The office itself consisted of a battery of automated gambling wickets. Long lines of sports fans lined up to slot their credsticks, place their bets and receive a "ticket"—an electronic notation of the bet, recorded on the credstick itself. A battery of monitor screens, located over the betting wickets, were broadcasting both live tridcasts of various sporting and racing events in progress around the world, and long listings of the odds for the various teams and competitors in upcoming matches.