Electronic Lottery Ticket Redistribution System
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional lottery games often result in unsold tickets, leading to variations in payout and hold from the intended design, as they are closed before all game play records are used, affecting the overall sales and results.
Innovation Solution
A method to redistribute previously distributed but unused electronic lottery game play records to ensure all records are used, forming new distribution groups that maintain the intended payout and result frequency, allowing for the sale of substantially all game play records.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If lottery games are closed before all game play records are used, then the game can be completed and results finalized, but unsold tickets remain leading to variations in payout and hold from intended design
Solution Approach 1:
The patent recovers unsold game play records by redistributing them to remaining retail locations. Instead of discarding unused records when a game is closed, the system collects and redistributes them, ensuring all records are sold and maintaining intended payout and hold parameters.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary redistribution of unsold game play records to identified retail locations before the game officially closes. This preliminary action ensures complete ticket sales and maintains game integrity by preventing payout variations.
2Productivity
If game play records are distributed to retail locations, then tickets can be sold at multiple locations, but unsold records remain at closed locations causing sales inefficiency
Solution Approach 1:
The system recovers unsold game play records from retail locations that close before selling their allocation. These recovered records are redistributed to remaining open locations, preventing loss of potential sales and maximizing ticket utilization.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a dynamic redistribution system where game play records are reallocated based on real-time sales status and location closure information. This dynamic approach optimizes sales efficiency by continuously adjusting record distribution to match actual market conditions.
3Reliability
If the lottery system redistributes unsold game play records, then all records can be sold maintaining designed parameters, but additional system complexity is required for tracking and redistribution
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a feedback mechanism where the system continuously monitors game play record sales status and retail location operational status. This feedback enables automatic identification of unsold records and appropriate redistribution to maintain designed payout and hold parameters without excessive manual intervention.
Solution Approach 2:
The redistribution system serves multiple functions: tracking unsold records, identifying suitable recipient locations, executing redistribution, and maintaining game integrity. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate specialized systems, managing complexity while achieving reliable parameter maintenance.
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AI summary
A lottery gaming system utilizes one or more distribution groups of game play records. The gaming system preferably distributes a distribution group of game play records to each of a number of assignment components in the gaming system. Various ones of the play records are assigned from a distribution group in response to game play requests from respective players. The game play records that remain unassigned after a collection condition is met are collected and used to form a new distribution group available for re-distributing to an assignment component in the gaming system.