Lottery/online gaming bet administration system and method

• US 8,162,738 B2
• Filed: 06/15/2010
• Issued: 04/24/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/15/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bertel Ronald Erickson
• Original Assignee: Bertel Ronald Erickson
• Inventors: Erickson, Bertel Ronald
• Primary Examiner(s): Elisca, Pierre Eddy
• Assistant Examiner(s): Kamal, Shahid
• Application Number:
  US12/815,480
• Publication Number:
  US 20110306399A1
• Time in Patent Office: 679 Days
• Field of Search: 463/16, 463/17, 463/25, 463/30, 463/42, 705/51, 705/59
• US Class Current: 463/17
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/20 Point-of-sale [POS] network systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/352 Contactless payments by cards
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3225 Data transfer within a gaming system, e.g. data sent between gaming machines and users
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3251 involving media of variable value, e.g. programmable cards, programmable tokens
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/329 Regular and instant lottery, e.g. electronic scratch cards

Abstract

Embodiments of the disclosed technology provide a system and method for electronic lottery and or online gaming bet placement and management employing Radio Frequency Identification technology. The system and method both employ use of a plurality of passive RFID tags. Each tag comprises stored data. The data may include a read-only memory area and a writable memory area. The system and method also utilize a data storage medium under the operative control of a lottery/gaming administrator. The data storage medium contains data associated with a plurality of gambling accounts. The data may include personal information and payout information. Each gambling account is associated with at least one RFID tag via the unique read-only tag number stored therein.

Claims

1. An electronic lottery/gaming bet/wager placement system comprising:

a plurality of passive Radio Frequency Identification (“

RFID”

) tags each further comprising stored data, said stored data comprising a unique unchangeable and uncopyable read-only tag identification number;

a data storage medium under the operative control of a gaming administrator comprising data associated with a plurality of gambling accounts, said data further comprising personal information and payout information associated with an individual, wherein each gambling account of said plurality of gambling accounts is associated with at least one read-only tag identification number of said plurality of RFID tags;

a near field communication RFID tag reader/writer operable to receive a read-only tag number from an RFID tag of said plurality of RFID tags, and associate a received bet with a gambling account of said plurality of gambling accounts, wherein said gambling account is based on an associated RFID tag; and

a device carrying out notification to a said individual associated with an account of said plurality of gambling accounts in the event of a winning bet.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising a wired interface configured for receiving a wager of an individual associated with a gambling account of said plurality of gambling accounts, said interface inoperable for

said receiving of said wager before said read-only tag number is read by said tag reader.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein said stored data further comprises a writable memory area.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein said writable memory area comprises information associated with the player.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein said data associated with each gambling account of said plurality of gambling accounts further comprises payment information associated with an individual associated with a gambling account.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein a means for communicating is employed to notify a said individual associated with a said gambling account of said plurality of gambling accounts in the event of a winning lottery bet.

7. The system of claim 6, said means for communicating is selected from the group consisting of electronic mail, mobile text message, and phone call.

8. The system of claim 1, further comprising an electronic interface operable by a said individual to manage a said associated gambling account.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein said RFID tag reader further comprises a universal serial bus (USB) port.

10. The system of claim 4, wherein a previous bet is retrieved from said data storage medium, using said RFID tag and placed as a new bet.

11. A method for gaming wager collection and administration comprising the steps of:

a. providing a data storage medium further comprising a plurality of gambling accounts, wherein each gambling account is associated with a unique, corresponding individual;

b. providing a plurality of passive Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags further comprising stored data, said stored data comprising a unique unchangeable and uncopyable read-only tag number;

c. correlating, in said data storage medium, each RFID tag of said plurality of RFID tags with a Lag number, so that each RFID Lag is associated with a unique account;

wherein said account contains personal information;

d. providing a Near Field Communication RFID tag reader operable to receive a unique read-only tag number from an RFID tag of said plurality of RFID tags; and

e. gathering said tag number from one or more of said RFID tags and identifying a said account which is correlative to said tag number;

f. administering placement of a wager via said tag reader, using said personal information; and

g. notifying a said individual associated with an account of said plurality of gambling accounts in the event of a winning bet.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein said account further comprises bet information.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising a step of automatically receiving a bet electronically via said tag reader, using said bet information and said personal information.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein said stored data further comprises a bet.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising a step of receiving a bet wirelessly via said tag reader, using said stored data and said personal information.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein said step of notifying is carried out via a mobile text message.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein said RFID tag reader further comprises a universal serial bus (USB) port.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising the steps of:

receiving data from said RFID reader tag via said USB connector plugged into said USB port; and

writing data to said RFID tag using said tag reader via said USB connector plugged into said USB port.

19. The method of claim 11, wherein said method is carried out by a casino.

20. The method of claim 11, wherein said method is carried out by a state government.