US4373726A
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Automatic gaming system
Assignee: Datatrol Inc
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Filing: 1980-08-25
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Granted: 1983-02-15
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Expires: 2000-08-25
Abstract
Abstract An automatic gaming system employing a plurality of gaming cards used by the players including a card dispensing unit having a card reader for reading from a gaming card a coded representation of the gaming indicia format on the card; a storage device; a circuit for verifying a coded representation; and control generator circuitry responsive to a verified coded representation for assigning a control identification to that card and storing the coded representation and control identification in the storage device and a printer for printing the assigned control identification on the card; and a gaming unit including an input device for entering selected gaming indicia in the storage device; input elements for entering the control identification of an alleged winning card; and a comparator for comparing the entered selected gaming indicia with the gaming indicia format of the alleged winning card to determine if a predetermined pattern of the selected indicia is present on the card format, indicating a winning card.
Inventors
- 👤 Richard W. Churchill
- 👤 Don W. Hartman
- 👤 Richard A. Howard
- 👤 Victor Markowicz
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 16:06
CPC Classifications
G; G07; G07F; G07F17/00; G07F17/32; G07F17/3244; G07F17/3248; A; A63; A63F; A63F3/00; A63F3/06; A63F3/0625; A63F3/064; A63F3/0645; G07F17/3286; G07F17/329; G07F17/42; A63F9/00; A63F9/24; A63F2009/2401; A63F2009/2411; A63F2009/2419; A63F2009/242
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
202 words
An automatic gaming system employing a plurality of gaming cards used by the players comprising: a card dispensing unit including means for reading from a gaming card a coded representation of the gaming indicia format on the card; storage means; means for verifying the coded representation; means responsive to a verified coded representation for assigning a control identification to that card and storing said coded representation and control identification in said storage means; means for printing said assigned control identification on said card; and a gaming unit including means for entering selected gaming indicia in said storage means; means for entering the control identification of an alleged winning card; means for validating said control identification of the alleged winning card; means for comparing the entered selected gaming indicia with the gaming indicia format of the alleged winning card to determine if a predetermined pattern of the selected indicia is present on the card format indicating a winning card; means for setting the value of the cards and means for selecting the number of cards to be printed and storing that information in said storge means; and means for calculating the value of all cards printed and the award for a winning card.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
202 words
An automatic gaming system employing a plurality of gaming cards used by the players comprising: a card dispensing unit including means for reading from a gaming card a coded representation of the gaming indicia format on the card; storage means; means for verifying the coded representation; means responsive to a verified coded representation for assigning a control identification to that card and storing said coded representation and control identification in said storage means; means for printing said assigned control identification on said card; and a gaming unit including means for entering selected gaming indicia in said storage means; means for entering the control identification of an alleged winning card; means for validating said control identification of the alleged winning card; means for comparing the entered selected gaming indicia with the gaming indicia format of the alleged winning card to determine if a predetermined pattern of the selected indicia is present on the card format indicating a winning card; means for setting the value of the cards and means for selecting the number of cards to be printed and storing that information in said storge means; and means for calculating the value of all cards printed and the award for a winning card.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
52 words
The system of claim 1 further including means for designating the end of a game and means, responsive to determination of a winning card and to said means for designating the end of a game, for printing a game report including number of cards, card value and win value for the game.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
48 words
The system of claim 1 further including means for interconnecting one segment of said storage means with said gaming unit while one game is being played and another segment of said storage means with said dispensing unit during the same game for dispensing cards for the next game.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
60 words
The system of claim 2 further including means for indicating the end of a group of games and means, responsive to said means for designating the end of a game and to said means for designating the end of a group of games, for printing a group report including number of cards and card value for a group of games.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
The system of claim 2 further including third means for inhibiting said means for entering selected gaming indicia until said game report is printed.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
47 words
The system of claim 4 further including means for designating the end of a period, and means, responsive to said means for designating the end of a group of games and said means for designating the end of a period, for generating and storing a release code.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
24 words
The system of claim 4 further including second means for inhibiting said means for entering selected gaming indicia until said group report is printed.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
48 words
The system of claim 6 further including means, responsive to said means for designating the end of a group of games and to said means for designating the end of a game period, for printing a period report including number of cards, card value, and a validation code.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
46 words
The system of claim 8 further including a report memory for accumulating the number of groups of games played in a gaming period and first means for inhibiting said means for entering selected gaming indicia after a predetermined number of groups of games has been reached.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
55 words
The system of claim 9 further including means for entering a release code, means for comparing said entered release code with said stored release code and providing a clear signal to said report memory upon a satisfactory comparison to enable said means for inhibiting and permit said means for entering selected gaming indicia to operate.
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