公开(公告)号：EP1665074A1

公开(公告)日：2006-06-07

申请号：EP04721061.2

申请日：2004-03-15

申请人： Gtech Rhode Island Corporation

发明人： MELESKO, Robert, S. ,  BREINDEL, James, R. ,  MEEHAN, Richard, S. ,  CORVESE, Robert ,  RAFUSE, Charles, A., Jr. ,  ALEXANDRE, Raymond ,  METAYER, Franklin

IPC分类号： G06F17/00 ,  G06F19/00

CPC分类号： G07F17/323 ,  G07F17/32 ,  G07F17/3255 ,  G07F17/329

摘要： A lottery device (15), system and method incorporates lottery and non-lottery transaction capabilities within a single, network-connected device, whereby the device (15) communicates lottery transaction information to a central lottery server (90), while separately managing non-lottery transaction information. The system of the present invention provides a lottery network (35) within which one or more devices (15) of the invention can operate. The lottery network (35) includes a back-end transaction processor (30) and an interface for introducing new game types into the lottery system. In this way, a lottery distributor can not only offer a range of games that changes over time, but the distributor (12c) can choose which games to offer from an ever-changing menu of game options over a variety of device (15) types.