code having been formed by the performance of at least one given logic operation on said betting information, said apparatus comprising, in combination:
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deriving means for deriving said betting data and said at least one computed secret code from said ticket, arithmetic means for performing said at least one given logic operation on said betting data to derive as an output at least one additional computed secret code, and comparing means for comparing said at least one computed secret code derived by said deriving means with said at least one additional secret code derived by said arithmetic means to determine coincidence therebetween, thereby to determine the authenticity of said betting ticket. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7)
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