Systems and methods for lottery-style games

A system for lottery-style games, the system comprising:

• a processor:
• at least one storage device coupled to the processor;
• a user interface coupled to the processor via one or more communication networks;
• wherein the processor is adapted to communicate with the at least one storage device and the user interlace to execute instructions to perform the following tasks:
• establishing a map-based game that is scheduled to have a number of lottery drawings associated with a plurality of grid units on a map;
• accepting enrollment of a plurality of players in the map-based game, each player being associated with at least one grid unit on the map and being committed to participate in a plurality of the lottery drawings by contributing tokens of value;
• receiving, from each player, a designated number of tokens to be contributed, on behalf of each of the at least one grid unit, to each of the plurality of the lottery drawings said player is committed to participate in;
• and
• executing the map-based game by doing the following for each lottery drawing:
• pooling tokens which are contributed to said lottery drawing on behalf of grid units participating in said lottery drawing, together with tokens carried over from one or more previous lottery drawings, if any, to form a jackpot for said lottery-drawing, and
• conducting a drawing, from said grid units participating in said lottery drawing, to select at least one first grid unit to win a first prize.