Multi-jurisdictional progressive fast play lottery games with pool replenishment and associated methods

A method for continuously updating a plurality of state servers each associated with a different jurisdiction as to a status of a multi-jurisdictional lottery game participated in by a plurality of different jurisdictions, comprising:

• receiving, from the plurality of state servers, lottery data associated with lottery tickets purchased in the different jurisdictions, wherein the lottery data provides information indicative of a price and a time of purchase of each of the lottery tickets;
• sequencing the lottery tickets based on their times of purchase across the different jurisdictions;
• determining, sequentially for each lottery ticket, a common jackpot at the time the lottery ticket was purchased for the multi-jurisdictional lottery game so that the common jackpot includes a running total accumulated from a percentage of the price of each lottery ticket purchased;
• monitoring each state server to determine when a winning lottery ticket is identified in any of the different jurisdictions;
• notifying each state server of an updated common jackpot amount each time a period of time expires, the period of time being reset each time it expires so that notifications occur repeatedly;
• and
• notifying each state server when the winning lottery ticket is identified, thereby resetting the common jackpot to a minimum jackpot amount.

A system for conducting a multi-jurisdictional lottery game, comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• a memory coupled with the at least one processor, the memory including instructions that when executed by the at least one processor cause the system to:
• establish a minimum jackpot amount for the multi-jurisdictional lottery game, wherein the minimum jackpot amount is an initial amount of a common jackpot that is claimed by a selected winner from a plurality of participants located in a plurality of jurisdictions each associated with a corresponding state server of a plurality of state servers;
• coordinate with the plurality of jurisdictions regarding a plurality of individual jurisdictional lottery games each being conducted within one of the plurality of jurisdictions in which the plurality of lottery players each participate in one of the individual jurisdictional lottery games in one of the jurisdictions by purchasing a lottery chance at a lottery game price, wherein the individual jurisdictional lottery game of a first jurisdiction differs from the individual jurisdictional lottery game of a second jurisdiction within the multi-jurisdictional lottery game by at least one of the following characteristics:
• game theme, odds, payout, random generation of winning symbols, dividends and tiers;
• receive, from the plurality of state servers, lottery data associated with lottery tickets purchased in the jurisdictions, wherein the lottery data provides information indicative of a price and a time of purchase of each of the lottery tickets;
• sequence the lottery tickets based on their times of purchase across the jurisdictions;
• determine, sequentially for each lottery ticket, the common jackpot at the time the lottery ticket was purchased for the multi-jurisdictional lottery game so that the common jackpot includes a running total accumulated from a percentage of the price of each lottery ticket purchased;
• communicate to each of the plurality of jurisdictions an updated common jackpot amount;
• receive a notification from at least one state server associated with at least one of the jurisdictions that a potential winning jackpot player has won the multi-jurisdictional lottery game;
• determine whether the potential winning jackpot player has won the multi-jurisdictional lottery game and a jackpot amount that the potential winning jackpot player is awarded based on characteristics associated with a jurisdiction associated with the potential winning jackpot player as compared with the characteristics associated with each other jurisdiction;
• notify each of the state servers associated with each of the plurality of jurisdictions that the multi-jurisdictional lottery game has been won.

A method for conducting a multi-jurisdictional lottery game, comprising:

• establishing, by a multi-jurisdictional master controller, a minimum jackpot amount for the multi-jurisdictional lottery game, wherein the minimum jackpot amount is an initial amount of a common jackpot that is claimed by a selected winner from a plurality of participants located in a plurality of jurisdictions;
• coordinating, by the multi-jurisdictional master controller, with a plurality of individual jurisdictional lottery games each being conducted within one of the plurality of jurisdictions in which the plurality of lottery players each participate in one of the individual jurisdictional lottery games in one of the jurisdictions by purchasing a lottery chance at a lottery game price, wherein the individual jurisdictional lottery game of a first jurisdiction differs from the individual jurisdictional lottery game of a second jurisdiction within the multi-jurisdictional lottery game by at least one of the following characteristics:
• game theme, odds, payout, random generation of winning symbols, dividends, and tiers;
• receiving, by the multi-jurisdictional master controller from the plurality of state servers, lottery data associated with lottery tickets purchased in the jurisdictions, wherein the lottery data provides information indicative of a price and a time of purchase of each of the lottery tickets;
• sequencing, by the multi-jurisdictional master controller, the lottery tickets based on their times of purchase across the jurisdictions;
• determining, by the multi-jurisdictional master controller sequentially for each lottery ticket, the common jackpot at the time the lottery ticket was purchased for the multi-jurisdictional lottery game so that the common jackpot includes a running total accumulated from a percentage of the price of each lottery ticket purchased;
• communicating, by the multi-jurisdictional master controller, to each of the plurality of jurisdictions an updated jackpot amount;
• receiving, by the multi-jurisdictional master controller, a notification from at least one state server associated with at least one of the jurisdictions that a potential winning jackpot player has won the multi-jurisdictional lottery game;
• determining, by the multi-jurisdictional master controller, whether the potential winning jackpot player has won the multi-jurisdictional lottery game and a jackpot amount that the potential winning jackpot player is awarded based on characteristics associated with a jurisdiction associated with the potential winning jackpot player as compared with the characteristics associated with each other jurisdiction;
• and
• notifying, by the multi-jurisdictional master controller, each of the state servers associated with each of the plurality of jurisdictions that the multi-jurisdictional lottery game has been won.