Electronic gaming apparatus and method

An electronic gaming apparatus capable of dispensing a segment of a strip containing indicia thereon upon actuating the apparatus and simultaneously displaying the indicia in the dispensed segment, said apparatus comprising:

• a) a primary strip containing indicia thereon;
• b) means for severing a segment of the primary strip and dispensing same upon actuation of the apparatus;
• c) a plurality of machine readable codes associated with the indicia on the primary strip and each code being correlated to a separate one of the indicia, said machine readable codes not being readily discernable by visual examination;
• d) means for reading the machine readable codes of each segment which is dispensed;
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• e) means connecting to said reading means for simultaneously displaying the indicia on the dispensed segment.

An electronic gaming apparatus in which a player may win or lose based on the indicia on a dispensed substrate such that if the indicia correspond to winning indicia the player will win and if the indicia do not correspond to winning indicia the player will lose, said apparatus comprising;

• a) a primary strip of a substrate containing a plurality of discrete entry locations for indicia and which locations contain selected entries of indicia thereon, and where the indicia corresponding to the winning indicia are randomly dispensed throughout the locations on the strip;
• b) a secondary strip of a substrate having indicia thereon corresponding to the entries of indicia on the primary strip and which entries of indicia are in the same entry locations as on said primary strip and said duplicate strip being in juxtaposed relation to the primary strip;
• c) advancing means in said apparatus for advancing the primary strip and the secondary strip upon actuation by a player and which advancing means causes dispensing of a selected discrete strip segment location of the substrate containing an indicia thereon;
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• d) take-up means for receiving the duplicate strip containing an entry location with the same indicia as that on the primary strip segment location which was dispensed.

A method of playing a game of chance where a player obtains a ticket containing indicia and in which the player will win a game if the indicia on the ticket correspond to winning indicia, said method comprising:

• a) actuating an apparatus containing a primary strip of indicia with a plurality of discrete selected locations with each location containing indicia thereon and only a limited number of the locations containing winning indicia thereon;
• b) advancing the primary strip of indicia and simultaneously advancing a secondary strip in juxtaposed relation to the primary strip, said secondary strip also containing the same discrete selected locations with each location of the secondary strip containing corresponding indicia to a like location on the primary strip;
• c) separating the primary strip from the secondary strip during the advancing of the strip;
• d) sensing a discrete location at an end of said primary strip upon actuation of said apparatus to form a discrete ticket containing indicia;
• e) dispensing the selected severed discrete ticket having indicia thereon to the player of the apparatus;
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• f) maintaining a duplicate record of the dispensed ticket by storing the secondary strip for later examination or auditing.