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Patent No.:

US 8348742 B1

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Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2013

Filed:

Jan. 28, 2009
Applicant:

Michael W. Yacenda, Stamford, CT (US);

Inventor:

Michael W. Yacenda, Stamford, CT (US);

Assignee:

Elottery, Inc., Stamford, CT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 9/24 (2006.01); A63F 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method for facilitating governmental lottery play over television includes receiving a lottery ticket purchase request from a player terminal including a television over a television service provider communication network. Personal information pertaining to a player is retrieved from a subscriber database of the television service provider. It is then verified that the player satisfies predetermined criteria based on the retrieved personal information. The purchase of a lottery ticket is processed based on the received lottery ticket purchase request when it is verified that the player satisfies the predetermined criteria.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Yacenda, Michael. (2013). System and method for operating governmental lottery games with television-based user terminals (U.S. Patent No. 8348742). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8348742

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