US 12,229,754 B2
Secure funding and payout of cryptographic currency from fiat currency purchases
Kenneth Irwin, Jr., Dawsonville, GA (US); Brian Keith Cash, Riverview, FL (US); and Michael Louis Polito, Lakeland, FL (US)
Assigned to IGT GLOBAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, Providence, RI (US)
Filed by IGT Global Solutions Corporation, Providence, RI (US)
Filed on Feb. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/164,106.
Application 18/164,106 is a continuation of application No. 17/662,487, filed on May 9, 2022, granted, now 11,651,355.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/191,863, filed on May 21, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0186284 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
Int. Cl. G06Q 20/00 (2012.01); G06Q 20/36 (2012.01); G06Q 20/38 (2012.01)
CPC G06Q 20/3678 (2013.01) [G06Q 20/3829 (2013.01); G06Q 20/385 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A plurality of instant lottery tickets comprising:
a first instant lottery ticket comprising:
a first substrate;
a first inventory control number printed on the first substrate;
a first digital wallet portion printed on the first substrate, the first digital wallet portion associated with a first amount of cryptocurrency, the first digital wallet portion comprising:
(a) first machine-readable indicia, and
(b) first redundant human-readable text indicia;
a first machine-readable activation code printed on the first substrate;
a first game portion printed on the first substrate and that indicates a first monetary value of the first digital wallet portion, the first monetary value being greater than zero; and
a first scratch-off coating covering the first digital wallet portion, the first machine-readable activation code, and the first game portion; and
a second instant lottery ticket comprising:
a second substrate;
a second inventory control number printed on the second substrate;
a second digital wallet portion printed on the second substrate, the second digital wallet portion associated with a second amount of cryptocurrency, the second digital wallet portion comprising:
(a) second machine-readable indicia, and
(b) second redundant human-readable text indicia;
a second machine-readable activation code printed on the second substrate;
a second game portion printed on the second substrate and that indicates a second monetary value of the second digital wallet portion, the second monetary value being zero; and
a second scratch-off coating covering the second digital wallet portion, the second machine-readable activation code, and the second game portion.