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Abstract

Electronic and mechanical apparatus utilizing a voucher and game ticket combination and which operates as a technological aid in the play of a sweepstakes promotional game. The voucher may represent any document, receipt, stamp, or the like which evidences an expenditure or otherwise has utilitarian value and includes a game ticket, the latter of which can be used in the play of a sweepstakes game and where the apparatus actually functions as an aid in the play of the sweepstakes game. Preferably, the apparatus is a dispenser which dispenses the voucher and the game ticket combination. The ticket and the game apparatus function as a prepaid telephone card. In this way, the user will be able to access a telephone service, e.g. a long distance telephone service, using the prepaid phone card. The voucher portion will contain voucher indicia informing the user on the use of the voucher and the game ticket portion of the voucher will contain game indicia relating to a play of the sweepstakes promotional game. The promotional game indicia appears on the attached game ticket and may represent a winning or scoring indicia. In addition, a bar code is present on the game ticket and as the voucher and game ticket is dispensed, the bar code is read by the apparatus and displays indicia corresponding to the sweepstakes promotional indicia on the game ticket.

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