Method and apparatus for preventing fraud with instant game tickets
First Claim
1. A method of preventing fraud with probability instant game tickets, said method comprising:
- (a) making a probability ticket available to a player, said ticket having a plurality of selections and an alteration site, each of said selections including a hidden portion, and said alteration site having an initial unaltered state;
(b) choosing at least one of said selections;
(c) altering said alteration site from said unaltered state to an altered state to indicate which of said selections are chosen, said altering being performed prior to giving said player an ability to reveal said hidden portions, and said altering being substantially irreversible; and
(d) giving said player said ability to reveal said hidden portions after said altering of said alteration site.
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Abstract
A method for preventing fraud associated with instant game tickets by permanently alter the ticket to indicate which of the available selections the player wishes to play prior to giving the player the ability to reveal any selections. The ticket has an alteration site, which is a token or tag associated with each selection or a single printed or magnetic region. The alteration site is altered by punching a hole, cutting a notch, marking with ink, or changing the magnetic coding. The ticket may be altered after the player has chosen the selections or the player may be offered a ticket from a set of previously-altered tickets. The ticket may be altered or sold by a person or by a vending machine. The vending machine may allow the player to choose the selections, it may offer the player a choice of previously-altered tickets, or it may give the player a ticket with a random selection chosen.
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14 Claims
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1. A method of preventing fraud with probability instant game tickets, said method comprising:
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(a) making a probability ticket available to a player, said ticket having a plurality of selections and an alteration site, each of said selections including a hidden portion, and said alteration site having an initial unaltered state; (b) choosing at least one of said selections; (c) altering said alteration site from said unaltered state to an altered state to indicate which of said selections are chosen, said altering being performed prior to giving said player an ability to reveal said hidden portions, and said altering being substantially irreversible; and (d) giving said player said ability to reveal said hidden portions after said altering of said alteration site. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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