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WO2009036528A1
WO2009036528A1 PCT/BG2008/000015 BG2008000015W WO2009036528A1 WO 2009036528 A1 WO2009036528 A1 WO 2009036528A1 BG 2008000015 W BG2008000015 W BG 2008000015W WO 2009036528 A1 WO2009036528 A1 WO 2009036528A1
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Nikolay Krumov Popovski
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07C—TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
    • G07C15/00—Generating random numbers; Lottery apparatus
    • G07C15/001—Generating random numbers; Lottery apparatus with balls or the like

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  • the invention relates to a lottery machine applicable to gambling.
  • a lottery machine consisting of a spherical transparent container, in which lower pole there is a central lower nozzle grid connected to the outlet of a gas compressor.
  • Said container features an opening connected to a hopper with identical spherical hollow balls, all of them numbered, which serve for drawing the winning numbers. Their number corresponds to the rules of the respective game; for instance, 49, 35, etc.
  • An accelerator is arranged above the nozzle.
  • Said container features an opening for hits, connected by means of a pipe to a coiiec ⁇ or for balls drawn.
  • the opening to the ball hopper has a closing valve.
  • the path of the balls drawn to the drawn-balls collector has an entrance valve and exit valve ensuring the consecutive performance of winning ball draws, i. e. one after another.
  • the hopper valve is opened and the balls are dumped into the spherical transparent container, following which said valve is closed.
  • the compressor is turned on and through the nozzle and spherical transparent container blasts a jet of non-hazardous gas, namely air from the environment, which is accelerated by the accelerator and for some time chaotically mixes up the balls.
  • the entrance valve is opened and allows an arbitraiy ball to enter the drawn-balls collector.
  • the exit valve is closed after the ball drawn, preventing it from going back into the container.
  • the entrance valve is closed as well, and then the cycle is repeated as many times as needed for drawing the number of balls defined by the rules of the gambling game, for instance, 6 of 49, 5 of 35, etc.
  • the compressor is t ⁇ iuicu Gix inirnsu-iSLciy'' ⁇ xicr Growing x ⁇ c rccjuirsu. numDcr Gx DSJUS. ⁇ G pcrxomi the next draw, the balls drawn are placed back after opening the exit valve.
  • the entire control of the lottery machine is provided by a type-design control panel connected through respective outputs to the command inputs of controllable elements.
  • the lottery machine described above is of limited application and effectiveness for drawing of balls is performed consecutively and this leads to loss of time.
  • Another drawback consists in the fact that in case of eventual manipulation of the balls, remaining unnoticed by the commission, e. g. the presence of a heavier ball, the probability that such a ball reaches the drawn- balls collector and enters its opening diminishes sharply and its value differs from that for all remaining balls, which is intolerable for such case.
  • Another drawback of this lottery machine is that drawing of the winning balls is not performed in an attractive manner, and this, respectively, does not attract more players.
  • Another drawback of the lottery machine is that the gas used for blowing through is taken from the surrounding environment, which means that the machine should be placed in a dust-free room. This is an obstacle to using the machine in diverse environment conditions, for instance at open air during fairs or at other similar locations intended for entertainment or gambling, as well as in sheltered places where there is dust or dust is easily formed, for instance casinos, dance saloons, etc.
  • Another drawback of the known lottery machine is that it may be used for the realization of one type of game only, namely X of Y.
  • the balls are provided with a chip, in which the entire information about the ball is stored, also including its number, and in the drawn-balls collector there is a reading device that reads the ball's number on-line and transfers it to respective information devices, e. g. displays.
  • this known lottery machine becomes more expensive and requires balls of special structure in order to correct the displacement of the gravity center due to the additional chip which is placed asymmetrically.
  • the aim of the invention consists in creating a lottery machine of extended application and increased reliability and attractiveness.
  • the aim is achieved by creating a lottery machine consisting of a transparent container with a central lower nozzle connected to the outlet of a compressor for transparent non-hazardous gas, namely air.
  • a transparent container with a central lower nozzle connected to the outlet of a compressor for transparent non-hazardous gas, namely air.
  • a type-design control panel is connected with a first controlling output to the compressor's command input.
  • the number X of the balls corresponds to the number X of the numbers that should be drawn from a group of numbers the number of which is Y.
  • the balls are not numbered.
  • the transparent container is semispherical and in its lower part terminates in a cylinder.
  • a bottom matrix closes the lower base of the cylinder.
  • a central lower nozzle is located in the center of the bottom matrix.
  • the central lower nozzle is located in a receiving pocket of an additional non- numbered central field of the bottom matrix, all the remaining nozzles being located in their respective fields and all the nozzles terminating in a lower opening in receiving pockets in the bottom matrix, which represent a part of a sphere of diameter which is a bit greater than that of the balls.
  • the nozzles (besides the central nozzle) as well as their fields, respectively, are numbered from 1 to Y.
  • All nozzles are connected to the compressor through the consecutively connected gas outlet of a controllable pneumatic distributor with distributing valve, funnel-shaped equalizer and their respective gas ducts going out of the latter.
  • a second controlling output of the control panel is connected to the controlling input of the distributor.
  • a lower container is hermetically sealed to the lower ring-shaped attachment surface of the semispherical container.
  • the entire internal volume of the lottery machine is hermetically sealed.
  • In the bottom matrix along the internal perimeter near the cylinder's edge there is ring-shaped opening.
  • On the upper surface of the matrix there is a peripheral shielding funnel-shaped ring with an upward-tapered section around the receiving pockets.
  • the equalizer is fixed to the bottom matrix by means of holders.
  • a second gas outlet of the pneumatic distributor is connected to the return inlet for sucked gas of the compressor.
  • the lower container has an orifice that can be opened for eliminating the hermetic sealing of the lottery machine's internal volume.
  • the gas filling the lottery machine's internal volume is dedusted, dried and disinfected. It is possible that in all receiving pockets in the lottery machine there are their corresponding sensors for recording the hit of a ball, which are connected to the data bus of the control panel, in which there is an information unit with display and communication output.
  • the gas outlet is formed as an external fixed pipe and internal rotating pipe, there being a shaft seal between these pipes.
  • the shaft of the motor is provided with a drive gear, engaged in a concentric toothed rim at the lower side of the bottom matrix, and the connection between the data bus and the sensors is a wireless one.
  • a third controlling output of the control panel is connected to the controlling input of the motor.
  • the gas is an inert and/or phosphorescent one, and/or tinted to an extent at which its transparency is preserved. It is possible that in the lottery machine the balls are carriers of additional symbols as color and/or as letters, digits, texts, etc.
  • the receiving pockets are carriers of additional and/or other symbols as color and/or as letters, digits, texts, etc. It is possible that in the lottery machine the receiving pockets are arranged on the matrix in various geometrical lines and/or figures under preserving the same probability of being hit by the balls for all receiving pockets or under creating different probability of being hit by the balls for all receiving pockets. It is possible that in the lottery machine the surface of all receiving pockets converts smoothly into the funnel-shaped surface of their corresponding fields, all such funnel-shaped surfaces together with their intersection lines forming a pocket structure on the surface of the matrix.
  • the lottery machine is provided with plugs for blocking the receiving pockets when necessary.
  • control panel is the croupier's panel, and n staking panels for n players are connected to its second bidirectional data bus.
  • - Fig. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a lottery machine
  • - Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a lottery machine with rotating bottom matrix.
  • FIG. 3.1 to 3.5 show receiving pockets which are carriers of additional and/or other symbols as color and/or as letters, digits, texts, etc., as well as the arrangement of the receiving pockets on the matrix in various geometrical lines and/or figures under preserving the same probability of being hit by the balls for all receiving pockets or under creating different probability of being hit by the balls for all receiving pockets.
  • FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of receiving pockets with funnel-shaped surface of their corresponding fields
  • Figs. 5.1 and 5.2 are cross-sectional views of a plug and pocket in an unplugged and plugged position, respectively;
  • - Fig. 6 is a view from above of the lottery machine with N staking panels.
  • the lottery machine of Figs. 1 and 2 consists of a transparent container 1 with a central lower nozzle 2 connected to the outlet of a compressor 3 for a transparent non-hazardous gas, namely air.
  • said container 1 there are balls 4 of exact number X corresponding to the number defined by the rules of the game for which a draw is being performed.
  • a type-design control panel 5 is connected through a first controlling output to the command input of said compressor 3.
  • the number X of said balls 4 corresponds to the number X of the numbers to be drawn from a group of Y numbers.
  • the balls 4 are not numbered.
  • the transparent container 1 is semispherical and in its lower part terminates in a cylinder 6.
  • a bottom matrix 7 closes the lower base of said cylinder 6.
  • Said central lower nozzle 2 is located in the center of said bottom matrix 7. On the rest of the bottom matrix 7's surface there are multiple nozzles 8, the number of which is equal to the number Y of those numbers, from which X numbers are drawn. Said central lower nozzle 2 is located in a receiving pocket of an additional non-numbered central field 9.0 of said bottom matrix 7, all nozzles 8 being in respective fields 9.1, all nozzles 2 and 8 terminating in a lower opening in receiving pockets 9 in said bottom matrix 7, representing a part of a sphere of diameter which is a bit greater than that of the balls 4. Said nozzles 8 as well as the fields 9.1, respectively, being numbered from 1 to Y.
  • All nozzles 2 and 8 are connected to said compressor 3 through the consecutively connected gas outlet 11.1 of a controllable pneumatic distributor 11 with distributing valve 11.3, funnel-shaped equalizer 12 and their respective gas ducts 12.1 going out of the latter.
  • Said equalizer 12 is fixed to said bottom matrix 7 by means of holders 10.
  • a second controlling output of the control panel 5 is connected to the controlling input of said distributor 11.
  • a lower container 13 is hermetically sealed to the lower ring- shaped attachment surface of said semispherical container 1. The entire internal volume of the lottery machine is hermetically sealed.
  • a second gas outlet 11.2 of the pneumatic distributor 11 is connected to the return inlet for sucked gas of said compressor 3.
  • Said lower container 13 has an orifice 16 that can be opened for eliminating the hermetic sealing of the lottery machine's internal volume. The gas that fills the lottery machine's internal volume is dedusted, dried and disinfected.
  • a third controlling output of the control panel 5 is connected to the controlling input of the motor 26 9 (Fig. 2).
  • the gas is an inert and/or phosphorescent one, and/or tinted to an extent at which its transparency is preserved.
  • the balls 4 are carriers of additional symbols as color and/or as letters, digits, texts, etc.
  • the receiving pockets 9 are carriers of additional and/or other symbols as color and/or as letters, digits, texts, etc. (Figs. 3.1 to 3.5).
  • the receiving pockets 9 are arranged on the matrix 7 in various geometrical lines and/or figures under preserving the same probability of being hit by the balls 4 for all receiving pockets 9 or under creating different probability of being hit by the balls 4 for all receiving pockets 9 (Figs. 3.1 to 3.5).
  • the lottery machine is provided with plugs 21 for blocking the receiving pockets 9 when necessary (Figs. 5.1 to 5.2).
  • the lottery machine is prepared for operation as follows: The balls 4 are checked up for conformity to requirements. The machine's internal space is cleaned up, dedusted, and disinfected, after which the balls 4 are placed onto the bottom matrix 7 and the transparent container 1 is closed to the lower container 13. The internal space can be sealed hermetically through the orifice 16. The gas present in the hermetically sealed space is used as working gas when a draw is performed. The machine is ready for operation.
  • a draw is performed as follows: At the initial instant, the distributing valve 11.3 is in a position allowing the compressor 3 to blast air in the central nozzle 2 and in all nozzles 8. By applying a signal from the control panel 5, the compressor 3 is turned on and through the gas outlet 11.1, funnel-shaped equalizer 12 and all air ducts 12.1 it starts blasting air through all the nozzles. Holders 10 stabilize the structure during the process. Air flows going out of the nozzles 8 take up the balls 4 and start blowing them upward. The balls 4 strike against the internal surface of the transparent container 1 and fall back downward, which ensure their chaotic mixing. As the number of the balls 4 is small - there are only X of them - mixing can terminate after a short period of time, preferring a period of 5 to 10 s.
  • a signal is applied from the control panel 5 to the valve 11.3 in the controllable pneumatic distributor 11, which closes and re-directs the air flow through the ring-shaped opening 14 directly into the area between the transparent container 1 and bottom matrix 7.
  • Said air flow presses the 4 downward and they hit arbitrary receiving pockets 9.
  • the compressor 3 sucks out the gas through nozzles 8 and in such a way accelerates the hitting of receiving pockets 9 by the balls 4 as well as ensures their temporary fixing in those pockets 9 until reading out the draw.
  • these X balls are fixed in X pockets 9 of all the pockets 9 ⁇ , it is assumed that the draw has been performed.
  • the commission is in position to determine visually the numbers of those pockets 9 which have been hit by the balls 4. If pockets 9 are provided with hit-recording sensors 17, there is another possibility consisting in transmitting a signal from these sensors 17 along the data bus 5.1 to the control panel 5 and to the information unit 18, respectively, with purpose of showing on the display 19 the sequence of X numbers of the pockets 9 hit by the balls 4. There is a possibility to transfer remotely this information through the communication output 20 to other information devices as macro-displays, television and radio-broadcasting stations, etc. (not shown in the figure). The next draw can be performed immediately after reading out the result of the previous one. In such a way, the time needed for performing multiple consecutive draws is minimized for it does not includes stages of returning balls to an initial position.
  • the cylinder 6 forms the peripheral ring-shaped opening 14 together with the external wall of the peripheral shielding funnel-shaped ring 15.
  • the upward-tapered section of the funnel-shaped ring 15 prevents the balls 4 from being sucked to some point of the ring-shaped opening 14 at the end of the draw.
  • a visual effect of complexity is created by rotating the bottom matrix 7 when a draw is performed. That rotation is provided by the motor 26 and the drive gear 27, engaged in the concentric toothed rim 28.
  • the hermetic sealing between the rotating narrow pipe 11.1.2 of the funnel-shaped equalizer 12 and the external fixed outlet pipe 11.1.1 of the pneumatic distributor 11 is provided by the shaft seal 11.4.
  • the smooth rotation of the bottom matrix 7 is ensured by the rolls 24 which are rolling in the ring-shaped guiding trough 25. As the rotation does not allow signals from sensors 17 to be sent through a cable, their outputs are connected to the control panel by means of a wireless connection 29.
  • the lottery machine makes possible the realization of a great variety of games, where additional symbols are designated on the balls 4 and/or the pockets 9.
  • the balls 4, the number of which is X 5 may be painted in different colors.
  • the bottom matrix 7 may be divided into X fields corresponding to the same colors.
  • draw prizes may be defined in accordance with the number of coincidences between the field of certain color and the color of the ball 4 that has hit a pocket 9 on the field featuring the same color as that ball 4.
  • the highest prize should be awarded to that person who has guessed not only the numbers of pockets 9, but also the coincidence of the colors of balls 4 with the fields of corresponding colors in the matrix 7.
  • plugs 21 it is possible to block a part of the receiving pockets 9 and as a result of this they do not participate in the draw. In such a way, by using the same lottery machine, modifying the number X of the balls 4 and the number Y of the pockets 9 participating in the draw permits realizing draws for various games, e. g. 6 of 49, 6 of 42, 5 of 35, etc.
  • the receiving pocket of the additional non-numbered central field 9.0 may perform the functions of zero in the game of roulette. For instance, when one of the balls 4 hits the receiving pocket of the additional non-numbered central field 9.0 all stakes are left in favor of the "bank".
  • the balls 4 carry advertisements of different companies that have awarded prizes of their own, hitting the receiving pocket of the additional non-numbered central field 9.0 by one of these balls 4 may lead to prize payment by that company to all persons who have forecasted a hit of the receiving pocket of the additional non-numbered central field 9.0 by a ball 4 in their forms.
  • the show effect of the game is improved, when the receiving pockets 9 are arranged on the matrix 7 in various geometrical lines and/or figures under preserving the same probability of being hit by the balls 4 for all receiving pockets 9 (Figs. 3.2 and 3.5).
  • the show effect is additionally increased if the transparent gas in the machine is an inert and/or phosphorescent one.
  • the receiving pockets 9 are arranged on the matrix 7 in various geometrical lines and/or figures, by creating different probabilities for hits of the balls 4 on all the receiving pockets 9, it is possible to realize games awarding an increased prize for a hit on pockets 9 of lesser hitting probability (Figs. 3.1, 3.3, and 3.4).
  • the receiving pockets 9 are arranged on the matrix 7 in the form of a chessboard pattern (Fig. 3.4), it is not necessary to number the pockets 9 as they are defined by their chess code. In this example, it is appropriate to realize a game 8 of 64 with the additional option of "black or white". In this case, the greatest prize corresponds to guessing all the eight pockets 9 and that all of them are only white or only black.
  • the lottery machine may be adapted for games in a casino (Fig. 6).
  • draws with n participants taking part simultaneously are performed, their number n depending on the number of existing staking panels 23 « ⁇ n — 1 to N), which are connected to the croupier's panel 5 through its second bidirectional data bus 22.
  • the croupier controls the game from the control panel 5.
  • the sequence of operations does not differ from that described above.

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L'invention concerne une machine de pari. Elle bénéficie d'une application étendue et d'une fiabilité et d'une attractivité accrues. Elle comprend un récipient semi-sphérique (1) transparent doté d'une tuyère inférieure centrale (2) reliée à la sortie d'un compresseur (3) destiné à un gaz transparent non dangereux qui est dépoussiéré, séché et désinfecté. Dans ledit récipient (1) se trouvent X boules non numérotées (4), le numéro X correspondant au nombre de X nombres à prélever dans un groupe de Y nombres. Un tableau de commande (5) est relié audit compresseur (3). Dans sa partie inférieure, le récipient (1) débouche dans un cylindre (6) fermé par une matrice inférieure (7) dotée de multiples tuyères (8), dont le nombre est égal au nombre Y. Toutes les tuyères (2) et (8) comportent des poches de réception (9). Toutes les tuyères sont reliées au compresseur (3). Un récipient inférieur (13) est hermétiquement scellé à la surface de fixation annulaire inférieure dudit récipient semi-sphérique (1).
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