Abstract: A lottery ticket distribution system according to the invention includes a ticket distribution center (9) that is in electronic communication with a number of player terminals (10) at locations remote to the ticket distribution center. The ticket distribution center (9) includes an electronic ticket storage device (11, 20) for storing a game set (29) of electronic tickets (31) and distributing the electronic tickets to the player terminals (10). A ticket record manufacturing device (14, 15) operatively connected to the ticket distribution center (9) provides either a nonvolatile data record for each ticket or a hard copy ticket, or both. The nonvolatile data records or set of hard copy tickets for a given game set are not distributed to the players, but are held for verification and dispute resolution purposes either at the ticket distribution center (9) or some other secure location.

Abstract: A gaming system (10) produces a multiple-play physical pull tab ticket (50) at the request of a player. Each chance in the game is associated with a game play record which has been produced and stored in the system prior to the sale of the physical game ticket (50). A player in the game selects a number of game play outcomes or plays to be purchased and the gaming system (10) responds to the request by producing and distributing to the player a pull tab ticket (50) having the requested number of game play outcomes (56) printed or otherwise formed on a ticket substrate. The game play outcomes (56) are chosen at random from the game play records which were produced prior to the start of the game. The pull tab game tickets (50) may be purchased through a previously funded account and winnings may be applied to the account as well. Game play information specifying the outcomes of each game play printed on the game ticket may be printed or otherwise encoded on the game ticket (50).

Abstract: Pools of game play records (25) used in lottery-type games are stored at each player terminal (14) in a network which includes at least one player terminal and least one central processing system (12). The central processing system (12) is responsible for receiving game play requests from the player terminals (14) and, in response to each game play request, providing game play record identifying information (32) to the player terminal from which the game play request originated. This game play record identifying information (32) allows the player terminal (14) to access the identified game play record (25) and use information from the game play record to communicate to the player the result of the game play.