Electronic lottery game card
An electronic lottery game card having a body with a front face and a back face, and the electronic game card is powered by a battery with a plurality of viewing windows in the front face. The viewing windows can display items such as a simulated wheel spinning. There is a power switch in the front face for activating games. A player can activate the game card to play a lottery game with the viewing windows, and the electronic game card will automatically shut itself off when there is inactivity after a fixed period.
1 . An electronic game card for playing a lottery game, comprising:
a card having a first face and a second face;
a power source held in the card between the first face and the second face;
a plurality of viewing windows on the first face for displaying the lottery game; and
a switch on the card, wherein the switch button activates the lottery game.
2 . The electronic game card of claim 1 , further comprising a battery tag on the card, wherein removing the battery tag powers the game card.
3 . The electronic game card of claim 1 , wherein the power source is a battery.
4 . The electronic game card of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of viewing windows are liquid crystal diode (LCD) display screens.
5 . The electronic game card of claim 1 , wherein the card is plastic.
6 . The electronic game card of claim 1 , wherein the card has sealed edges.
7 . The electronic game card of claim 1 , further comprising a label placed on the first face, wherein the label provides an appearance of a lottery game ticket.
8 . The electronic game card of claim 1 , further comprising a raised lip encircling the first face.
9 . The electronic game card of claim 1 , further comprising a bar code.
10 . The electronic game card of claim 1 , further comprising a timer, wherein the game card automatically shuts down after the timer expires.
11 . The electronic game card of claim 1 , further comprising a front label printed on the first face.
12 . The electronic game card of claim 1 , wherein a simulated wheel spin appears in each viewing window.
13 . A method for manufacturing a pack of electronic game cards, comprising the steps for:
scanning a bar code from a label tape;
issuing a feed command to a storage bin according to the bar code;
feeding a game card from the storage bin;
applying a face label to the game card;
delivering the game card to a batch stacker;
accumulating a plurality of the game cards into a pack;
placing an activation card onto the pack; and
wrapping the pack of the game cards with the activation card.
14 . The method for manufacturing a pack of electronic game cards of claim 13 , further comprising the step for applying a graphics label to the face label.
15 . The method for manufacturing a pack of electronic game cards of claim 13 , wherein the feeding step further comprises the step for feeding the game card from the storage bin onto a conveyor.
16 . The method for manufacturing a pack of electronic game cards of claim 13 , further comprising the steps for:
creating a rear label that includes a validation number; and
applying the rear label to the game card.
17 . A method for manufacturing a pack of electronic game cards, comprising the steps for:
creating a graphics label for a game card, the game card having a front and a back;
applying a front face graphics label to the front of the game card;
creating a unique rear face label for the back of the game card that includes a unique validation number for the game card;
applying a label over the game card validation number;
applying a rear face label to the back of the game card;
providing an instruction card for the game card prior to packaging each game card;
packaging the game card;
assembling a plurality of the packaged game cards into a game card pack;
providing an activation card for the game card pack; and
packaging the game card pack.
18 . The method for manufacturing a pack of electronic game cards of claim 17 , further comprising the steps of boxing the game card pack and applying a box label information.
19 . The method for manufacturing a pack of electronic game cards of claim 17 , further comprising the step of creating detailed collation plan for the game card and collating a desired number of the game card into a pack.
20 . An electronic game card for playing a lottery game, comprising:
card means having a first face and a second face;
means for powering the game card placed in the card between the first face and the second face;
means for viewing on the first face for displaying the lottery game; and
means for activating the lottery game.