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US 12,762,930 B2Granted
Lottery gaming system, methods of operating lottery gaming systems, and lottery tickets
AssigneeBrightstar Global Solutions Corporation
InventorsJoseph Charest, Sarah Walker
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Abstract
A lottery gaming system and method providing a play of a multi-draw lottery game, that includes a selection of a player multi-draw symbol that is for a series of drawings of a draw lottery game, and a determination of any awards based on a determination of how many occurrences of the player multi-draw symbol appear in the plurality of drawn symbols for the plurality of drawings of the draw lottery game that are used for the multi-draw lottery game.
Claims22
A method of operating a lottery gaming system comprising a lottery terminal comprising an optical scanner, a communications network, and a lottery server comprising a processor and a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions executable by the processor, the method comprising:
- determining, via the processor, a single player multi-draw symbol for a play of a multi-draw lottery game, the single player multi-draw symbol being one of a plurality of different symbols that are randomly selectable for each sequential drawing of a draw lottery game, wherein the single player multi-draw symbol is selected by a player via the lottery gaming system prior to all of a plurality of sequential drawings of the draw lottery game that are used for the multi-draw lottery game, wherein the single multi-draw symbol is determined by optically scanning, via the optical scanner of the lottery terminal, a playslip comprising a single multi-draw symbol selection portion, a wager indication portion, and a quick pick instruction portion, and wherein the playslip is either one of a paper playslip and a virtual playslip, and wherein the single player multi-draw symbol is the only symbol that the player picks for the plurality of sequential drawings;
- generating, via the processor, a lottery ticket comprising the single player multi-draw symbol;
- storing data associated with the lottery ticket;
- causing the lottery ticket to be provided to a player via one or both of a paper copy and a virtual copy, the lottery ticket comprising a player multi-draw symbol portion comprising an indication of the single player multi-draw symbol for the play of the multi-draw lottery game;
- for each of the plurality of sequential drawings of the draw lottery game that are used for the play of the multi-draw lottery game, independently and separately randomly determining, via a random number generator, a quantity of drawn symbols for that drawing of the draw lottery game from the plurality of different symbols, the quantity of drawn symbols being at least one;
- determining an award for the lottery ticket based on the single player multi-draw symbol and a total quantity of occurrences of the single player multi-draw symbol in all of the drawn symbols for all of the plurality of sequential drawings of the draw lottery game that are used for the multi-draw lottery game;
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- causing a display, by a display device remote from the processor, of an indication of the award.
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A method of operating a lottery gaming system comprising a lottery terminal comprising an optical scanner, a communications network, and a lottery server comprising a processor and a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions executable by the processor, the method comprising:
- determining, via the processor, a single player multi-draw symbol for a play of a multi-draw lottery game, the single player multi-draw symbol being one of a plurality of different symbols that are randomly selectable for each drawing of a first draw lottery game and each drawing of a different second draw lottery game that are used for the multi-draw lottery game, wherein the single player multi-draw symbol is selected by a player via the lottery gaming system prior to each drawing of the first draw lottery game that is used for the multi-draw lottery game and prior to each drawing of the second draw lottery game that is used for the multi-draw lottery game, wherein the single player multi-draw symbol is determined by optically scanning, via the optical scanner of the lottery terminal, a playslip comprising a player multi-draw number selection portion, a wager indication portion, and a quick pick instruction portion, and wherein the playslip is either one of a paper playslip and a virtual playslip, and wherein the single player multi-draw symbol is the only symbol that the player picks for the plurality of drawings;
- generating, via the processor, a lottery ticket comprising the single player multi-draw symbol;
- storing data associated with the lottery ticket;
- causing the lottery ticket to be provided to a player via one or both of a paper copy and a virtual copy, the lottery ticket comprising a player multi-draw symbol portion comprising an indication of the single player multi-draw symbol for the play of the multi-draw lottery game;
- for each of independent and separate drawings of the first draw lottery game and the second draw lottery game that are used for the play of the multi-draw lottery game, independently and separately randomly determining, via a random number generator, a quantity of drawn symbols for that drawing of the draw lottery game;
- determining an award for the lottery ticket based on the single player multi-draw symbol and a total quantity of occurrences of the single player multi-draw symbol in all of the drawn symbols for all of the plurality of drawings of the first draw lottery game and the second draw lottery game that are used for the multi-draw lottery game;
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- causing a display, by a display device remote from the processor, of an indication of the award.
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A method of operating a lottery gaming system comprising a lottery terminal comprising an optical scanner, a communications network, and a lottery server comprising a processor and a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions executable by the processor, the method comprising:
- determining, via the processor, a player symbol set for one of a plurality of sequential drawings of a draw lottery game, the player symbol set comprising a plurality of symbols that are randomly selectable from a plurality of different symbols for each said sequential drawing of the draw lottery game;
- determining a single player multi-draw symbol for a play of a multi-draw lottery game, the single player multi-draw symbol being one of the plurality of different symbols that are selectable for each drawing of the draw lottery game, wherein the single player multi-draw symbol is selected by a player via the lottery gaming system prior to each of the sequential drawings that are used for the multi-draw lottery game, wherein the single player multi-draw symbol is determined by optically scanning, via the optical scanner of the lottery terminal, a playslip comprising a player multi-draw number selection portion, a wager indication portion, and a quick pick instruction portion, and wherein the playslip is either one of a paper playslip and a virtual playslip, and wherein the single player multi-draw symbol is the only symbol that the player picks for the plurality of sequential drawings in addition to the player symbol set for the one of the plurality of sequential drawings;
- generating a lottery ticket comprising the player symbol set symbol and the single player multi-draw symbol;
- storing data associated with the lottery ticket;
- causing the lottery ticket to be provided to a player via one or both of a paper copy and a virtual copy, the lottery ticket comprising a player symbol set portion comprising an indication of each of the symbols of the player symbol set for the drawing of the draw lottery game, the lottery ticket also comprising a player multi-draw symbol portion comprising an indication of the single player multi-draw symbol for the play of the multi-draw lottery game;
- for each of a plurality of independent and separate sequential drawings of the draw lottery game that are used for the play of the multi-draw lottery game, randomly determining, via a random number generator, a quantity of drawn symbols for that drawing of the draw lottery game from the plurality of different symbols, the quantity of drawn symbols being more than one;
- determining a first award for the lottery ticket based on the player symbol set and the drawn symbols in one of the drawings of the draw lottery game;
- determining a second award for the lottery ticket based on the single player multi-draw symbol and a total quantity of occurrences of the single player multi-draw symbol in all of the drawn symbols for all of the plurality of sequential drawings of the draw lottery game that are used for the play of the multi-draw lottery game;
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- causing a display, by a display device remote from the processor, of an indication of the first award and the second award.
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A method of operating a lottery gaming system comprising a lottery terminal comprising an optical scanner, a communications network, and a lottery server comprising a processor and a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions executable by the processor, the method comprising:
- determining, via the processor, a single player multi-draw symbol for a play of a multi-draw lottery game comprising a pick 3 draw lottery game and an associated pick 4 draw lottery game,
- wherein the single player multi-draw symbol is one of a plurality of different symbols that are randomly selectable for a first drawing for the pick 3 draw lottery game and a second drawing for the pick 4 draw lottery game that are used for the multi-draw lottery game,
- wherein the single player multi-draw symbol is selected by a player via the lottery gaming system prior to the first drawing and prior to the second drawing,
- wherein the single player multi-draw symbol is determined by optically scanning, via the optical scanner of the lottery terminal, a playslip comprising a player multi-draw number selection portion, a wager indication portion, and a quick pick instruction portion, and
- wherein the playslip is either one of a paper playslip and a virtual playslip, and
- wherein the single player multi-draw symbol is the only symbol that the player picks via the playslip for the first drawing and for the second drawing;
- generating, via the processor, a lottery ticket comprising the single player multi-draw symbol;
- storing data associated with the lottery ticket;
- causing the lottery ticket to be provided to a player via one or both of a paper copy and a virtual copy, the lottery ticket comprising a player multi-draw symbol portion comprising an indication of the single player multi-draw symbol for the play of the multi-draw lottery game;
- for each of first drawing and the second drawing, independently and separately randomly determining, via a random number generator, a quantity of drawn symbols;
- determining an award for the lottery ticket based on the single player multi-draw symbol and a total quantity of occurrences of the single player multi-draw symbol in all of the drawn symbols for the first drawing for the pick 3 draw lottery game and the second drawing for the pick 4 draw lottery game;
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- causing a display, by a display device remote from the processor, of an indication of the award amount.
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A method of operating a lottery gaming system comprising a lottery terminal comprising an optical scanner and a display device, a communications network, and a lottery server comprising a processor and a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions executable by the processor, the method comprising:
- determining, via the processor, a single player multi-draw symbol for a play of a multi-draw lottery game comprising a pick 3 draw lottery game and an associated pick 4 draw lottery game,
- wherein the single player multi-draw symbol is one of a plurality of different symbols that are randomly selectable for a first drawing for the first pick 3 draw lottery game and a second drawing for the pick 4 draw lottery game that are used for the multi-draw lottery game,
- wherein the single player multi-draw symbol is selected by a player via the lottery gaming system prior to the first drawing and prior to the second drawing,
- wherein the single player multi-draw symbol is determined by optically scanning, via the optical scanner of the lottery terminal, a playslip comprising a player multi-draw number selection portion, a wager indication portion, and a quick pick instruction portion, and
- wherein the playslip is a paper playslip, and
- wherein the single player multi-draw symbol is the only symbol that the player picks via the playslip for the first drawing and the second drawing;
- generating, via the processor, a lottery ticket comprising the single player multi-draw symbol;
- storing data associated with the lottery ticket;
- causing the lottery ticket to be provided to a player via a paper copy, the lottery ticket comprising a player multi-draw symbol portion comprising an indication of the single player multi-draw symbol for the play of the multi-draw lottery game;
- for each of the first drawing and the second drawing, independently and separately randomly determining, via a random number generator, a quantity of drawn symbols;
- determining an award for the lottery ticket based on the single player multi-draw symbol and a total quantity of occurrences of the single player multi-draw symbol in all of the drawn symbols for the first drawing for the pick 3 draw lottery game and the second drawing for the pick 4 draw lottery game;
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- causing a display, by the display device remote from the processor, of an indication of the award amount.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.