Lottery kiosk having game enhancement
OwnerSteven A. Weissinventor
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Abstract
A lottery kiosk includes a stand alone cabinet supporting a display, a plurality of user input buttons, a magnetic card reader, a ticket reader, and a ticket printer. In addition, the stand alone cabinet supports a controller having a microprocessor based control circuit therein. The software within the microprocessor controller contains the appropriate instruction set for facilitating the selection and purchase of lottery tickets. In addition, the controller further includes a game enhancement which is integrated with the lottery ticket purchase system to provide additional entertainment and amusement together with the potential of winning additional credits and lottery tickets.
Claims12
A lottery kiosk comprising:
- purchase means for player purchase of a lottery ticket;
- game means for playing a game enhancement integrated into said purchase means;
- means for receiving player funds and establishing a player credit meter account;
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- means for player selection of said game means in combination with said purchase means whereby participation in said game makes a player eligible for winning additional lottery tickets.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.