Cash register gaming device
AssigneeContinental Brokers and Consultants, Inc.
InventorsDaniel Jolliff, Michael W. Hahn, Dean C. Oldham
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Abstract
A microprocessor gaming device for use in combination with a cash register which makes a random selection of prize or no prize conditions upon each actuation of the cash register, and which includes a visual display showing prize or no prize selection for each transaction as well as a printer assembly which may be periodically actuated to print out retrievably stored data in the form of a record of all winning and losing indications including prize value for a predetermined accounting period.
Claims11
A gaming device for use in combination with a cash register comprising:
- interface means conducting an actuation input from said cash register upon ring-up of a valid sale function;
- computing means connected to said interface means and functioning in real time, said computing means being programmed to commence gaming operation upon receiving said actuation input to generate a selected indication from a predetermined group of indications which include a plurality of winning indications of differing prize value and a plurality of losing indications and to store retrievably said indications;
- display means controlled by said computing means to convey notice selectively proximate the cash register of all such winning and losing selected indications;
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- means including a printer for querying said computer means periodically to retrieve the stored indications and for printing out a record of all winning and losing indications including prize value for a predetermined period preceding the query.
In a gaming device that utilizes a programmed digital computer and functions in coaction with a cash register for actuation to generate a chance indication for prize award, the programmed method of operation comprising:
- assigning a plurality of prizes of varying levels of reward to selected ones of a set of numbers;
- limiting the number of prizes available for each level of reward over a predetermined unit period;
- actuating the gaming device in response to each cash register transaction to generate a random number;
- comparing said random number with the set of numbers to determine one of a losing number, a winning number and prize award;
- checking to determine if the particular prize award is still available for the level of award in the unit period;
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- visually displaying the prize adjacent the cash register.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.