G07C 15/00
Generating random numbers
Official title: Generating random numbers; Lottery apparatus
G07C15/00 (Generating random numbers) appears on 574 US grants and 376 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G07C- Granted patents
- 574
- Published applications
- 376
- Assignees
- 225
- Inventors
- 758
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Lottery ticket vending machine with random ticket selection related features1 Sep 2026US 12,725,479 B2Brightstar Global Solutions Corporation
- Lottery ticket vending machine23 Jun 2026US 12,664,849 B2Brightstar Global Solutions Corporation
- Systems, devices and methods for network management of remote modification of cards16 Jun 2026US 12,658,006 B2DBEST Limited Liability Company
- Lottery ticket vending machine9 Jun 2026US 12,651,513 B2Brightstar Global Solutions Corporation
- Lottery ticket vending machine2 Jun 2026US 12,646,388 B2Brightstar Global Solutions Corporation
- Lottery ticket vending machine17 Sep 2026US 2026/0279171 A1Brightstar Global Solutions Corporation
- Lottery ticket selling system having a lottery ticket printer, a lottery ticket rewinder, and a printer and rewinder cradle10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264430 A1Brightstar Global Solutions Corporation
- Lottery ticket selling systems and methods of operation thereof that employ ticket purchase trailers for draw lottery ticket images10 Sep 2026US 2026/0268720 A1Brightstar Global Solutions Corporation
- Print control apparatus, control method therefor, and storage medium storing control program therefor11 Jun 2026US 2026/0161911 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Systems and methods for presenting a randomized lottery game2 Apr 2026US 2026/0094483 A1Amuse d.o.o.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Game machine accounting and monitoring system942US 5,470,079 ABally Gaming International, Inc. · 1995
- Automatic lottery system775US 4,494,197 A1985
- Interactive, computerised gaming system with remote terminals716US 5,586,937 A1996
- Automated ticket sales and dispensing system662US 5,408,417 A1995
- On-line wagering system with programmable game entry cards645US 4,764,666 AGTECH Corporation · 1988