Patent ID: 7052393
Filing Date: 2006-05-30
Classification: G07B,G07F

Abstract:
1. A system to increase revenues paid to mass transit service organizations by addition of electronic lottery processes and operations, which may collect additional revenues from customers for said lottery operations, above and beyond those paid for normal services, comprising: means for electronically identifying and redeeming farecards which contain modifications provided for additional wager and customer identifications information for lottery operation to provide predetermined payouts to winning lottery customers; means to collect said additional revenues from customers of said lottery operations; means to ensure the security and integrity of said lottery processes and operations to prevent fraudulent use of invoicing media to obtain said payouts of lottery funds; wherein said mass transit service organizations consist of metro-rail systems or other mass transit systems; and wherein the means for electronically identifying and redeeming farecards is chosen from the following group: a.) the “add-fare” feature on existing farecard systems with an additional ticket marking indicating a lottery purchase, which is activated by an additional lottery selection button incorporated into said farecard system; b.) the “cash-back” feature on existing metro-rail farecard purchase machines adapted to detect an additional ticket marking indicating a lottery purchase, with fixed or programmed payouts by said adapted machine in the form of cash or, alternatively, in the form of new fare cards of the appropriate value.