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James Breslo, Pacific Palisades, CA US
| Patent application number | Description | Published |
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| 20100160024 | METHOD OF PLAYING MULTI-BET PRINTED TICKETS - Preprinted game tickets, such as pull tab tickets or instant game lottery tickets, are dispensed from a vending machine. Instead of having a fixed cost and a fixed prize amount, the game tickets may be purchased at different bet levels and credit values, both of which change the cost and prize amount. Buy-a-pay payments are also provided to buy additional symbol combinations. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100160025 | METHOD OF PLAYING MULTI-BET PRINTED TICKETS, INCLUDING INSTANT GAME TICKETS - Preprinted game tickets, such as instant game lottery tickets, are dispensed from a vending machine. Instead of having a fixed cost and a fixed prize amount, the game tickets may be purchased at different bet levels and credit values, both of which change the cost and prize amount. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100160026 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AWARDING THE VALUE OF WINNING TICKETS DISPENSED BY A VENDING MACHINE - A method is provided of awarding the value of winning tickets dispensed by a vending machine to patrons who purchased the winning tickets. The tickets are preprinted with game content and are associated with a deal of tickets that includes at least some predetermined winning tickets. For each winning ticket, the patron selects a ticket dispensing option provided by the vending machine to either immediately redeem the value of the winning ticket at the vending machine upon ticket dispensing, or defer immediate redemption upon ticket dispensing. Electronic records are provided in a database for each winning ticket that include an indication of whether the winning ticket was redeemed. The deferral option allows the patron to redeem the value of the winning ticket at a cashier, wherein the electronic records are used by the cashier to assist in the redemption process. | 06-24-2010 |
James A. Breslo, Pacific Palisades, CA US
| Patent application number | Description | Published |
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| 20100075733 | GAMING MACHINE APPARATUS HAVING A VISUAL INDICATOR THAT INDICATES THE DEGREE IN WHICH A GAMING MACHINE IS CURRENTLY PLAYING HOT - A gaming machine provides for random winning payouts for game plays. The gaming machine includes a game score module and a visual indicator. The game score module tracks previous game play results including all winning and losing game play results, and determines from the previous game play results the degree in which the gaming machine is currently playing hot. The visual indicator is on the gaming machine or physically mounted to the gaming machine and indicates the degree in which the gaming machine is currently playing hot. The visual indicator may be a thermometer-type gauge. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20110034231 | NETWORK OF SKILL-BASED ELECTRONIC GAME MACHINES THAT DISPENSE TICKETS FROM A PLURALITY OF PLAYER-SELECTABLE DEALS - Tickets are vended from a network of electronic game machines that play a game and that are in communication with a central server. Each ticket is associated with a deal of tickets for the game that includes at least some predetermined winning tickets. Each electronic game machine is adapted to simultaneously play a plurality of different deals and includes a deal selection indicator. Deal information and the current status information for each of the different deals is displayed immediately prior to or concurrently with a patron paying for a ticket. The information includes the total number of tickets and total number of tickets that have been played or remain to be played, the number of tickets having winning symbol or number combinations and number of tickets having winning symbol or number combinations that have been played or remain to be played, and the total winnings and amount of the total winnings that have been won or amount of the total winnings that remain to be won. The patron selects at the electronic game machine which of the plurality of deals to play using the deal selection indicator. The results of the next ticket in the selected deal is provided to the electronic game machine upon payment for a ticket, and the patron is informed of the results. The current status information is updated in real time immediately after each game play. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110227330 | TICKET STRIPS WITH RULER MARKINGS THAT ENCOURAGE MULTIPLE TICKET PURCHASING BY LENGTH OF A TICKET STRIP - A strip of chance-type tickets are interconnected end-to-end with rows of perforations that extend widthwise across the strip and that separate and define individual tickets. A side edge of each ticket includes ruler markings which extend continuously from ticket to ticket, thereby encouraging the ticket purchaser to purchase tickets by a standard unit of length, instead of by a monetary denomination or number of tickets. | 09-22-2011 |
William F. Breslo, Santa Monica, CA US
| Patent application number | Description | Published |
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| 20110034231 | NETWORK OF SKILL-BASED ELECTRONIC GAME MACHINES THAT DISPENSE TICKETS FROM A PLURALITY OF PLAYER-SELECTABLE DEALS - Tickets are vended from a network of electronic game machines that play a game and that are in communication with a central server. Each ticket is associated with a deal of tickets for the game that includes at least some predetermined winning tickets. Each electronic game machine is adapted to simultaneously play a plurality of different deals and includes a deal selection indicator. Deal information and the current status information for each of the different deals is displayed immediately prior to or concurrently with a patron paying for a ticket. The information includes the total number of tickets and total number of tickets that have been played or remain to be played, the number of tickets having winning symbol or number combinations and number of tickets having winning symbol or number combinations that have been played or remain to be played, and the total winnings and amount of the total winnings that have been won or amount of the total winnings that remain to be won. The patron selects at the electronic game machine which of the plurality of deals to play using the deal selection indicator. The results of the next ticket in the selected deal is provided to the electronic game machine upon payment for a ticket, and the patron is informed of the results. The current status information is updated in real time immediately after each game play. | 02-10-2011 |
William F. Breslo, Topanga, CA US
| Patent application number | Description | Published |
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| 20110227330 | TICKET STRIPS WITH RULER MARKINGS THAT ENCOURAGE MULTIPLE TICKET PURCHASING BY LENGTH OF A TICKET STRIP - A strip of chance-type tickets are interconnected end-to-end with rows of perforations that extend widthwise across the strip and that separate and define individual tickets. A side edge of each ticket includes ruler markings which extend continuously from ticket to ticket, thereby encouraging the ticket purchaser to purchase tickets by a standard unit of length, instead of by a monetary denomination or number of tickets. | 09-22-2011 |