Daniel A Rogers

US Patent:

60989793, Aug 8, 2000

Filed:

Aug 31, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/144594

Inventors:

Daniel Edwin Rogers - Venetia PA

International Classification:

A63B 7100
A63F 100

US Classification:

2731381

Abstract:

The invention is the "Darkhorse" method of selecting the winning number in a multiple number selection lottery contest, (a so-called "numbers game"). Instead of randomly selecting the winning number at the close of play by use of a random number generating device, the winning number is declared to be, by rule of the game, that number upon which the least amount of money will be wagered during the course of the game. In case of a tie, the lowest number played least is declared to be the winning number. As the game proceeds, numbers, as they are played, are entered into the memory of a digital computer programmed to sort the numbers, tally the amounts wagered on each number, and feed back to the lottery wager-entry terminals the identity of the lowest number played least and such other information as the contest operator may choose to disclose to wagerers as the game progresses. (The contest operator may choose to conduct the game "blind," that is without any feedback of any information to the wagerers during the course of the game. ) At the close of play the contest operator immediately discloses the lowest number played least during the contest.