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Centralized lottery system for remote monitoring or operations and status data from lottery terminals including detection of malfunction and counterfeit units

  • US 5,119,295 A
  • Filed: 02/27/1991
  • Issued: 06/02/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/25/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A lottery system for operation with telephonic communication facilities, including a plurality of terminal units to formulate lottery data packets for communication to said lottery system in a format with identification, said lottery system comprising:

  • receiving means for receiving said lottery data packets;

    memory means for storing reference terminal data for said terminal units;

    means coupled to said memory means for testing said lottery data packets received by said receiving means to provide anomaly signals indicating irregularities with regard to said data packets; and

    means controlled by said anomaly signals for providing control instructions to said terminals, said means controlled by said anomaly signals further comprising means for defining corrective action prompted by said anomaly signals.

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