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US 2013/0012288 A1Published application
Lottery tickets, systems, and methods
AssigneeMultilot AS
InventorsReidar Magnus Nordby, Finn Harald Andreassen, Nikolai Fasting
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Abstract
Unique lottery tickets and/or systems for providing and/or participating in a lottery. In other embodiments, methods of administering and/or participating in a lottery. In at least one embodiment, a lottery integrated with a television or web broadcast, website, or other broadcast or publication.
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A lottery method comprising the steps of:
- a lottery contestant electronically submitting a digital image and payment for lottery participation;
- electronically encrypting said digital image and contestant information to form an information capsule comprising a lottery ticket;
- entering said lottery ticket into a batch of a plurality of other lottery tickets comprised of information capsules;
- selecting a lottery ticket from said batch of a plurality of lottery tickets and designating such lottery ticket as a winning ticket of said lottery;
- decrypting said information capsule comprising said winning lottery ticket and obtaining information about the lottery contestant which submitted said winning ticket from said decrypted information capsule.
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A lottery system for administering a lottery comprising the steps of:
- a) a lottery contestant electronically submitting a digital image and payment for lottery participation;
- b) electronically encrypting said digital image and contestant information to form an information capsule comprising an lottery ticket;
- c) generating a random entry number and affiliating said random entry number with said lottery ticket;
- d) repeating steps a), b), and c) such that a plurality of lottery tickets are formed and a plurality of random entry numbers are generated and affiliated with said plurality of lottery tickets;
- e) randomly selecting a random winner number in a winner selection phase and matching said random winner number with one of said plurality of random entry numbers to thereby determine a winning ticket of said lottery;
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- f) decrypting said information capsule comprising said winning lottery ticket and obtaining information about the lottery contestant which submitted said winning ticket from said decrypted information capsule.
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A lottery system for administering a lottery comprising the steps of:
- a) a lottery contestant generating or creating a digital image for use as a lottery ticket;
- b) generating an entry number and affiliating said entry number with said lottery ticket;
- c) repeating steps a) and b) such that a plurality of lottery tickets are formed and a plurality of entry numbers are generated and affiliated with said plurality of lottery tickets;
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- d) randomly selecting a winning ticket number in a winner selection phase and matching said winning ticket number with one of said plurality of entry numbers to thereby determine a winning ticket of said lottery.
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