Multi-Draw Lottery Ticket System for Unified Draw Participation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current lottery gaming systems lack a method to enable players to participate in multi-draw lottery games without purchasing individual draws of the underlying lottery games, limiting player interaction and potential winnings.
Innovation Solution
A lottery gaming system that allows players to purchase a multi-draw lottery ticket based on a selected player multi-draw symbol, which is used across multiple drawings of a draw lottery game, determining awards based on the occurrences of the symbol in the drawn numbers, enabling winnings without requiring separate purchases for each draw.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If players purchase individual draws of underlying lottery games to participate in multi-draw games, then players can win awards for each draw, but players must make multiple separate purchases increasing transaction complexity and cost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple separate draw participations into a single multi-draw lottery ticket product. Instead of requiring players to purchase individual draws for each lottery game, the system merges multiple draw entries into one unified ticket that automatically participates in multiple drawings across different games, reducing transaction complexity while maintaining award eligibility for each draw.
Solution Approach 2:
The multi-draw lottery ticket serves multiple functions simultaneously: it enters the player into multiple different lottery games, participates in multiple drawings, and provides award eligibility across various game types. This universal ticket design eliminates the need for separate purchases for each draw while maintaining full participation rights.
2Adaptability or versatility
If players purchase multiple individual draws to increase winning opportunities, then potential winnings increase, but ticket cost and transaction time increase proportionally
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-configuring the multi-draw ticket to automatically participate in multiple upcoming drawings. When the player purchases the multi-draw ticket, the system pre-enters the ticket into multiple future drawings, eliminating the need for the player to repeatedly purchase and submit tickets for each draw, thus saving transaction time while maintaining multiple winning opportunities.
3Productivity
If the lottery system requires separate purchases for each draw, then revenue control and award management are simplified, but player engagement and ticket sales potential are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The system introduces an intermediary multi-draw ticket structure that sits between the player's single purchase and multiple draw participations. This intermediary ticket automatically manages participation across multiple drawings and coordinates award determination, allowing the system to maintain simplified revenue control while enabling increased ticket sales through enhanced player engagement.
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AI summary
A lottery gaming system and method providing a play of a multi-draw lottery game, that includes a selection of a player multi-draw symbol that is for a series of drawings of a draw lottery game, and a determination of any awards based on a determination of how many occurrences of the player multi-draw symbol appear in the plurality of drawn symbols for the plurality of drawings of the draw lottery game that are used for the multi-draw lottery game.