Patent ID: 6533274
Filing Date: 2003-03-18
Classification: A63F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of conducting a probability game that can be used for instant lottery applications without the security risks normally associated with such games comprising the steps of predetermining what prizes will be offered and the frequency of those prizes appearing in the overall lottery in which the total payout is determined based on standard statistical (probability) formulas; generating data on a plurality of lottery tickets, wherein each of said lottery tickets has a plurality of different numbers and/or symbols by utilizing, a computer to make a random selection of the number and/or symbol for each ticket including that ticket's winning number and the placement on the ticket of that winning number and/or symbol; once the data is generated, verifying that each ticket does in fact contain a winner and a predetermined prize and that the placement of those winning numbers on the entire production run of tickets is without a pattern; and printing the tickets loading the data into an on-line data base wherein the numbers and/or symbols on each of said tickets are never covered.