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US 2006/0079312 A1Published application
Fixed-odds sports lottery game
AssigneeScientific Games International, Inc.
InventorStephen Penrice
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AssigneeScientific Games International, Inc.
InventorStephen Penrice
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The present invention relates to a sporting event based lottery game wherein the lottery game result depends on the performance of competitors in the sporting event and the prize determination process does not involve any comparison among the game tickets. The lottery game authority or player selects a sporting event and determines the rules of the lottery game. The rules and the list of competitors in the sporting event are made available to players. The player may be randomly assigned a plurality of competitors that may perform well under the rules of the lottery game and a ticket with the randomly assigned competitors is issued to the player. As the sporting event progresses, a score is assigned to each competitor according to their performance. At the end of the sporting event, the player computes a score for his ticket and if the score is higher than a predetermined score, the player wins a prize.
A method of playing a fixed-odds sporting event based lottery game wherein a pool of competitors compete in the sporting event, the method comprising the steps of:
A computer-readable medium on which is stored a computer program for playing a fixed-odds sporting event based lottery game wherein a pool of competitors compete in the sporting event, rules of the sporting event being established independently by a third party, the computer program comprising computer instructions that when executed by a computer performs the steps of:
A system of playing a fixed-odds sporting event based lottery game wherein a pool of competitors compete in the sporting event, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.