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.
US20100019453A1Inactive Publication Date: 2010-01-28GEONOMICS GLOBAL GAMES
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Authority / Receiving Office
US · United States
Current Assignee / Owner
GEONOMICS GLOBAL GAMES
Publication Date
2010-01-28
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Not applicable · inactive patent

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Abstract

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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