Systems and methods for lottery-style games

a lottery and system technology, applied in the field of lottery-style games, can solve the problems of ordinary players stopping playing for a while, affecting the efficiency of the whole lottery game operation, and affecting the enjoyment of the game, so as to achieve more efficient and entertaining implementation.

Inactive Publication Date: 2010-01-28
GEONOMICS GLOBAL GAMES
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[0015]One technical effect of the systems and methods of the present invention is that they facilitate more efficient and more entertaining implementation of lottery-style games on modern computers and communications systems. A

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However, the entire mechanism of generating, drawing, and matching tickets could impose significant overhead costs on the operation of lottery games.
Second, participation in traditional lottery games depends heavily on player impulse or enthusiasm, which causes ticket revenue to fluctuate.
A loss in one game might cause an ordinary player to stop playing for a while.
Therefore, when the total jackpot snowballs into an unusually lar

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[0029]Referring to FIG. 1 there is shown a flow chart illustrating an exemplary method of facilitating lottery-style games in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.

[0030]In step 102, a lottery game may be set up. The lottery game may be an ongoing one that is scheduled to have a plurality of lottery drawings over a period of time. For example, the lottery drawings may occur on a periodic basis, such as once every hour, one or more times every calendar day or every business day, one or more times every week, or a predetermined number of times per month or year. As the lottery game is set up, a set of rules, terms and conditions may be published or otherwise communicated to potential participants. The rules may define how the lottery game is operated and how the lottery drawings are conducted, as well as calculation and payout of prizes, as will be described in more detail below. The terms and conditions may specify rights and obligations of persons participating in ...

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Systems and methods for lottery-style games are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, a computer-implemented method may comprise: establishing an online game that is scheduled to have lottery drawings on a number of drawing days; accepting enrollment of a plurality of players in the online game, each player being assigned at least one unique identifier and being committed to participate in a plurality of the lottery drawings; receiving, from each player, a designated number of tokens to be entered for each unique identifier in each lottery drawing said player is committed to participate in, each designated number being at least one and up to a predetermined maximum; and executing the online game on each drawing day by conducting a drawing, from unique identifiers of the participating players, to select one winner and by providing a fraction of a jackpot to the selected winner based on a calculated proportional value.

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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This patent application is related to U.S. patent application Ser. No. ______, entitled “Systems and Methods for Lottery-Style Games,” filed concurrently herewith, which is incorporated herein in its entirety.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]Embodiments of the present invention relate generally to games of chance. More specifically, the present invention relates to systems and methods for lottery-style games.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]Lottery is a popular game of chance in which a number of players contribute to form a jackpot that is later awarded, wholly or partially, to one or more winners. The participating players pay money or contribute other things of value in exchange for lottery tickets. Typically, each lottery ticket bears a combination of numbers or other symbols, and a winning ticket has to at least partially match a randomly generated set of numbers or symbols. In a properly operated lottery game, any one of the outstanding ...

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IPC IPC(8): A63F9/24
CPCG07F17/32G07F17/329G07F17/3258G07F17/3211G07F17/3237G07F17/3248G07F17/3251G07F17/3255G07F17/3272
Inventor OAKES, JAMES ALLANOAKES, HENRY EDWARD
Owner GEONOMICS GLOBAL GAMES
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