Lottery Ticket Integrating Scratch-Off Entry with Online Game Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
The instant win lottery ticket market has experienced flat sales, and existing technologies are limited in increasing sales without violating payout percentage regulations, necessitating a new marketing approach that adds perceived value beyond higher payout percentages.
Innovation Solution
Implementing an instant win scratch-off lottery ticket that offers entry into a secondary online lottery game as a prize, allowing players to redeem their tickets for online games like Lotto or Pick 3, with predetermined indicia for entry into these games, enhancing the gaming experience and increasing engagement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If higher payout instant win tickets are produced to increase sales, then player incentive improves, but payout percentage regulations are violated
Solution Approach 1:
The lottery system is segmented into two distinct components: a traditional instant win scratch-off game with regulated payout percentages, and a separate secondary online lottery game. The scratch ticket serves as an entry mechanism that can award either instant cash prizes or entry codes for the online game, allowing the operator to promote online participation without increasing the regulated payout percentage of the physical ticket
Solution Approach 2:
An entry code or bonus indicia serves as an intermediary element that bridges the instant win game and the online lottery game. This intermediary allows players to transition from the regulated scratch-off game to the unregulated online game, where additional promotional value can be provided without affecting the compliance of the original ticket
2Reliability
If traditional instant win tickets are used, then regulatory compliance is maintained, but player engagement and perceived value remain limited
Solution Approach 1:
The instant win ticket is designed with multi-functionality: it serves both as a traditional scratch-off game for immediate cash prizes and as an entry mechanism for the online lottery game. The bonus area on the ticket can contain either cash prize information or entry codes, making the ticket versatile and adaptable to different player preferences while maintaining regulatory compliance
Solution Approach 2:
The system transitions from a two-dimensional physical scratch ticket to a three-dimensional experience that includes physical interaction, digital online gaming, and potential future expansions. By adding the online game dimension, the system provides enhanced player engagement and perceived value while the physical ticket maintains its regulated payout structure
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AI summary
A system and method for implementing a secondary lottery game with a first instant lottery game in an instant lottery game ticket is disclosed. The player purchases an instant lottery game, where chances for winning instant prizes are provided to the player. The player may also be provided a chance to win entry with predetermined entry indicia into a secondary lottery game if the instant lottery ticket indicates that the player has won a ticket to the secondary lottery game.