Game system including an instant win game and a second game initialized by a winning instant win game ticket

• US 5,628,684 A
• Filed: 01/19/1995
• Issued: 05/13/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 01/28/1994
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: La Francaise Des Jeux
• Original Assignee: La Francaise Des Jeux
• Inventors: Bouedec, Jean-Etienne
• Primary Examiner(s): LAYNO, BENJAMIN
• Application Number:
  US08/375,808
• Time in Patent Office: 845 Days
• Field of Search: 273/138 A, 273/139, 273/138.2, 463/17, 463/22, 463/40
• US Class Current: 463/17
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2009/2413 Magnetic
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2009/2419 Optical
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2009/242 Bar codes
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2009/2429 IC card, chip card, smart card
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2009/2435 using a video camera
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2250/146 by issuing a winning ticket
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2250/148 Enabling replay, e.g. giving a bonus ball
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 3/0665 having a message becoming legible after rubbing-off a coating or removing an adhesive layer for educational purposes G09B
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 3/081 electric
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 7/048 used for generating random numbers
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 15/006 electronically
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3239 Tracking of individual players
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3248 involving non-monetary media of fixed value, e.g. casino chips of fixed value
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3267 Game outcomes which determine the course of the subsequent game, e.g. double or quits, free games, higher payouts, different new games
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/329 Regular and instant lottery, e.g. electronic scratch cards

Abstract

A game system comprises an instant win first game based on the purchase of a game ticket which is a win ticket or a lose ticket, and at least one game console which is initialized by a win ticket to participate in at least one second game, for example a video game, displayed on the game console and executed under the control of a remote computer at a central site.

Claims

1. A game system comprising an instant win first game based on the purchase of a game medium which carries a result which is a win or a lose and at least one game console initialized by a win game medium from the first game to participate in at least one second game different from said first game and displayed on the game console.

2. A game system according to claim 1, wherein said second game is a video game displayed on said game console.

3. A game system according to claim 1, wherein the game console is connected to a computer at a central site by a transmission network.

4. A game system according to claim 3, wherein the central site is equipped with an apparatus for live execution of at least one second game and means for transmitting to the game console the progress and the result of the second game.

5. A game system according to claim 4, wherein said console is equipped with a display unit to enable players to follow and find out the result of the second game executed at the central site.

6. A game system according to claim 4, wherein said console is equipped with game data capture means for transmitting game data to the computer at the central site before and/or during the second game.

7. A game system according to claim 4, wherein said console is equipped with a printer unit for printing out a win receipt under the control of the computer at the end of the second game.

8. A game system comprising an instant win first game based on the purchase of a game medium which carries a result which is a win or a lose and at least one game console initialized by a win game medium from the first game to participate in at least one second game different from said first game and displayed on the game console, wherein the game console is connected to a computer at a central site by a transmission network, wherein the central site is equipped with apparatus for live execution of at least one second game and means for transmitting to the game console the progress and the result of the second game, and wherein said console is equipped with a display unit to enable players to follow and find out the result of the second game executed at the central site, game data capture means for transmitting game data to the computer at the central site before and/or during the second game and a printer unit for printing out a win receipt under the control of the computer at the end of the second game.

9. A game system according to claim 8, wherein the second game is the result of a draw effected by apparatus comprising a sphere containing numbered balls and wherein the means for transmitting the progress and the result of the second game to the video console include a video camera looking at the apparatus and connected to the computer at the central site.

10. A game system according to claim 8, wherein the second game is the result of computer processing corresponding to the execution of game software prerecorded in a memory of the computer at the central site and wherein the computer synthesizes images which are transmitted to the game console to enable players to follow the progress of the second game live and to find out the result.

11. A game system according to claim 8, wherein the win receipt printed out by the printer device of the game console includes printed information concerning the amount of the winnings and identification information prerecorded in the memory of the computer.

12. A game system according to claim 11, wherein the identification information on the win receipt is coded in a bar code that can be read magnetically or optically.

13. A game system according to claim 8, also including at least one terminal connected to the computer at the central site and including at least one reader device for reading the identification information on a win receipt and transmitting it to the computer at the central site for checking the validity of the information before transmission to the terminal of a signal authorizing payment of the winnings printed on the win receipt.

14. A game system according to claim 13, wherein the game console and the terminal are integrated in a single unit.

15. A game system according to claim 8, wherein the game medium is a ticket which includes game data in the form of at least one printed sign showing whether the ticket is a win ticket or a lose ticket and identification information prerecorded in the memory of the computer at the central site for checking the validity of a win ticket.

16. A game system according to claim 15, wherein the identification information on a ticket is coded in a bar code that can be read magnetically or optically.

17. A game system according to claim 15, wherein the game console also includes a reader device for reading the identification information on a ticket or a card and transmitting it to the computer at the central site, said computer verifying the agreement of the identification information with that prerecorded in its memory when the game medium is printed to validate or not access to the game console.

18. A game system according to claim 8, wherein the game medium is an electronic chip card, token or key in which are prerecorded win or lose game data and identification information required for checking the validity of the card.