Method and apparatus for random play of lottery games
First Claim
1. A lottery system having a plurality of chance games available to a player, comprising:
- a) processing means comprising a pseudorandom sequence generating means and a controller;
b) input means connected to the processing means for accepting player selection data and for providing player selection data to the processing means;
c) visual game indicia connected to the processing means; and
d) a ticket dispenser connected to the processing means for dispensing lottery tickets;
e) the input means including means for enabling the player to select a particular chance game to play from among the plurality of available chance games;
f) the input means further including means for enabling the player to instruct the lottery system to select at random a chance game to play from among the plurality of available chance games; and
g) the lottery system including means for selecting a chance game at random and means for dispensing a corresponding ticket when so instructed by the player.
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Abstract
A lottery game card vending machine on which multiple games are available for play. The user can select any specific game desired. If an additional element of chance is desired by the player, the player can select a random selection function whereby a processing means comprising a random number generator adapted to the number of games available on the lottery machine is initialized upon actuation of a switch by the player. When the player actuates the random game selection switch the processing means randomly selects a lottery game/card to be played based upon the random number generated at the time the select button is actuated. The visual indicia will also light one at a time in a sequence, eventually stopping such that the indicia of the game selected by the random number generator is illuminated. The indicia may be lights or light emitting diodes (LEDS), for example, used to indicate the different games.
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20 Claims
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1. A lottery system having a plurality of chance games available to a player, comprising:
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a) processing means comprising a pseudorandom sequence generating means and a controller; b) input means connected to the processing means for accepting player selection data and for providing player selection data to the processing means; c) visual game indicia connected to the processing means; and d) a ticket dispenser connected to the processing means for dispensing lottery tickets; e) the input means including means for enabling the player to select a particular chance game to play from among the plurality of available chance games; f) the input means further including means for enabling the player to instruct the lottery system to select at random a chance game to play from among the plurality of available chance games; and g) the lottery system including means for selecting a chance game at random and means for dispensing a corresponding ticket when so instructed by the player. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A processor-based method for the random selection and dispensation of lottery games, comprising the following steps in the order listed:
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a) accepting a signal from an input means; b) interpreting the signal as an instruction to randomly select a lottery game through the use of a processing means; c) providing a seed value signal from a memory means to a pseudorandom sequence generating means; d) generating a pseudorandom sequence signal based on the seed value signal; e) interpreting the pseudorandom sequence signal as a particular lottery game selection signal; f) providing the lottery game selection signal to a ticket dispensing means; and g) dispensing a lottery ticket to a player based on the lottery game selection signal. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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14. A lottery system having a plurality of chance games available to a player, comprising:
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a) processing means comprising a pseudorandom sequence generating means and a controller; b) input means connected to the processing means for accepting player selection data and for providing the player selection data to the processing means; c) visual game indicia connected to the processing means; and d) a ticket dispenser connected to the processing means for dispensing lottery tickets; e) the input means including means for enabling the player to select a particular chance game to play from among the plurality of available games; f) the input means further including means for enabling the player to instruct the lottery system to select at random a chance game to play from among the plurality of available chance games; g) the lottery system including means for selecting a chance game at random and means for dispensing a corresponding ticket when so instructed by the player; h) the pseudorandom sequence generating means including means for selecting the chance game at random under the direction of the controller; and i) the lottery system including means for lighting the visual indicia in a sequence when the player instructs the lottery system to select a game at random. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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