Automatic gaming system
First Claim
1. An automatic gaming system employing a plurality of gaming cards used by the players comprising:
- a card dispensing unit including means for reading from a gaming card a coded representation of the gaming indicia format on the card;
storage means;
means for verifying the coded representation;
means responsive to a verified coded representation for assigning a control identification to that card and storing said coded representation and control identification in said storage means;
means for printing said assigned control identification on said card; and
a gaming unit including means for entering selected gaming indicia in said storage means;
means for entering the control identification of an alleged winning card;
means for validating said control identification of the alleged winning card;
means for comparing the entered selected gaming indicia with the gaming indicia format of the alleged winning card to determine if a predetermined pattern of the selected indicia is present on the card format indicating a winning card;
means for setting the value of the cards and means for selecting the number of cards to be printed and storing that information in said storge means; and
means for calculating the value of all cards printed and the award for a winning card.
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Abstract
An automatic gaming system employing a plurality of gaming cards used by the players including a card dispensing unit having a card reader for reading from a gaming card a coded representation of the gaming indicia format on the card; a storage device; a circuit for verifying a coded representation; and control generator circuitry responsive to a verified coded representation for assigning a control identification to that card and storing the coded representation and control identification in the storage device and a printer for printing the assigned control identification on the card; and a gaming unit including an input device for entering selected gaming indicia in the storage device; input elements for entering the control identification of an alleged winning card; and a comparator for comparing the entered selected gaming indicia with the gaming indicia format of the alleged winning card to determine if a predetermined pattern of the selected indicia is present on the card format, indicating a winning card.
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10 Claims
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1. An automatic gaming system employing a plurality of gaming cards used by the players comprising:
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a card dispensing unit including means for reading from a gaming card a coded representation of the gaming indicia format on the card; storage means; means for verifying the coded representation; means responsive to a verified coded representation for assigning a control identification to that card and storing said coded representation and control identification in said storage means; means for printing said assigned control identification on said card; and a gaming unit including means for entering selected gaming indicia in said storage means; means for entering the control identification of an alleged winning card; means for validating said control identification of the alleged winning card; means for comparing the entered selected gaming indicia with the gaming indicia format of the alleged winning card to determine if a predetermined pattern of the selected indicia is present on the card format indicating a winning card; means for setting the value of the cards and means for selecting the number of cards to be printed and storing that information in said storge means; and means for calculating the value of all cards printed and the award for a winning card. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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