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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2000
Filed:
May. 19, 1997
Jay Walker, Ridgefield, CT (US);
Bruce Schneier, Oak Park, IL (US);
Walker Asset Management Limited Partnership, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
An off-line remote lottery system which enables players to purchase instant-type lottery game outcomes from a randomized prize datastream in a central computer and view the outcomes on remotely disposed gaming computers which do not require an on-line connection to the central computer during play, the central computer storing identification data for a plurality of gaming computers and being configured for randomly assigning outcomes from the randomized prize datastream to the gaming computers in response to purchase requests by players for a requested number of outcomes in each purchase request, each gaming computer including a game program in memory for execution on the gaming computer to generate games which yield the purchased outcomes or aggregate net payoff of the purchased outcomes, and a redemption function for generating a redemption request to cash-out winnings, the system enabling outcome purchase and redemption of winnings to be effectuated directly with the central computer over a telephone network, or via a plurality of agent terminals located at various lottery retailers.