Card-activated point-of-sale lottery terminal
First Claim
1. A lottery system for use by a participant utilizing an order card, said system to issue lottery tickets at a facility encompassing a plurality of point-of-sale locations, said system comprising:
- a plurality of terminals for use at said point-of-sale locations, said terminals including an order card reader means and a lottery ticket printer means; and
a control means coupled to control said plurality of terminals, said control means including;
input means for receiving card data from a card reader means in an active terminal;
means to formulate lottery ticket identification data for association with card data received from said active terminal;
means for storing said card data and associated lottery ticket identification data; and
means for actuating said active terminal to drive the terminal lottery ticket printer means to print a lottery ticket with said card data and said lottery ticket identification data, said card data consisting solely of wager data specifying wagers to be made by a participant; and
a play center means for processing cards to record said card data, said play center means including means to interface said terminals with other components of said control means at a remote location.
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Abstract
A lottery ticket sales system serves a multiplicity of facilities, each having a plurality of point-of-sale locations. Sales are expedited by cards customized for individual customers only with desired wager data in machine-readable form to identify repeated purchases. Terminals at point-of-sale locations in a facility are coupled to a facility play center for interfacing a remote central computer through telephone communications. Cards, void of individual data, are prepared by the play centers. Terminals receive cards for cooperation with a facility play center to formulate an order data pocket communicated to the central computer. Contemplated purchase data packets are supplied from the central computer for actuating source terminals to display a purchase value for approval or rejection. Approved purchases prompt the terminal to issue one or more lottery tickets with the recorded wager data.
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3 Claims
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1. A lottery system for use by a participant utilizing an order card, said system to issue lottery tickets at a facility encompassing a plurality of point-of-sale locations, said system comprising:
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a plurality of terminals for use at said point-of-sale locations, said terminals including an order card reader means and a lottery ticket printer means; and a control means coupled to control said plurality of terminals, said control means including; input means for receiving card data from a card reader means in an active terminal; means to formulate lottery ticket identification data for association with card data received from said active terminal; means for storing said card data and associated lottery ticket identification data; and means for actuating said active terminal to drive the terminal lottery ticket printer means to print a lottery ticket with said card data and said lottery ticket identification data, said card data consisting solely of wager data specifying wagers to be made by a participant; and a play center means for processing cards to record said card data, said play center means including means to interface said terminals with other components of said control means at a remote location. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A lottery system for use by a participant utilizing an order card, said system to issue lottery tickets at a facility encompassing a plurality of point-of-sale locations, said system comprising:
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a plurality of terminals for use at said point-of-sale locations, said terminals including an order card reader means and a lottery ticket printer means; and a control means coupled to control said plurality of terminals, said control means including; input means for receiving card data from a card reader means in an active terminal; means to formulate lottery ticket identification data for association with card data received from said active terminal; means for storing said card data and associated lottery ticket identification data; and means for actuating said active terminal to drive the terminal lottery ticket printer means to print a lottery ticket with said card data and said lottery ticket identification data, said card data consisting solely of wager data specifying wagers to be made by a participant; and means for testing the format of said card data.
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