IP Library Granted Patent US 12,283,154
Granted Patent B2
US 12,283,154 · App. 18/313,023 · Granted Apr 22, 2025

Secure predetermined game generation

Inventors: Jeffrey Schertzer (Valrico, FL); Bruce Coffman (Mulberry, FL); Kenneth E. Irwin, Jr. (Dawsonville, GA); David Knechtges (Davenport, FL)
Assignee: IGT GLOBAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
G07F17/3227G07F17/3241
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Patent No.
US 12,283,154
App. No.
18/313,023
Granted
Apr 22, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems and methods for enabling secure automated production and redemption of predetermined games of chance with multiple play venues or dimensions, wherein such systems and methods can provide, for example, lottery games (e.g., instant tickets), charitable gaming (e.g., raffles, pull-tabs), casino environments (e.g., “Class II” gaming), Internet gaming (e.g., poker, online instant tickets), etc.

Claims (12)

1. A method for generating an instant lottery ticket, the method comprising:

providing a two-dimensional database storing a plurality of different art indicia in a first dimension of the database and a plurality of different copies of each of the plurality of different art indicia in a second dimension of the database;

using a Genesis Seed to:

(i) select one of the plurality of different art indicum from the first dimension of the database, and

(ii) select one of the different copies of the selected first art indicium from the second dimension of the database;

repeating (i) and (ii) until a quantity of different copies of the selected art indicia are selected to provide variable art indicia required for an instant lottery ticket; and

using the Genesis Seed to generate an unique arrangement of the selected copies of the selected art indicia to be printed on a substrate of the instant lottery ticket, wherein the combination of the database and the Genesis Seed can create only one possible arrangement of the selected copies of the selected art indicia, and causing the arranged art indicium to be saved in a non-volatile memory device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the different copies of at least one of the different art indicium in the second dimension of the database differ by their perspective rotational position.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the different copies of at least one of the different art indicium in the second dimension of the database differ by their perspective mirrored orientation.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein a plurality of the different art indicia comprise different colors.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein a plurality of the different art indicia comprise different process colors.

6. The method of claim 1 , which includes using the Genesis Seed to generate the unique arrangement of the selected copies of the selected art indicia to be printed on the substrate of the instant lottery ticket by high resolution process color imagers.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 17, 2025
From: IGT GLOBAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
To: BRIGHTSTAR GLOBAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072479/0468 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 24, 2023
From: SCHERTZER, JEFFREY; IRWIN, KENNETH E., JR; KNECHTGES, DAVID
To: IGT
Reel/Frame 064051/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 24, 2023
From: IGT
To: IGT GLOBAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 064051/0008 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 24, 2023
From: COFFMAN, BRUCE
To: IGT
Reel/Frame 064051/0018 →
Continuity (4)
Division 18057389 · Nov 21, 2022
Continuation 17453414 · Nov 3, 2021
Provisional Application 63192371 · May 24, 2021
Related Publication 20230274610A1 · Aug 31, 2023
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