Patent ID: 7867075

Claim:
A game apparatus for play of an instant lottery game comprising: a standardized hand-held electronic game device including a computer, a display operatively connected to said computer, a game card interface operatively connected to said computer, and at least one instant lottery game programmed in said computer; a game card representing a single lottery game play, said game card adapted for connection with said interface wherein connection of said game card to said interface permits a player to initiate play of said game, said game card comprising game information required by the lottery game programmed in said computer to initiate and complete a single play of the lottery game, the game information including a type of game to be played, whether the game play is a winner, and respective prize award for the single lottery game play, wherein the display and outcome of the lottery game is presented to the player via said display and only after connecting said game card with said game card interface; wherein said game information on said game card is encoded in printed conductive elements which include at least one impedance; said game device having a standardized hard-wired configuration that responds to and decodes an electronic signature generated by the various patterns of said printed conductive elements including the at least one impedance so as to conduct the particular lottery game contained by said game card, including game outcome and prize award indication, based solely on the configuration of said printed conductive elements on said card without retrieval of other game information particular to said game card; and wherein the outcome of said game is predetermined solely by said encoded information on said game card, is not stored in or downloaded to said game device, and is not known by the player until played on said electronic game device and is not changed by any subsequent play of the game with said electronic game device.