Hand-held multi-function electronic lottery device
First Claim
1. A hand-held multi-function electronic lottery device holdable in a hand of a user and having a user lottery ticket with a user lottery ticket number thereon insertable therethrough comprising;
- a) a housing having a front with a lower portion and an upper portion, a back with an upper portion having a slot therethrough for inserting the user lottery ticket therethrough, a top, a bottom, and a pair of sides;
b) a keypad disposed on said housing;
c) a magnifier ticket reader window disposed on said housing for allowing the user lottery ticket number on the user lottery ticket to be magnified and viewed therethrough when the user lottery ticket is inserted through said slot in said housing; and
d) an L.E.D. display disposed on said housing.
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Abstract
A hand-held multi-function electronic lottery device that is holdable in a hand of a user and has a user lottery ticket with a user lottery ticket number thereon insertable therethrough. The hand-held multi-function electronic lottery device includes a housing, a keypads a magnifier ticket reader windows and an L.E.D display. The housing has a front with a lower portion and an upper portion, a back with an upper portion that has a slot therethrough for inserting the user lottery ticket therethrough, a top, a bottom, and a pair of sides. The keypad is disposed on the housing. The magnifier ticket reader window is disposed on the housing and allows the user lottery ticket number on the user lottery ticket to be magnified and viewed therethrough when the user lottery ticket is inserted through the slot in the housing. The L.E.D. display is disposed on the housing. The hand-held multi-function electronic lottery device further includes a "main" routine that is utilized to input data, a "pick" sub-routine that is utilized to randomally pick numbers, a "best" sub-routine that is utilized to display the most frequently occurring winning lottery numbers, and a "replay" sub-routine that is utilized to store a selected group of lottery numbers.
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19 Claims
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1. A hand-held multi-function electronic lottery device holdable in a hand of a user and having a user lottery ticket with a user lottery ticket number thereon insertable therethrough comprising;
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a) a housing having a front with a lower portion and an upper portion, a back with an upper portion having a slot therethrough for inserting the user lottery ticket therethrough, a top, a bottom, and a pair of sides; b) a keypad disposed on said housing; c) a magnifier ticket reader window disposed on said housing for allowing the user lottery ticket number on the user lottery ticket to be magnified and viewed therethrough when the user lottery ticket is inserted through said slot in said housing; and d) an L.E.D. display disposed on said housing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of using a hand-held multi-function electronic lottery device, comprising the steps of:
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a) inserting manually a user lottery ticket in a slot in said hand-held multi-function electronic lottery device; b) displaying a user lottery ticket number in a magnified ticket reader window of said hand-held multi-function electronic lottery device; c) entering manually a winning lottery number by use of a keypad of said hand-held multi-function electronic lottery device; d) displaying the winning lottery number on an L.E.D. display of said hand-held multi-function electronic lottery device; e) determining if number displayed on said L.E.D. display is the winning lottery number; f) pressing manually a "delete" key on said keypad, if answer to step e) is no; g) returning to step c), if said "delete" key on said keypad has been pressed manually; h) pressing manually a "win num" key on said keypads if answer to step e) is yes; i) ordering automatically numbers of the winning lottery number from lowest to highest so as to form an ordered winning lottery number; j) entering manually an alternate number to the ordered winning lottery number by use of said keypad; k) determining visually if the user lottery ticket number displayed in said magnifier window is a winner by comparing it with the winning lottery number displayed on said L.E.D. display; l) displaying the winning lottery number displayed on said L.E.D. display for 10 minutes; m) attaching automatically a winning lottery number identifier to the winning lottery number; n) storing the winning lottery number with the winning number identifier; o) entering manually the user lottery ticket number displayed in said magnifier ticket reader window by use of said keypad; p) displaying the user lottery ticket number on said L.E.D. display; q) determining if number displayed on said L.E.D. display is the user lottery ticket number; r) pressing manually said "delete" key on said keypad, if answer to step q) is no; s) returning to step o), if "delete" key on said keypad has been pressed manually; t) pressing manually an "input num" key on said keypad, if answer to step q) is yes; u) ordering automatically numbers of the user lottery ticket number from lowest to highest so as to form an ordered user lottery ticket number; v) entering manually an alternate number to the ordered user lottery ticket number by use of said keypad; w) attaching automatically a user lottery ticket number identifier to the user lottery ticket number; and x) storing the user lottery ticket number with the user lottery ticket number identifier. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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