Perpetual lottery system
AssigneeCanadian Bank Note Company, Limited
InventorYih Huang
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Abstract
A perpetual lottery system and method for use by a plurality of players is provided wherein each play participates in the game indefinitely. The perpetual lottery provides a lotto-type lottery wherein a play registered on the payment of a single price is eligible for an indefinite number of subsequent draws or for as long as the game lasts. Furthermore, a lottery system and method is provided having a plurality of plays in a draw period followed by a draw in which each play's chance of winning is dependent upon a wager corresponding to the play.
Claims20
In a lottery having a plurality of plays, a series of draw periods and a series of draws, each draw following a corresponding draw period, each draw having a prize, each play being registered in a specific draw period in the series of draw periods, each play having variable game indicia and a wager contributing to the prize, a method of determining winning plays in each draw, the method comprising:
- determining a winning draw period for the draw, the winning draw period being any draw period in the series of draw periods preceding the draw;
- determining winning game indicia for the draw;
- and
- comparing the winning game indicia to the variable game indicia of each play registered in the winning draw period;
- wherein plays registered in the winning draw period and having variable game indicia matching the winning game indicia are winning plays in the draw;
- and whereby every play registered prior to the draw is eligible to be a winning play.
In a lottery having a plurality of plays, a prize and a draw, each play having variable game indicia and a wager contributing to the prize, a method of determining winning plays in the draw, the method comprising:
- apportioning, to each play, a weighted chance of winning the draw based upon the play's wager;
- determining winning game indicia for the draw based upon the weighted chances of the plays;
- and
- comparing the winning game indicia to the variable game indicia of each play;
- wherein plays having variable game indicia matching the winning game indicia are winning plays in the draw.
In a lottery having a plurality of plays, a series of draw periods and a series of draws, each draw following a corresponding draw period, each draw having a prize, each play being registered in a specific draw period in the series of draw periods, each play having a wager, a method of determining the prize for each draw, the method comprising:
- calculating a revenue of the draw period by summing the wagers of the plays registered in the draw period;
- apportioning a part of the revenue of the draw period to a prize money allocation of the draw period;
- calculating a current prize money for the draw by summing the prize money allocation for the draw period and a portion carried forward from the previous draw;
- and
- apportioning the current prize money for the draw between the prize for the draw and a portion carried forward to the next draw;
- wherein the prize for the draw comprises portions of the wagers of all of the plays registered prior to the draw.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.