Electronic wagering machine

Abstract

The instant invention provides a method and apparatus for simulating a game of chance in which the player or players play a proactive role and in which the player may verify the probity of the device once play has been completed. This involves generating a sequence consisting of a finite number of hidden playing cards or numbers, randomizing the sequence and displaying the sequence in a predetermined arrangement. The improvement broadly includes enabling a player or players to select, and reveal if required, as many of the hidden playing cards or numbers of the arrangement sufficient to enable completion of the game, and revealing all of the playing cards or numbers of the arrangement only after the game is completed by the player or players. The revealing improvement more specifically includes two (2) major variants: 1. (a) generating a printout of the revealed entirety of playing cards or numbers; (b) directly thereafter receiving the printout face-down in a locked enclosure; and, (c) opening the enclosure only after the game has been completed; or 2. (a) generating a printout of the revealed entirety of playing cards or numbers; (b) transferring the printout to a position under an opaque cover that is placed within a sealed transparent enclosure; and, (c) displacing the opaque cover from over the printout only after the game is completed. The improvement of (1) or (2) may result in a printout that is a long, narrow tape upon which each element of said entirety is printed in sequence or the improvement may provide at least one video monitor for displaying the predetermined arrangement before the game has started, and provide means for disclosing said entirety only after said game has been completed.

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