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Electronic gaming machine and method

  • US 5,580,311 A
  • Filed: 03/17/1995
  • Issued: 12/03/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/17/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A gaming machine, comprising:

  • a payment acceptance device, for accepting payment from a player wishing to use the gaming machine;

    a supply of tickets installed inside the gaming machine;

    a ticket dispenser for dispensing one ticket at a time from the supply of tickets, wherein each ticket includes indicia imprinted thereon but not readable without removal of an indicia cover, and each ticket further includes a machine-readable ticket identifier uniquely identifying said each ticket;

    a memory module in which are electronically stored ticket records corresponding to the tickets in the ticket supply, each ticket record including codes corresponding to the ticket identifier and the indicia imprinted on the ticket;

    a ticket reader, for reading the ticket identifier on each ticket before it is dispensed; and

    a game controller, responsive to acceptance of payment, for reading a next sequential ticket record from the memory module, comparing the code corresponding to the ticket identifier of the next sequential ticket record with the ticket identifier read by the ticket reader and, if there is a match, actuating the game ticket dispenser to dispense the ticket;

    wherein the indicia imprinted on each ticket are not identified from examination of the ticket without removing the indicia cover.

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