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US 12,190,684 B2Granted
Lottery gaming system, ticket, and method
AssigneeIGT Global Solutions Corporation
InventorsBradford Heathcote, Aaron Michael Koll, Sarah Simpkins
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Abstract
A lottery gaming system and method providing a lottery ticket with a pre-draw cash-in amount based on the player symbols of the lottery ticket.
Claims20
A lottery gaming system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions, that when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- responsive to receipt of data representing a lottery ticket wager for a play of a lottery game:
- randomly select a first quantity of symbols from a plurality of different symbols to determine a player set of symbols for the play of the lottery game, the first quantity being more than one, wherein each of a plurality of the different symbols can be randomly selected more than once to form the player set of symbols,
- determine any cash-in amount based on the player set of symbols and a paytable for the play of the lottery game,
- create a lottery ticket comprising an indication of the player set of symbols and an indication of any determined cash-in amount,
- store data associated with the lottery ticket, and
- cause the lottery ticket to be provided to the player;
- before a draw for the play of the lottery game, responsive to receipt of data representing a cash-in request for the lottery ticket, enable the determined cash-in amount for the lottery ticket to be provided to the player;
- and
- after the draw for the play of the lottery game, responsive to the determined cash-in amount for the lottery ticket not being provided to the player, determine any award associated with the lottery ticket.
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A method of operating a gaming system, the method comprising:
- responsive to receipt of a data representing a lottery ticket wager for a play of a lottery game made by a player using an input device:
- randomly selecting, via a processor, a first quantity of symbols from a plurality of different symbols to determine a player set of symbols for the play of the lottery game, the first quantity being more than one, wherein at least one of the different symbols can be randomly selected more than once to form the player set of symbols,
- determining, via the processor, any cash-in amount based on the player set of symbols and a paytable for the play of the lottery game,
- creating the lottery ticket, wherein the lottery ticket comprises an indication of the player set of symbols and an indication of any determined cash-in amount for the lottery ticket,
- storing data associated with the lottery ticket, and
- causing the lottery ticket to be provided to the player;
- before a draw for the play of the lottery game, responsive to receipt of data representing a cash-in request for the lottery ticket, enabling the determined cash-in amount for the lottery ticket to be provided to the player;
- and
- after the draw for the play of the lottery game, responsive to the determined cash-in amount for the lottery ticket not being provided to the player and responsive to a redemption request for the lottery ticket, determining, via the processor, any award associated with the lottery ticket based on the draw.
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A method of operating a gaming system, the method comprising:
- for a play of a lottery game:
- randomly selecting, via a processor, a first quantity of symbols from a plurality of different symbols to determine a player set of symbols for the play of the lottery game, the first quantity being more than one, wherein at least one of the different symbols can be randomly selected more than once to form the player set of symbols,
- determining, via the processor, any cash-in amount based on the player set of symbols and a paytable for the play of the lottery game, and
- responsive to receipt of a data representing a lottery ticket wager:
- creating the lottery ticket, wherein the lottery ticket comprises an indication of the player set of symbols and an indication of any determined cash-in amount for the lottery ticket,
- storing data associated with the lottery ticket, and
- causing the lottery ticket to be provided to the player;
- and
- thereafter, for the play of the lottery game:
- before a draw for the play of the lottery game, responsive to receipt of data representing a cash-in request for the lottery ticket, enabling the determined cash-in amount for the lottery ticket to be provided to the player,
- after the draw for the play of the lottery game, responsive to the determined cash-in amount for the lottery ticket not being provided to the player, determining, via the processor, any award associated with the lottery ticket, the determination based on the draw.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.