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US 11,694,520 B2Granted
System and method for purchasing lottery tickets
AssigneeAmericorp Investments LLC
InventorsMatthew Clemenson, Lawrence Anthony DiMatteo
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Abstract
A system and method for purchasing lottery tickets via a client computing device. A user may access a purchase module via a client computing device and select lottery tickets and lottery numbers to purchase from available lotteries in their state. The user may be notified of the results by the purchase module or a results module. Once notified, the user may withdraw their winnings or use the winnings to purchase lottery tickets future drawings.
Claims19
A trustless or semi-trustless wagering method comprising:
- receiving, by a computer associated with a distributed ledger, a transaction request for a lottery, raffle or wagering event from a client device communicating wirelessly via a wireless link,
- wherein the transaction request includes data representative of a location of the client device obtained from a GPS sensor located in the client device;
- transmitting, by the computer, a list of one or more available lotteries, raffles or wagering events to the client device according to the location of the client device;
- receiving, by the computer, an entry including a user-selected amount of a currency from the client device for a chance at winning a prize in the one or more available lotteries, raffles or wagering events,
- wherein data associated with the entry includes at least one winning condition and is stored in a contract created by a decentralized platform with input by at least one of the computer or client device using a custom blockchain and funded by cryptocurrency representing the currency on the decentralized platform using the custom blockchain configured to support wagering contracts, and
- wherein the decentralized platform is communicably coupled to at least one of the computer and the client device, and is outside the control of the computer and the client device;
- timestampinq and coding the contract;
- comparing the contract to the at least one winning condition;
- transmitting, by the computer, a result of the entry to the client device;
- and
- causing, by the computer, any winnings to be paid out according to the at least one winning condition to a user of the client device associated with a winning entry.
8 more elements
One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media having program instructions stored thereon that when executed by a computer associated with a distributed ledger in a trustless or semi-trustless wagering system, direct the computer to:
- receive a transaction request for a lottery, raffle or wagering event from a client device communicating wirelessly via a wireless link,
- wherein the transaction request includes data representative of a location of the client device obtained from a GPS sensor located in the client device;
- transmit a list of one or more available lotteries, raffles or wagering events to the client device according to the location of the client device;
- receive an entry including a user-selected amount of a currency from the client device for a chance at winning a prize in the one or more available lotteries, raffles or wagering events,
- wherein data associated with the entry includes at least one winning condition and is stored in a contract created by a decentralized platform with input by at least one of the computer or client device using a custom blockchain and funded by cryptocurrency representing the currency on the decentralized platform using the custom blockchain configured to support wagering contracts, and
- wherein the decentralized platform is communicably coupled to at least one of the computer and the client device, and is outside the control of the computer and the client device;
- timestamp and code the contract;
- compare the contract to the at least one winning condition;
- transmit a result of the entry to the client device;
- and
- cause any winnings to be paid out according to the at least one winning condition to a user of the client device associated with a winning entry.
8 more elements
A trustless or semi-trustless wagering system comprising:
- means for receiving a transaction request for a lottery, raffle or wagering event from a client device at a computer associated with a distributed ledger, wherein the client device is communicating wirelessly via a wireless link and includes a GPS sensor,
- wherein the transaction request includes data representative of a location of the client device, wherein the data representative of the location of the client device include GPS data obtained from the GPS sensor;
- means for transmitting a list of one or more available lotteries, raffles or wagering events to the client device according to the location of the client device from the computer associated with a distributed ledger;
- means for receiving an entry including a user-selected amount of a currency at the computer associated with a distributed ledger from the client device for a chance at winning a prize in the one or more available lotteries, raffles or wagering events,
- wherein data associated with the entry includes at least one winning condition and is stored in a contract created by a decentralized platform with input by at least one of the computer or client device using a custom blockchain and funded by cryptocurrency representing the currency on the decentralized platform using the custom blockchain configured to support wagering contracts, and
- wherein the decentralized platform is communicably coupled to at least one of the computer and the client device, and is outside the control of the computer and the client device;
- means for timestampinq and coding the contract;
- means for comparing the contract to the at least one winning condition;
- means for transmitting a result of the entry to the client device from the computer associated with a distributed ledger;
- and
- means for causing any winnings to be paid out according to the at least one winning condition from the computer associated with a distributed ledger to a user of the client device associated with a winning entry.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.