Patent ID: 6875105
Filing Date: 2005-04-05
Classification: A63F,G06K,H05K

Abstract:
1. A system for electronically validating a probability lottery ticket having a plurality of player removable play spots covering play indicia wherein the lottery ticket has more than one potential redemption value and wherein the ticket redemption value depends upon which of the play indicia are covered by play spots that have been removed, comprising: ticket data, relating which of the play indica are located under which of the play spots, printed on the lottery ticket; and an electronic validation machine, including a detector for determining which of the play spots have been removed from the lottery ticket, a data reader for reading said ticket data and a microprocessor operatively connected to said detector and said data reader wherein said microprocessor computes from said play spots that have been removed from the lottery ticket in combination with said ticket data the ticket redemption value based the indicia under said play spots which have been removed.