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US 7,677,453 B2Granted
System and method for purchasing game and lottery tickets
OwnerWayne P. Chauinventor
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Abstract
A system and method for buying tickets for games or lotteries in which a seller receives predicted game or lottery outcome data communicated from a buyer over a communication path. The seller generates a printed ticket based on the received outcome data and the seller transfers the printed ticket to a custodian that holds the printed ticket on behalf of the buyer. The custodian transmits data relating to the printed ticket to the buyer over the communication path and notifies the buyer if the printed ticket corresponds to an actual game or lottery outcome.
Claims9
A method for buying tickets for games or lotteries, comprising:
- receiving, using a communication circuit of a computer of a seller, predicted game or lottery outcome data communicated from a buyer over a communication path;
- generating, using a printer coupled to the seller computer, a printed bearer ticket based on the received outcome data;
- transferring the printed bearer ticket from the seller to a custodian that holds the printed bearer ticket on behalf of the buyer, the custodian being a separate legal entity from the seller;
- transmitting, using a communication circuit of a computer of the custodian, ticket-related data relating to the printed bearer ticket to the buyer over the communication path;
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- notifying, using the communication circuit of the custodian computer, the buyer of a winning game or lottery outcome for the printed bearer ticket.
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