Validation of Lottery Tickets

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United States of America Patent

APP PUB NO 20120235400A1
SERIAL NO

13408559

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A prize of an instant win lottery ticket of the type including a substrate with a game area thereon including play indicia, of which at least part is covered by a removable scratchoff layer is validated by a barcode printed on the ticket which contains the information necessary to validate the prize. The bar code of a played ticket is read by a reading device by scanning the barcode with the reading device while contact between the reading device and the substrate at the barcode is not required. Data from the bar code is used to obtain information from a data base on the value of the prize associated with that ticket.

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POLLARD BANKNOTE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP1499 BUFFALO PLACE SAME AS ABOVE WINNIPEG MANITOBA R3T 1L7

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Scrymgeour, Lyle Oakbank, CA 14 58

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