Method and apparatus for preventing fraud with instant game tickets

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5944354
SERIAL NO

09042840

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A method for preventing fraud associated with instant game tickets by permanently alter the ticket to indicate which of the available selections the player wishes to play prior to giving the player the ability to reveal any selections. The ticket has an alteration site, which is a token or tag associated with each selection or a single printed or magnetic region. The alteration site is altered by punching a hole, cutting a notch, marking with ink, or changing the magnetic coding. The ticket may be altered after the player has chosen the selections or the player may be offered a ticket from a set of previously-altered tickets. The ticket may be altered or sold by a person or by a vending machine. The vending machine may allow the player to choose the selections, it may offer the player a choice of previously-altered tickets, or it may give the player a ticket with a random selection chosen.

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NEW VISION GAMING AND DEVELOPMENT INC42 IRVING STREET MEDFORD MA 02155

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Feola, John 42 Irving St., Medford, MA 02155 36 1254

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