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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2017
Applicant:
Igt Global Solutions Corporation, Providence, RI (US);
Inventors:
Bradford Heathcote, Chepachet, RI (US);
Aaron Michael Koll, Lincoln, CA (US);
Sarah W. Simpkins, Warwick, RI (US);
Assignee:
IGT Global Solutions Corporation, Providence, RI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 17/32 (2006.01); G07F 17/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 17/3227 (2013.01); G07F 17/329 (2013.01); G07F 17/3258 (2013.01); G07F 17/42 (2013.01);
Abstract
A lottery host, retailer terminal(s) and specially adapted tickets and ticket packs provide embodiments of a wagering event integrity control system, method and apparatus as disclosed. In various embodiments, purchased but unactivated tickets for a lottery drawing are activated based upon a code and/or signal received by the lottery host, wherein the received code and/or signal is associated with different tickets in the ticket pack.