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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2001
Clifton Lind, Austin, TX (US);
Gordon T. Graves, Austin, TX (US);
Joseph R. Enzminger, Austin, TX (US);
Jefferson C. Lind, Austin, TX (US);
Gary L. Loebig, Austin, TX (US);
Clifton Lind, Austin, TX (US);
Gordon T. Graves, Austin, TX (US);
Joseph R. Enzminger, Austin, TX (US);
Jefferson C. Lind, Austin, TX (US);
Gary L. Loebig, Austin, TX (US);
Multimedia Games, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
A lottery ticket distribution system according to the invention includes a ticket distribution center () that is in electronic communication with a number of player terminals () at locations remote to the ticket distribution center. The ticket distribution center () includes an electronic ticket storage device () for storing a game set () of electronic tickets () and distributing the electronic tickets to the player terminals (). A ticket record manufacturing device () operatively connected to the ticket distribution center () provides either a nonvolatile data record for each ticket or a hard copy ticket, or both. The nonvolatile data records or set of hard copy tickets for a given game set are not distributed to the players, but are held for verification and dispute resolution purposes either at the ticket distribution center () or some other secure location.