# US 12,190,684 B2 · Lottery gaming system, ticket, and method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,190,684 B2 - Document ID: US12190684B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/168,023 - Filed: 2023-02-13 - Published: 2023-06-22 - Granted: 2025-01-07 - Earliest claimed: 2019-06-03 - Assignees: IGT Global Solutions Corporation - Applicants: Igt Global Solutions Corporation - Inventors: Bradford Heathcote; Aaron Michael Koll; Sarah Simpkins - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12190684B2 ## CPC - G07F 17/329: {Regular and instant lottery, e.g. electronic scratch cards} - G07F 17/3244: {Payment aspects of a gaming system, e.g. payment schemes, setting payout ratio, bonus or consolation prizes} - G07F 17/326: {Game play aspects of gaming systems} - G07F: COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS (coin sorting G07D3/00; coin testing G07D5/00; {handling coins or paper currencies apart from payment activated apparatus G07D; payment architectures, schemes or protocols G06Q20/00}) ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The lottery gaming system of claim 1, wherein any one of the plurality of different symbols can be randomly selected up to an amount equal to the first quantity of symbols. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The lottery gaming system of claim 1, wherein the determination of the cash-in amount is based on a quantity of same symbols in the player set of symbols. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The lottery gaming system of claim 3, wherein a first quantity of same symbols is associated with a first cash-in amount, and a second higher quantity of same symbols is associated with a second higher cash-in amount. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The lottery gaming system of claim 1, wherein the lottery ticket comprises a selected symbols portion and a cash-in amount portion. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The lottery gaming system of claim 5, wherein the selected symbols portion of the lottery ticket comprises an indication of each randomly selected symbol of the player set of symbols. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the lottery ticket is a virtual lottery ticket. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the lottery ticket is a physical lottery ticket. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The lottery gaming system of claim 1, wherein the paytable comprises awards for three or more of the first quantity of symbols being the same as a draw symbol. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The lottery gaming system of claim 8, wherein the determination of any cash-in amount for the lottery ticket is based on how many of a same one of the symbols is randomly selected for player set of symbols for the lottery ticket. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The lottery gaming system of claim 1, wherein the paytable comprises a plurality of different cash-in amounts and a plurality of different awards, wherein one of the cash-in amounts is greater than one of the awards. ### Claim 12 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. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, which comprises receiving data representing the lottery ticket wager, via a mobile device, for the lottery ticket. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the lottery ticket is a virtual lottery ticket. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the lottery ticket is a physical lottery ticket. ### Claim 16 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. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, which comprises receiving the data representing lottery ticket wager, via a mobile device, for the lottery ticket. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, wherein the lottery ticket is a virtual lottery ticket. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, wherein the lottery ticket is a physical lottery ticket. ### Claim 20 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, wherein determining any cash-in amount for the lottery ticket comprises determining how many of a same one of the symbols is randomly selected for the lottery ticket.