EP 1395348 A1 20040310 - HAND HELD LOTTERY GAME
Title (en)
HAND HELD LOTTERY GAME
Title (de)
TRAGBARES LOTTERIESPIEL
Title (fr)
JEU DE LOTERIE PORTATIF
Publication
Application
Priority
- US 0131460 W 20011009
- US 29558201 P 20010605
Abstract (en)
[origin: US2002183107A1] An improved system and method for providing remote instant type lottery games is provided. The instant type games are presented on a portable gaming computer. Predetermined outcomes are pre-programmed into the gaming computer before it is provided to the player. This may be done by preprogramming a computer memory in the gaming computer with the outcomes during manufacture of the device. Thus, the gaming computer can be ready for play as soon as it is purchased, without any action necessary by the player or retailer to activate or enable play on the gaming computer. The predetermined outcomes of the games stored in the computer memory can be coded somewhere in or on the gaming computer, for example, in a bar code on the gaming computer or stored in a memory. The outcomes are read from the bar codes or memory during a redemption process and validated. Additionally, the gaming computer is provided with a "freeze" feature that may be activated by the player. When activated, the "freeze" feature prevents further play on the gaming computer. Any amounts that have been won by the player are "frozen" in the gaming computer, for example, on a display and in a memory. The freeze provides the player with a sense of security that they will not "lose" their winnings by further play or a gaming computer malfunction.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
A63F 9/24 (2006.01); A63F 3/08 (2006.01); G07F 17/32 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
A63F 3/081 (2013.01 - EP US); G07F 17/32 (2013.01 - EP US); G07F 17/3218 (2013.01 - EP US); G07F 17/329 (2013.01 - EP US)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
US 2002183107 A1 20021205; EP 1395348 A1 20040310; EP 1395348 A4 20070214; WO 02098524 A1 20021212
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 16221902 A 20020605; EP 01979584 A 20011009; US 0131460 W 20011009