Method of administering a game of chance

Abstract

A method of administering a game of chance which includes multiple drawings of winning indicia that are displayed to players at selected intervals during play of the game ensures compliance with State statutes or other regulations regarding monitoring of the drawings by accountants, security personnel or others without requiring their presence throughout the course of a day or other time period when the game is played.

1 . A method of administering a game of chance, comprising:
 (a) conducting multiple drawings of winning indicia prior to the beginning of a predetermined time period during which the game of chance is played;   (b) securing the results of each of the multiple drawings;   (c) displaying the results of one of the multiple drawings of winning indicia at each of a number of selected intervals throughout the course of the predetermined time period.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1  in which step (a) comprises conducting multiple drawings of winning indicia in the presence of monitoring officials prior to the scheduled start of the predetermined time period in which the game is played. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1  in which step (a) comprises employing a random number generator to select winning indicia for each of the multiple drawings. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 3  in which step (b) comprises storing each of the multiple draws of winning indicia in the random number generator. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1  in which step (b) comprises encrypting the results of each of the multiple drawings and maintaining the encrypted results in a secure storage device except when step (c) is performed for each of the multiple drawings. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1  in which step (a) comprises conducting multiple drawings of winning indicia in sequence, one after the other. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 6  in which step (c) comprises displaying the results of the multiple drawings of winning indicia in a different sequence than the sequence in which the multiple drawings of winning indicia were selected. 
     
     
         8 . A method of administering a game of chance, comprising:
 (a) predetermining a time period during which the game of chance will be played;   (b) selecting a number of intervals within the predetermined time period;   (c) conducting multiple drawings of winning indicia prior to the beginning of the predetermined time period;   (d) securing the results of each of the multiple drawings;   (e) displaying the results of one of the multiple drawings of winning indicia at each of the intervals throughout the course of the predetermined time period.   
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 8  in which step (c) comprises conducting the same number of multiple drawings of winning indicia as the number of intervals selected in step (b). 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9  in which step (d) comprises securing the results of the multiple drawings of winning indicia by randomly selecting each multiple drawing of winning indicia for display in step (e) from the same number of multiple drawings of winning indicia obtained in step (c). 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 8  in which step (c) comprises conducting a larger number of multiple drawings of winning indicia than the number of intervals selected in step (b). 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11  in which step (d) comprises securing the results of the multiple drawings of winning indicia by randomly selecting each multiple drawing of winning indicia from the larger number of multiple drawings of winning indicia obtained in step (c). 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 8  in which step (c) comprises conducting multiple drawings of winning indicia in the presence of monitoring officials prior to the scheduled start of the predetermined time period in which the game is played. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 8  in which step (c) comprises employing a random number generator to select winning indicia for each of the multiple drawings. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 14  in which step (d) comprises storing each of the multiple drawings of winning indicia in the random number generator. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 8  in which step (d) comprises encrypting the results of each of the multiple drawings of winning indicia and maintaining the encrypted results in a secure storage device except when step (e) is performed for each of the multiple drawings of winning indicia.