Method and apparatus for the playing of different forms of jackpot games based on sports

Totalisator apparatus for playing a lottery type game including:

• a programmed central computer system adapted to process various parameters from a number of racing sports events;
• means of selecting and providing a receipt for recording a number of said parameters chosen by a particular player;
• characterized in that the results of the game are determined from a selected parameter derived from the results of each of a number of the events, the selected parameter including the placings of a predetermined number of competitors for each event at the end of an event or nominated events;
• the computer further adapted to read the chosen parameters from each player and keep a running record of each parameter in comparison to the results of each event and then to calculate whether any player is eligible for a prize in any one of a plurality of predetermined and preprogrammed prize divisions.