System and method for conducting a lottery game
AssigneesConnecticut Lottery Corporation, Massachusetts State Lottery Commission
InventorsPaul R. Sternburg, Diane Patterson
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Abstract
The disclosed technology relates generally to a method and system for conducting a lottery drawing that includes two or more potential prizes that are tied to the life of a winner of the prize. A first prize, in certain embodiments, is a payment made in first regular installments throughout the remaining lifetime of the first prize winner and a second prize, in certain embodiments, is a payment made in second regular installments throughout the remaining lifetime of the second prize winner. In certain embodiments, the first regular installments may have a different periodicity and different value than the second regular installments.
Claims20
A method of conducting a lottery game, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving, by a processor of a computing device, a set of randomly selected winning characters;
- for each of a plurality of game plays, each game play comprising a set of selected characters, determining, by a processor:
- a number of and/or type of matches between the selected characters and the winning characters, and
- whether the determined number and/or type of matches between the selected characters and the winning characters qualifies for at least a first prize or a second prize;
- for a game play qualifying for the first prize, awarding the first prize to a first prize winner presenting the game play, wherein the first prize is a payment made in first regular installments throughout the remaining lifetime of the first prize winner;
- and
- for a game play qualifying for the second prize, awarding the second prize to a second prize winner presenting the game play, wherein the second prize is a payment made in second regular installments throughout the remaining lifetime of the second prize winner, wherein the first regular installments have a different periodicity and different value than the second regular installments.
A system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory having instructions stored thereon, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- receive a set of randomly selected winning characters;
- for each of a plurality of game plays, each game play comprising a set of selected characters, determine:
- a number of and/or type of matches between the selected characters and the winning characters, and
- whether the determined number and/or type of matches between the selected characters and the winning characters qualifies for at least a first prize or a second prize;
- for a game play qualifying for the first prize, award the first prize to a first prize winner presenting the game play, wherein the first prize is a payment made in first regular installments throughout the remaining lifetime of the first prize winner;
- and
- for a game play qualifying for the second prize, award the second prize to a second prize winner presenting the game play, wherein the second prize is a payment made in second regular installments throughout the remaining lifetime of the second prize winner, wherein the first regular installments have a different periodicity and different value than the second regular installments.
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A method of conducting a lottery game, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving, by a processor of a computing device, a set of randomly selected winning characters;
- for each of a plurality of game plays, each game play comprising a set of selected characters, determining, by a processor:
- a number of and/or type of matches between the selected characters and the winning characters, and
- whether the determined number and/or type of matches between the selected characters and the winning characters qualifies for at least a first prize or a second prize;
- for a game play qualifying for the first prize, awarding the first prize to a first prize winner presenting the game play, wherein the first prize is a payment made in first regular installments throughout the remaining lifetime of the first prize winner;
- and
- for a game play qualifying for the second prize, awarding the second prize to a second prize winner presenting the game play, wherein the second prize is a payment made in second regular installments throughout the remaining lifetime of the second prize winner.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.