Patent ID: 7247095

Claim:
A lottery system for game selection by a user, the lottery system comprising: a game selection device, wherein the game selection device is comprised of: a.) data storage for: (i) information corresponding to a plurality of games; and (ii) game play options; b.) a user interface configured to: (i) display identification information pertaining to one or more of the plurality of games and at least one play option associated with each displayed game; and (ii) receive at least one game selection input from the user; c.) an encoder for encoding the at least one game selection input as a code; and d.) a code writer for writing the code onto at least one play card; and a game marketing server, wherein the game marketing server is not communicatively connected at any time to a central lottery system computer and no physical communication link exists therebetween, wherein the game selection device is not communicatively connected at any time to the central lottery system computer and no physical communication link exists therebetween, further wherein the game marketing server is configured to: transmit game data to the game selection device, wherein the game data is additional games and corresponding play options operative on the game selection device; and receive player data from the game selection device.