System and method of communication with authenticated wagering participation

A system for conducting a forgery-resistant game, including a lottery and a wagering by players at playing stations, said game being played with an entry including any one of a player's selected entry, indicium, wager, lottery selection, and ticket number, said system comprising

• a data facility having means for storing wagering data including individual player's wagers, a plurality of playing stations remote from said data facility, and communication means linking said playing stations with said data facility for communication of wagering data, there being a reference element to serve as a basis for judging a winning wager, there being a determination of a winning wager;
• wherein said communication means communicates players' wagers from respective ones of said playing stations to said data facility;
• said system further comprises comparing means connecting with said data facility for comparing players' wagers to the reference element to determine a winning wager;
• each of said playing stations comprises means for outputting a record of data including a player's wager;
• said system further comprises means connecting with said data facility for authenticating records of the respective playing stations by comparing player's data on a record with the winning wager and with the player's data stored in said data facility;
• said communication means communicates a presentation of a wagering situation to the players;
• said presentation includes a game show establishing a task requiring a response by each of said players, a portion of said presentation including a scenario, said reference element being a possible outcome of said scenario, said wager being made in response to said scenario;
• each of said playing stations includes a modem and a response unit enabling a player to response to a wagering situation and to said task, the response unit comprising a data entry device for entering a wager and a response to said task, the modem outputting a wager of said entry device to said communication means for transmission to said data facility, said record-outputting means being a part of said response unit;
• said communication means comprises a telephone system for communication of signals from the modem at each of said playing stations to said data facility;
• said communication means communicates a response criteria signal and a scoring criteria signal to the response unit in each of said playing stations;
• the response unit in each of said playing stations comprises memory and logic means connected to said entry device and operative with said response criteria and said scoring criteria signals for scoring a player's response to said task entered via said entry device;
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• said record-outputting means outputs a score of said player upon said record in conjunction with the data of said wager;
• said system further comprises a central station connected to said communication means, said central station having a studio providing said scenario and said game show, said scenario including an advertisement for a producer of the game show;
• wherein, under direction of a host at the central station, a winning wager is transmitted via said communication means to each of said playing stations to appear upon said record at each of said playing stations;
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• said authenticating means enables forgery-resistant redemption of a record having a winning wager.

A method for conducting a forgery-resistant game, including a lottery and a wagering among players at playing stations remote from a data facility, said game being played with an entry including any one of a player's selected entry, indicium, wager, lottery selection, and ticket number, the method employing the data facility for storing wagering data and a communication system linking the playing stations with the data facility for communication of wagering data, the method comprising

• entering wagers by individual ones of the players, in response to a wagering opportunity, via response units at respective ones of the playing stations;
• communicating the wagers to the data facility;
• by means of the response unit at each of the playing stations, outputting a record of data including a player's entered wager;
• establishing a reference element to serve as a basis for judging a winning wager;
• storing players' individual wagers at the data facility;
• comparing each wager with the reference element to determine a player's winning wager;
• establishing a redemption facility distant from said playing stations and from said data facility;
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• validating a record at said redemption facility, said validating including a step of authenticating the record by comparing data of a winning player on the record with corresponding data of the winning player in the data facility.

A method for conducting a forgery-resistant game, including a lottery and a wagering among players at playing stations remote from a data facility, said game being played with an entry including any one of a player's selected entry, indicium, wager, lottery selection, and ticket number, the method employing the data facility for storing wagering data and a communication system linking the playing stations with the data facility for communication of wagering data, the method comprising

• entering wagers by individual ones of the players, in response to a wagering opportunity, via response units the respective ones of the playing stations;
• communicating the wagers to the data facility;
• by means of the response unit at each of the playing stations, outputting a record of data including a player's entered wager;
• establishing a reference element to serve as a basis for judging a winning wager;
• storing players' individual wagers at the data facility;
• comparing each wager with the reference element to determine a player's winning wager;
• validating a record, said validating including a step of authenticating the record by comparing data of a winning player on the record with corresponding data of the winning player in the data facility;
• wherein there is a central station connected to the communication system, the method further comprising a step of communicating the winning wager from the central station to each of the playing stations;
• transmitting a presentation of a wagering situation from the central station to players at the playing stations;
• the presentation includes a game show establishing a task requiring a response by each of said players, a portion of said presentation including a scenario, said reference element being a possible outcome of said scenario, said wager being made in response to said scenario;
• said of the response units comprising memory and logic means connected to an entry device and operative with said response criteria and said scoring criteria signals for scoring a player's response to said task entered via the entry device;
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• the method further comprises a steps of transmitting a response criteria signal and a scoring criteria signal to the response unit in each of said playing stations;
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• outputting a score of said player upon said record in conjunction with data of a wager;
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• wherein the central station includes a studio providing the dramatic scenario and the game show, there being a host at the central station providing the response and the scoring criteria, the method including a step of employing the scenario as an advertisement for a producer of the game show.

A method for conducting a forgery-resistant game, including a lottery and a wagering, on an outcome of an event by players at playing stations remote from a central station at which a winning wager becomes known following the event, said game being played with an entry including any one of a player's selected entry, indicium, wager, lottery selection, and ticket number, the method including a comparing of a player's wager with a winning wager, the method further comprising steps of

• communicating, by a player, wagering data selected by or for said player to a central data storage facility;
• entering said wagering data in said storage facility, said storage facility having means for associating individual wagering data with an individual player;
• storing said wagering data in said storage facility at least until a winning wager has become known following the event;
• providing at said storage facility forgery-resistant means to prevent an altering of said stored wagering data until a winning wager has become known;
• following the event, making a winning wager known at said central station;
• disseminating a winning wager data to remote playing stations;
• comparing a player's stored wagering data with a winning wager;
• identifying a player whose stored wagering data have a predetermined relationship to a winning wager;
• establishing a redemption facility distant from said playing stations and from said data facility;
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• validating a record at said redemption facility, said validating including a step of authenticating the record by comparing data of a winning player on the record with corresponding data of the winning player in the data facility.

A method for conducting a tamper-resistant wager for a forgery-resistant game, including a lottery and a wagering, said game being played with an entry including any one of a player's selected entry, indicium, wager, lottery selection, and ticket number, the method comprising steps of

• recording by recording means of player's selected wager data on players' individual tickets at players' locations remote from a central location;
• transmitting players' selected data on an electronic communications link operable by a player to a central data storage facility, said storage facility being resistant to tampering;
• storing players' data at said central storage facility;
• determining a winning wager by an operator at said central location;
• transmitting winning wager information to players' remote locations on an electronic communications link operable by an operator at said central location;
• recording by recording means at players' remote locations said winning wager information on players' individual tickets;
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• identifying a winning player by comparing players' wager data recorded on said tickets with the winning wager information recorded on each of said tickets;
• establishing a redemption facility distant from said playing stations and from said data storage facility;
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• validating a record at said redemption facility, said validating including a step of authenticating the record by comparing data of a winning player on the record with corresponding data of the winning player in the data storage facility.

A method for conducting a tamper-resistant wagering for a forgery-resistant game, including a lottery and a wagering, said game being played with an entry including any one of a player's selected entry, indicium, wager, lottery selection, and ticket number, the method comprising steps of

• dispensing wagering tickets to individual players at locations remote from a central location, the wagering tickets being provided thereon with wagering data selected by or for each of said players;
• determining a winning wager at a further location distant from locations of said players;
• making known a winning wager at said central location by disseminating winning-wager information to players' locations from said central location;
• wherein a ticket having provided thereon a player's wagering data having a determined correlation to a winning wager serves as a ticket;
• said method further comprises, subsequent to said step of dispensing a wagering ticket, the steps of
• communicating players' wagering data from said remote locations to a tamper-resisting data storage facility prior to the determination of a winning wager;
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• storing players' wagering data at said storage facility until a winning wager has been determined;
• establishing a redemption facility distant from said playing stations and from said data storage facility;
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• validating a record at said redemption facility, said validating including a step of authenticating the record by comparing data of a winning player on the record with corresponding data of the winning player in the data storage facility.

A system for conducting a forgery-resistant game, including a lottery and a wagering by players at playing stations, said game being played with an entry including any one of a player's selected entry, indicium, wager, lottery selection, and ticket number, the system comprising

• a data facility having means for storing wagering data including individual players' wagers and a reference element, a plurality of playing stations remote from said data facility, and communication means linking said playing stations with said data facility for communication of wagering data, the reference element serving as a basis for judging a winning wager;
• redemption means distant from said data facility and from said playing stations for presenting to one or more of said players a prize in response to a wining wager;
• wherein said communication means communicates players' wagers from respective ones of said playing stations to said data facility;
• each of said playing stations comprises means for outputting a record of data including a player's wager;
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• said system further comprises means at said redemption means and connecting with said data facility for authenticating records of the respective playing stations by comparing player's data on a record with the player's data stored in said data facility, said comparing including a comparing of a player's wager to the reference element to ascertain a winning wager, said authentication means being operated prior to presentation of said prize.

A system for conducting a forgery-resistant game, including a lottery and a wagering by players at playing stations, said game being played with an entry including any one of a player's selected entry, indicium, wager, lottery selection, and ticket number, the system comprising

• a data facility having means for storing wagering data including individual players' wagers and a reference element, a plurality of playing stations remote from said data facility, and communication means linking said playing stations with said data facility for communication of wagering data, the reference element serving as a basis for judging a winning wager;
• wherein said communication means communicates players' wagers from respective ones of said playing stations to said data facility;
• each of said playing stations comprises means for outputting a record of data including a player's wager;
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• said system further comprises means connecting with said data facility for authenticating records of the respective playing stations by comparing player's data on a record with the player's data stored in said data facility, said comparing including a comparing of a player's wager to the reference element to ascertain a winning wager;
• wherein said communication means communicates a presentation of a wagering situation to the players;
• said presentation includes a game show establishing a task requiring a response by each of said players, a portion of said presentation including a scenario, said reference element being a possible outcome of said scenario, said wager being made in response to said scenario;
• each of said playing stations includes a modem and a response unit enabling a player to respond to a wagering situation and to said task, the response unit comprising a data entry device for entering a wager and a response to said task, the modem outputting a wager of said entry device to said communication means for transmission to said data facility, said record-outputting means being a part of said response unit;
• said communication means comprises a telephone system for communication of signals from the modem at each of said playing stations to said data facility;
• said communication means communicates a response criteria signal and a scoring criteria signal to the response unit in each of said playing stations;
• the response unit in each of said playing stations comprises memory and logic means connected to said entry device and operative with said response criteria and said scoring criteria signals for scoring a player's response to said task entered via said entry device;
• said record-outputting means outputs a score of said player upon said record in conjunction with the data of said wager;
• a central station connected to said communication means, said central station having a studio providing said scenario and said game show, said scenario including an advertisement for a producer of the game show;
• wherein, under direction of a host at the central station, a winning wager is transmitted via said communication means to each of said playing stations to appear upon said record at each of said playing stations;
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• said authenticating means enables forgery-resistant redemption of a record having a winning wager.

A system for conducting a forgery-resistant game, including a lottery and a wagering by players at playing stations, said game being played with an entry including any one of a player's selected entry, indicium, wager, lottery selection, and ticket number, each of said playing stations comprising means for entering a wager and means for outputting a record of data including a player's entered wager, the system comprising

• a data facility having means for storing wagering data including individual players' entered wagers, a plurality of said playing stations located remote from said data facility, and communication means linking said playing stations with said data facility for communication of wagering data, there being a reference element to serve as a basis for judging a winning wager, there being a determination of a player's winning wager;
• redemption means distant from said data facility and from said playing stations for presenting to one or more of said players a prize in response to a wining wager;
• wherein said communication means communicates players' entered wagers from respective ones of said playing stations to said data facility;
• said communication means includes means for announcing a winning wager to said playing stations;
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• said system further comprises means at said redemption means for authenticating records of the respective playing stations by comparing player's data on a record with the winning wager and with the player's data stored in said data facility, said authentication means being operated prior to presentation of said prize.

A system for conducting a forgery-resistant game, including a lottery and a wagering by players at playing stations, said game being played with an entry including any one of a player's selected entry, indicium, wager, lottery selection, and ticket number, each of said playing stations comprising means for entering a wager and means for outputting a record of data including a player's entered wager, the system comprising

• a data facility having means for storing wagering data including individual player's entered wagers, a plurality of said playing stations located remote from said data facility, and communication means linking said playing stations with said data facility for communication of wagering data, there being a reference element to serve as a basis for judging a winning wager, there being a determination of a player's winning wager;
• wherein said communication means communicates players' entered wagers from respective ones of said playing stations to said data facility;
• said communication means includes means for announcing a winning wager to said playing stations;
• said system further comprises means for authenticating records of the respective playing stations by comparing player's data on a record with the winning wager and with the player's data stored in said data facility;
• wherein said communication means communicates a presentation of a wagering situation to the players;
• said presentation includes a game show establishing a task requiring a response by each of said players, a portion of said presentation including a scenario, said reference element being a possible outcome of said scenario, said wager being made ion response to said scenario;
• each of said playing stations includes a modem and a response unit enabling a player to respond to a wagering situation and to said task, the modem outputting a player's entered wager to said communication means for transmission to said data facility, said entering means and said record-outputting means being a part of said response unit;
• said communication means comprises a telephone system for communication of signals from the modem at each of said playing stations to said data facility;
• said communication means communicates a response criteria signal and a scoring criteria signal to the response unit in each of said playing stations;
• said entering means and said record-outputting means form a part of said response unit in each of said playing stations;
• the response unit in each of said playing stations further comprises memory and logic means connected to said entering means and operative with said response criteria and said scoring criteria signals for scoring a player's response to said tank entered via said entering means;
• said record-outputting means outputs a score of said player upon said record in conjunction with the data of said wager;
• said system further comprises a central station connected to said communication means, said central station having a studio providing said scenario and said game show, said scenario including an advertisement for a producer of the game show;
• wherein, under direction of a host at the central station, a winning wager is transmitted via said communication means to each of said playing stations to appear upon said record at each of said playing stations;
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• said authenticating means enables forgery-resistant redemption of a record having a winning wager.

A method for conducting a forgery-resistant game, including a lottery and a wagering among players at playing stations remote from a data facility, the method employing the data facility for storing wagering data, the method further employing a communication system linking the playing stations with the data facility for communication of wagering data, the method comprising steps of:

• entering wagers by individual ones of the players, in response to a wagering opportunity, via response units at respective ones of the playing stations, said entering step including a step of selecting an expected outcome of the game;
• communicating player data including identifications and expected outcomes of individual ones of the players to the data facility;
• storing the player data at the data facility;
• establishing a reference element to serve as a basis for judging a winning wager;
• comparing each wager with the reference element to determine a player's winning wager;
• establishing a redemption facility distant from said playing stations and from said data facility;
• claiming an award at the redemption facility with a presentation of the player data to the redemption facility;
• authenticating the presentation of player data by comparison with corresponding player data stored in the data facility;
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• tendering an award to a player having a winning wager and an authenticated presentation of the player data.

A system for conducting a forgery-resistant game, including a lottery and a wagering by players at playing stations, the game being played with an entry including an indication of a selected outcome of the game, the system comprising

• a data facility having means for storing wagering data including individual players' wagers and a reference element, the reference element serving as a basis for judging a winning wager;
• a plurality of playing stations remote from said data facility, and communication means linking said playing stations with said data facility for communication of wagering data;
• redemption means distant from said data facility and from said playing stations for presenting to one or more of said players an award in response to a wining wager;
• wherein said communication means communicates player data including identifications and wagers of individual ones of the players to said data facility;
• said system further comprises means for comparing each wager with the reference element to determine a player's winning wager, a claiming of an award being accomplished at the redemption facility with a presentation of the player data to the redemption facility;
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• means at said redemption means and connecting with said data facility for authenticating the presentation of player data by comparison with corresponding player data stored in said data facility, said comparing including a comparing of a player's wager to the reference element to ascertain a winning wager, the redemption means providing for the tendering of an award to a player having a winning wager and an authenticated presentation of the player data.

A method for conducting a wagering by players at playing stations remote from a central facility including a forgery-resistant information storage facility for the conduction of a wagering event, comprising:

• entering wagers by players at said playing stations in a lottery form of wagering event wherein a series of numbers and or symbols is selected, each of said players selecting a desired outcome of the wagering event;
• communicating, by individual ones of said players and via a mode of communication, information conveying the desired outcome of the wavering event to said forgery-resistant information storage facility, wherein said mode of communication provides for communication of player information including desired outcome and player identification in only one direction to said storage facility without transmission of such information in a reverse direction to said players;
• preventing wagering following a first point in time;
• conducting the wagering event at a central location to determine winning wager information including a winning player's payoff;
• determining a winning player at a second point in time subsequent to said first point in time;
• presenting, by a winning player, a payoff claim at a paying station;
• upon receipt of a payoff claim at a paying station from one of said players, authenticating the payoff claim of said one player by communicating between said paying station and said information storage facility via a mode of communication;
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• paying the payoff claim.