Lottery ticket reviewing device

Claim 1

A device for comparing lottery tickets to winning lottery numbers, in a lottery game wherein a series of numbers are selected by customers, which if successfully selected will match a series of winning numbers drawn in the lottery, comprising: a housing generally in the configuration of and having the appearance of a slot machine, but smaller in size, a series of manually settable number dials or wheels rotatably mounted in the housing, each number dial having all possible numbers which can potentially be selected in the lottery for each number position, the number of number dials being at least equal to the number of numbers to be selected in the lottery drawing for which the device is used, so that the user/lottery customer can set the number dials to match the winning numbers selected in a lottery drawing, with the series of winning numbers appearing in a horizontal series through an opening in the front of the device, a lottery ticket infeed slot in the front of the housing, rotatable ticket feed means in the housing and adjacent to the infeed slot, with a manually rotatable knob outside the housing, for advancing a lottery ticket into and through the housing when the lottery ticket is placed in the infeed slot and the knob is manually rotated, ticket viewing window means in the front of the housing, in a generally linear horizontal arrangement and positioned so that numbers on a lottery ticket are viewable through the window means, with a ticket number directly adjacent to and aligned vertically with each of the manually dialed lottery winning numbers visible at the front of the device, and an outfeed slot in the device, through which the lottery ticket exits the device, whereby the user can first determine the published winning numbers in a lottery and set the plurality of number dials accordingly to expose the series of winning lottery numbers on the dials at the front of the machine, arranged in a horizontal line in a prescribed sequence as published, then feed into the device a lottery ticket having customer-selected series of numbers, rotate the knob to advance the lottery ticket into the device to a point where the first row of numbers on the ticket is directly behind the window means and thus adjacent to the manually input numbers on the number dials, number by number, and make a comparison of the numbers; and if multiple series of customer-selected lottery numbers are on the lottery ticket, the user can review each series of numbers sequentially, comparing them with the adjacent series of winning numbers and advancing the lottery ticket forward through the device to position the next series of numbers on the ticket behind the viewing windows, make another comparison, and so on.

Claim 2

A device for comparing lottery tickets to winning lottery numbers, in a lottery game wherein a series of numbers are selected by customers, which if successfully selected will match a series of winning numbers drawn in the lottery, comprising: a housing generally in the configuration of and having the appearance of a slot machine, but smaller in size, a series of manually settable number dials or wheels rotatably mounted in the housing, each number dial having all possible numbers which can potentially be selected in the lottery for each number position, the number of number dials being at least equal to the number of numbers to be selected in the lottery drawing for which the device is used, so that the user/lottery customer can set the number dials to match the winning numbers selected in a lottery drawing, with the series of winning numbers appearing in a horizontal series through an opening in the front of the device, a lottery ticket infeed slot in the front of the housing, rotatable ticket feed means in the housing and adjacent to the infeed slot, with a manually rotatable knob outside the housing, for advancing a lottery ticket into and through the housing when the lottery ticket is placed in the infeed slot and the knob is manually rotated, ticket viewing window means in the front of the housing, in a generally linear horizontal arrangement and positioned so that numbers on a lottery ticket are viewable through the window means, with a ticket number directly adjacent to and aligned vertically with each of the manually dialed lottery winning numbers visible at the front of the device, and an outfeed slot in the device, through which the lottery ticket exits the device, whereby the user can first determine the published winning numbers in a lottery and set the plurality of number dials accordingly to expose the series of winning lottery numbers on the dials at the front of the machine, arranged in a horizontal line in a prescribed sequence as published, then feed into the device a lottery ticket having customer-selected series of numbers, rotate the knob to advance the lottery ticket into the device to a point where the first row of numbers on the ticket is directly behind the window means and thus adjacent to the manually input numbers on the number dials, number by number, and make a comparison of the numbers; and if multiple series of customer-selected lottery numbers are on the lottery ticket, the user can review each series of numbers sequentially, comparing them with the adjacent series of winning numbers and advancing the lottery ticket forward through the device to position the next series of numbers on the ticket behind the viewing windows, make another comparison, and so on.