Patent ID: 7677453
Filing Date: 2010-03-16
Classification: G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
1. A method for buying tickets for games or lotteries, comprising: receiving, using a communication circuit of a computer of a seller, predicted game or lottery outcome data communicated from a buyer over a communication path; generating, using a printer coupled to the seller computer, a printed bearer ticket based on the received outcome data; transferring the printed bearer ticket from the seller to a custodian that holds the printed bearer ticket on behalf of the buyer, the custodian being a separate legal entity from the seller; transmitting, using a communication circuit of a computer of the custodian, ticket-related data relating to the printed bearer ticket to the buyer over the communication path; and notifying, using the communication circuit of the custodian computer, the buyer of a winning game or lottery outcome for the printed bearer ticket.