Patent ID: 6193605
Filing Date: 2001-02-27
Classification: G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
A lottery system without a central lottery station, which comprises:at least one vendor gaming station, each of the at least one vendor gaming station being configured to provide predetermined game parameters to a player for selection and having a corresponding video display; anda game generator connected to each of the at least one vendor gaming station and configured for data communications therebetween, the game generator having a random lottery result selector and a storage device storing a plurality of video sequences representing a plurality of animated game events;wherein one of the plurality of animated game events is selected and a corresponding one of the video sequences retrieved according to a lottery result randomly selected by the random lottery result selector at a predetermined time after selected game parameters are communicated by the at least one vendor station to the game generator, the retrieved video sequence corresponding to the selected animated game event is communicated from the game generator to the at least one vendor station, and the received video sequence is displayed by the vendor station display.