Lottery system

• US 6,193,605 B1
• Filed: 01/12/1998
• Issued: 02/27/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 10/20/1995
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Scientific Games International Incorporated (Scientific Games Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Daily Race Game Joint Venture
• Inventors: Libby, Budd O., Bower, Daniel W.
• Primary Examiner(s): SAGER, MARK ALAN
• Application Number:
  US09/006,024
• Time in Patent Office: 1,142 Days
• Field of Search: 463/1, 463/16-19, 463/22, 463/25, 463/30, 463/36, 463/40-42, 700/91-93, 273/138, 273/2, 273/139, 273/246, 273/269, 273/237
• US Class Current: 463/17
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/34 Betting or bookmaking, e.g. Internet betting
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3262 Player actions which determine the course of the game, e.g. selecting a prize to be won, outcome to be achieved, game to be played
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3288 Betting, e.g. on live events, bookmaking

Abstract

A computerized lottery (or wagering) system that permits players to select game parameters from remote locations, transfers the selected parameters to a game generator and broadcasts the lottery game on television for public viewing. The broadcasted game may be a race and the game parameters are numbers associated with the participants in the race. Examples of the games contemplated include horse races, dog races, car races and motorcycle races. At a predefined time of day, selection of the game parameters is ended and the game is then broadcast on television so that the players can watch the game and root for their selections. In addition, the system of the present invention determines which players are eligible for a grand prize pool and after the broadcast of the game announces the grand prize winner.

Claims

1. A lottery system without a central lottery station, which comprises:

at least one vendor gaming station, each of the at least one vendor gaming station being configured to provide predetermined game parameters to a player for selection and having a corresponding video display; and

a game generator connected to each of the at least one vendor gaming station and configured for data communications therebetween, the game generator having a random lottery result selector and a storage device storing a plurality of video sequences representing a plurality of animated game events;

wherein one of the plurality of animated game events is selected and a corresponding one of the video sequences retrieved according to a lottery result randomly selected by the random lottery result selector at a predetermined time after selected game parameters are communicated by the at least one vendor station to the game generator, the retrieved video sequence corresponding to the selected animated game event is communicated from the game generator to the at least one vendor station, and the received video sequence is displayed by the vendor station display.

2. A lottery gaming apparatus comprising:

a game parameter selector configured to provide predetermined game parameters to a player for selection;

a game generator randomly selecting one of a plurality of lottery results at a predetermined time after game parameters are selected by the player via the game parameter selector;

a storage device storing therein a plurality of video sequences representing a plurality of animated game events, one of the plurality of animated game events being selected and a corresponding one of the video sequences retrieved from the storage device according to the lottery result randomly selected by the game generator; and

a display displaying the video sequence retrieved from the storage device.