Number selector and marker for lottery card

A number selector and card marker usable in connection with the marking of a card, ticket or play slip comprising a substantially flat, generally rectangular housing having a slot or aperture therein for receiving at least a portion of a card or the like in the plane of the housing, one part of said housing having a series of closely spaced, carefully aligned holes of equal size therein, said holes being in a rectangular array and disposed in columns and rows, the placement of the holes of said series of holes carefully coinciding with the placement of boxes to be found in the game grids of the card to be marked, an enclosure disposed on the same side of said housing as said holes, and serving to enclose said series of holes, a plurality of small, equal size spheres captive in said enclosure, each of which spheres is slightly larger than said holes, so as not to be able to pass therethrough, the size relationship of said spheres to said holes being such that a small portion of each sphere extends below the hole in which it resides when the spheres have come to rest in respective holes, a marking member located in said housing directly below said series of holes, said slot being formed closely adjacent said marking member and below the part of said housing having the holes, for receiving the card to be marked, and means slidably disposed in said enclosure for applying pressure to said spheres when they have been received in respective holes of said series of holes, the pressure applied to said spheres manifesting itself through said marking member to such an extent as to bring about a marking of a card reposing in said slot such that the card may thereafter be read, with such marking of the card being in respective boxes of the game grids of the card, in locations corresponding to the array of spheres.

A number selector and card marker usable in connection with the marking of a card, ticket or play slip comprising a housing having flat, generally rectangular upper and lower housing members, with a slot or aperture being formed between at least a portion of said upper and lower housing members, into which at least a portion of card or the like can be inserted, a member containing a series of closely spaced, carefully aligned holes of equal size being disposed in one of said housing members, said holes being in a rectangular array, and disposed in columns and rows, the placement of the holes of said series of holes carefully coinciding with the placement of boxes to be found in the game grids of the card to be marked, an enclosure operatively associated with said upper housing member, and serving to enclose said series of holes, a plurality of small, equal size spheres captive in said enclosure, each of which spheres is slightly larger than said holes, so as not to be able to pass therethrough, the size relationship of said spheres to said holes being such that a small portion of each sphere extends below the hole in which it resides when the spheres have randomly come to rest in respective holes, a marking member disposed in one of said housing members, in a location directly below said series of holes, the aforementioned slot being formed between said marking member and said lower housing member, to receive the card to be marked, and means slidably disposed in said enclosure for applying pressure to said spheres when they have been received in respective holes of said series of holes, the pressure applied to said spheres manifesting itself through said marking member to such an extent as to bring about a marking of a card reposing in said slot such that the card may thereafter be read, with the marking of the card being in respective boxes of the game grids of the card, in locations corresponding to the array of spheres.