×

Electronic gaming apparatus and method

  • US 5,810,664 A
  • Filed: 03/05/1997
  • Issued: 09/22/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/06/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Term
First Claim
Patent Images

1. An electronic gaming apparatus capable of playing a game of chance using a plurality of individual tickets with each containing indicia thereon which may represent any winning or scoring combination and where each ticket has a machine readable code representative of or correlated to the indicia on that ticket, and where only one or more of the tickets may contain winning or scoring indicia thereon, said apparatus comprising:

  • a) means for initiating a play of the gaming apparatus with a ticket containing indicia from the plurality of tickets thereof and where the indicia are an integral part of the play of the game of chance;

    b) means for reading the machine readable code on the ticket to enable a generation of indicia generally correlated to or representative of that indicia on the ticket so that the generated indicia may be displayed;

    c) said tickets being preprinted with the indicia prior to use in said apparatus so that an element of chance in the game of chance is determined at the time of production of the tickets, permitting the game of chance to be played independently of and without the gaming apparatus by enabling the player of the game to visually examine the indicia on the ticket and determine whether or not the ticket of the player is or is not a winning or scoring ticket; and

    d) a display means on said apparatus displaying the indicia generated from the code so that the generated and displayed indicia is generally correlated to or representative of that on the ticket so that a player of the gaming apparatus may observe the indicia on the ticket and/or the indicia on the display means in the play of the game and determine whether the player won or scored in the game of chance.

View all claims
  • 5 Assignments
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×