Methods and apparatus for lottery game play aggregation
OwnerJay Walker, James Jorasch +3inventors
InventorsJay Walker, James Jorasch, Magdalena Fincham, Stephen Tulley, John Packes
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, a player may accumulate occurrences of a bonus symbol over at least two outcomes. The player may be allowed a bonus if a running count of the occurrences is at least equal to a predetermined number. According to another embodiment, a player may accumulate occurrences of matched lottery numbers over a plurality of lottery outcomes (e.g., lottery number drawings) and/or a plurality of lottery entries. The player may be allowed a bonus if a running count of occurrences of matched numbers is at least equal to a predetermined number.
Claims2
A method comprising:
- determining a number of occurrences of a first symbol in at least two predetermined lottery game outcomes;
- determining a number of occurrences of a second symbol in the at least two predetermined lottery game outcomes;
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- causing a bonus to be provided if the number of occurrences of the first symbol is at least a first minimum number of occurrences and if the number of occurrences of the second symbol is at least a second minimum number of occurrences.
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