Method and system for conducting and linking a televised game show with play of a lottery game

A method for conducting and linking a televised game show with play of a lottery game in a plurality of different lottery jurisdictions, the televised game show having one or more episodes which include play of a plurality of mini-games followed by a final bonus game, comprising:

• designating an audience for an episode of the televised game show of members from each of the plurality of different lottery jurisdictions, wherein each lottery jurisdiction has a defined minimum number of the members in the audience;
• for play of each of the plurality of mini-games during the episode, selecting contestants from the audience and conducting play of the plurality of mini-games with the contestants during an initial taping of the episode of the televised game show;
• separately in time from the initial taping, conducting a second taping of play of a plurality of substitute mini-games with contestants from the audience, wherein the plurality of substitute mini-games includes at least one substitute mini-game for each lottery jurisdiction of the plurality of lottery jurisdictions where a winner from the contestants of the substitute mini-game is from the respective lottery jurisdiction;
• storing the second taping of the plurality of substitute mini-games;
• selecting one or more winners from the plurality of mini-games conducted for play of the final bonus game and a chance to win an increased prize;
• playing the final bonus game during the initial taping and selecting one or more winners for the increased prize;
• storing the initial taping;
• determining one or more non-winner lottery jurisdictions from the plurality of lottery jurisdictions, wherein the one or more non-winner lottery jurisdictions being those lottery jurisdictions of the plurality of lottery jurisdictions that did not have a selected winner in at least one of the plurality of mini-games conducted during the initial taping;
• determining one or more winner lottery jurisdictions from the plurality of lottery jurisdictions, wherein the one or more winner lottery jurisdictions being those lottery jurisdictions of the plurality of lottery jurisdictions that did have a selected winner in at least one of the plurality of mini-games conducted during the initial taping;
• broadcasting the initial taping through a communications network to the winner lottery jurisdictions;
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• for each of the non-winner lottery jurisdictions, preparing a modified version of the initial taping for broadcast by retrieval and inclusion of at least one of the substitute mini-games where the winner is from the respective non-winner lottery jurisdiction into the initial taping and broadcasting only the modified version of the initial taping, through the communications network, to the respective non-winner lottery jurisdiction.