Patent ID: 7510116
Filing Date: 2009-03-31
Classification: G07C,G07F

Abstract:
1. A gaming system for conducting a dynamic lottery game, the gaming system comprising: a plurality of terminal units, each of the terminal units comprising: a host computer operatively coupled to the plurality of terminal units, the host computer comprising; one of the terminal unit controller and the host computer controller being programmed to determine an opening entry for the player for the dynamic lottery game, the terminal unit controller being programmed to cause the output device to dispense a dynamic lottery game ticket to the player, the dynamic lottery game ticket having indicia disposed thereon corresponding to the opening entry for the player for the dynamic lottery game, the terminal unit controller being programmed to allow the input device to receive the dynamic lottery game ticket and to read player selection indicia on the dynamic lottery game ticket, wherein the player selection indicia on the dynamic lottery game ticket corresponds to a dynamic lottery game selection for the player, one of the terminal unit controller and the host computer controller being programmed to determine an outcome of the dynamic lottery game in response to the reading of the player selection indicia by the input device, the outcome being determined based on the player selection indicia, the terminal unit controller being programmed to cause the output device to dispense a continuation ticket to the player, the continuation ticket having indicia disposed thereon corresponding to the outcome of the dynamic lottery game for the player, the terminal unit controller being programmed to allow the input device to receive the continuation ticket and to read the indicia corresponding to the outcome of the dynamic lottery game for the player, one of the terminal unit controller and the host computer controller being programmed to determine whether the outcome of the dynamic lottery game is a winning outcome based on the indicia corresponding to the outcome of the dynamic lottery game for the player, and the terminal unit controller being programmed to cause the value-dispensing mechanism to dispense value to the player in response to the one of the terminal unit controller and the host computer controller determining that the outcome of the dynamic lottery game for the player is a winning outcome.