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EP0450520A2
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Lottery terminal
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1991-03-28
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2011-03-28
Abstract
Abstract A lottery terminal (1) for playing lottery games and for money and data transmissions is described. Also described are methods for playing lottery or the like games using the terminal (1). <IMAGE>
Inventors
- 👤 Zvi Ganot
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 08:43
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63F; A63F3/00; A63F3/08; A63F3/081; G; G07; G07C; G07C15/00; G07F; G07F17/00; G07F17/32; G07F17/3244; G07F17/3251; A63F2003/082; A63F2003/086; A63F9/00; A63F9/24; A63F2009/2401; A63F2009/2411; A63F2009/2419; A63F2009/242; A63F2009/2429
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
42 words
A lottery terminal, comprising a housing provided with: - display means; - memory means comprising data storing, recording and retrieving means; - data input means; - power source; and - data transmitting and/or receiving means to transmit data via a telephone line.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
14 words
A terminal according to claim 1, wherein the memory means comprise a removable memory.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
13 words
A terminal according to claim 2, wherein the removable memory is a chip-card.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
23 words
A terminal according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the removable memory comprises prepurchased credit in the form of data, values or games.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
22 words
A terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the data transmitting and/or receiving means comprise an acoustic coupler.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
20 words
A terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the display means comprise a liquid crystal display.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
17 words
A terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising a random number generator.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
27 words
A terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 7, further comprising a data imput device, such as a bar-code or optical reader or the like.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
22 words
A terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 8, further comprising print-out means to print out displayed or memorized data.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
107 words
A method of playing a lottery or the like game, comprising the steps of: a) providing a terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 9, b) providing credit codes to enable the player to play; c) selecting and feeding to the terminal data to be provided by the player of the game; d) obtaining telephone connection to a receiving center; e) transmitting the data provided by the player and any required identification and/or credit data to the said receiving center; and f) if required, receiving from the said receiving center validation data and storing the said validation data in the memory means of the terminal.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
23 words
A method according to claim 10, wherein the game is selected from among the game of bingo, football pool, horse-racing and national lotteries.
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