Method and apparatus for providing an instant lottery game with an ordered assortment
Inactive Publication Date: 2009-09-10
LOTTERY DYNAMICS
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Players seeking higher prizes must choose a different game; typically, a single game does not provide the player with prize and price options.
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[0089]A system and method are disclosed for an instant online lottery game. A lottery player can purchase an online lottery ticket and determine instantly whether the purchased ticket has a winning lottery number, rather than having to wait days or even a week for a drawing with respect to a traditional online lottery game. In essence, the instant online lottery player can be provided with a similar experience to playing an electronic gaming machine at a casino that can be networked with other machines to offer a wide-area progressive jackpot. As such, a player can play a lottery game offering relatively high jackpots every day without having to wait for a drawing.
[0090]By way of contrast, in the casino-style game, only the highest-priced ticket holder or maximum-unit player has an opportunity to win the progressive jackpot. In the disclosed system and method, any player, without regard to ticket price or amount spent per play, can win a progressive jackpot prize and can determine t...
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A process provides a first price category and a second price category in which a scratch-off lottery ticket can be purchased for a instant lottery game. The first price category is distinct from the second price category. The first price category corresponds to a first known portion of a linear prize associated with the instant lottery game. The second price category corresponds to a second known portion of the linear prize associated with the instant lottery game. The second known portion of the linear prize is more than the first known portion of the linear prize. The process selects a set of instant lottery game numbers. The process generates a single predetermined ordered assortment of the set of instant lottery game numbers in a instant lottery matrix of numbers. The process generates, for each of the plurality of instant lottery tickets, a subset of the instant lottery game numbers.
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RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application is a Continuation-In-Part application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12 / 206,698, filed on Sep. 8, 2008, entitled METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A SCRATCH-OFF LOTTERY GAME, which is a Continuation-In-Part application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12 / 045,653, filed on Mar. 10, 2008, entitled METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A LOTTERY, which is a Continuation-In-Part application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12 / 034,657, filed on Feb. 20, 2008, entitled METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AN INSTANT ONLINE LOTTERY TICKET, which is a Continuation-In-Part application of Ser. No. 11 / 315,417, filed on Dec. 21, 2005, entitled INSTANT ONLINE LOTTERY METHOD AND SYSTEM, which is a Continuation-In-Part application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11 / 044,427, filed on Jan. 26, 2005, entitled MULTIPLE LEVELS OF PARTICIPATION IN A LOTTERY JACKPOT, which is a Continuation-In-Part application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11 / 043,913, fil...
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