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US 2012/0071222 A1Published application
Lottery game with a guaranteed winner
OwnerTomarus Burks, Ricardo Williamsinventors
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Abstract
A lottery game with a guaranteed winner is provided. Lottery tickets with unique identifiers are sold. Money from the sale of lottery tickets is used in whole or in part to form one or more jackpots. At least one winner is guaranteed to win a minimum jackpot and additional winners, additional jackpots and/or increasing jackpot amounts may be awarded, based on number of tickets sold and/or revenue generated from ticket sales.
Claims11
A method of administering a lottery game having a guaranteed winner comprising:
- a) selling one or more lottery tickets to lottery consumers, wherein the sales are conducted at geographically distributed lottery ticket sales outlets;
- b) assigning a unique identifier to each lottery ticket sold;
- c) evaluating the number of tickets sold or an amount of revenue obtained from the sale of the one or more lottery tickets;
- d) establishing one or more jackpots, each independently comprising a cash prize, wherein the number of jackpots established is based on the evaluation of the number of tickets sold or an amount of revenue obtained from the sale of the one or more lottery tickets;
- e) selecting one or more of the assigned unique identifiers as a winner of the lottery game, wherein the number of winners selected is based on the number of jackpots and wherein each winner receives a jackpot.
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A method of increasing consumer interest in a lottery game comprising:
- a) selling one or more lottery tickets to lottery consumers, wherein the sales are conducted at geographically distributed lottery ticket sales outlets;
- b) assigning a unique identifier to each lottery ticket sold;
- c) evaluating the number of tickets sold or an amount of revenue obtained from the sale of the one or more lottery tickets;
- d) establishing one or more jackpots, each independently comprising a cash prize, wherein the number of jackpots established is based on the evaluation of the number of tickets sold or an amount of revenue obtained from the sale of the one or more lottery tickets;
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- e) conducting marketing to notify potential consumers of the established jackpots;
- wherein the marketing is sufficient to increase consumer interest in the lottery game.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.