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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 1999
Filed:
May. 05, 1997
John S Marino, Cold Spring, NY (US);
Anthony J Marino, Danbury, CT (US);
Other;
Abstract
A hand-held multi-function electronic lottery device that is holdable in a hand of a user and has a user lottery ticket with a user lottery ticket number thereon insertable therethrough. The hand-held multi-function electronic lottery device includes a housing, a keypads a magnifier ticket reader windows and an L.E.D display. The housing has a front with a lower portion and an upper portion, a back with an upper portion that has a slot therethrough for inserting the user lottery ticket therethrough, a top, a bottom, and a pair of sides. The keypad is disposed on the housing. The magnifier ticket reader window is disposed on the housing and allows the user lottery ticket number on the user lottery ticket to be magnified and viewed therethrough when the user lottery ticket is inserted through the slot in the housing. The L.E.D. display is disposed on the housing. The hand-held multi-function electronic lottery device further includes a 'main' routine that is utilized to input data, a 'pick' sub-routine that is utilized to randomally pick numbers, a 'best' sub-routine that is utilized to display the most frequently occurring winning lottery numbers, and a 'replay' sub-routine that is utilized to store a selected group of lottery numbers.