Patent ID: 7901281
Filing Date: 2011-03-08
Classification: A63F,G07F

Abstract:
1. A method of vending tickets preprinted with game content and associated with a deal of tickets that includes at least some predetermined winning tickets, each ticket having a base ticket denomination, and each winning ticket having a predetermined base award amount, for each vended ticket the method comprising: (a) receiving an indication from a patron for inputting into a vending machine of a total wager amount for payment of a ticket, the total wager amount being equal to the base ticket denomination and a multiple of the base ticket denomination that the patron selects for the ticket; (b) recording the multiple of the base ticket denomination selected by the patron in a database; (c) dispensing the ticket from the vending machine; and (d) calculating using a calculator an award amount for a winning ticket by multiplying the predetermined base award amount by the recorded multiple of the base ticket denomination obtained from the database, and awarding the calculated award amount to the patron, wherein the deal from which the tickets are derived is not determined by the total wager amount.