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Apparatus for processing betting tickets

  • US 4,108,364 A
  • Filed: 09/21/1976
  • Issued: 08/22/1978
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/23/1975
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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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:

  • 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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