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US 2016/0260293 A1Published application
Methods and systems for providing stepwise social lottery games
AssigneeLottery Management Consulting, LLC
InventorStephen Eric Wade
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Abstract
Methods and systems providing stepwise social lottery games are disclosed. During play of a stepwise social lottery games, players are provided with up-to-date aggregated player action data, and allowed to take action on their wager items having temporary ticket value during a predetermined period of time. The aggregated player action data may include a total number of wager items redeemed by players.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving, over a network, wager information for a first plurality of wager items, from a plurality of player computing devices, each wager item having a first predetermined price;
- determining, using a processor, a multiplier from a set of multipliers at a predetermined time;
- updating, using the processor, value of each wager item by applying the multiplier to the first predetermined price;
- transmitting, over the network, updated value of each wager item to the plurality of player computing devices;
- receiving player action data, from at least some of the plurality of player computing devices;
- aggregating, using the processor, the player action data;
- and
- transmitting the aggregate player action data to the plurality of player computing devices.
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An electronic device configured to allow a player to play a lottery game, comprising:
- a display configured to display the lottery game to the player;
- a user-input device;
- and
- one or more data processors and one or more storage devices storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more data processors, cause the one or more data processors to perform operations comprising:
- receiving, over a network, from a lottery gaming server, information regarding a plurality of wager item types, including a predetermined price for each wager item;
- displaying in a user interface provided on the display received information regarding the plurality of wager item types;
- receiving, from the user interface, a request to purchase a wager item of a first wager item type at the predetermined price;
- transmitting, over the network, to the lottery gaming server, a request to purchase a wager item of a first wager item type at the predetermined price;
- receiving, over the network, from the lottery gaming server, a first updated price for the wager item and a first price validity period;
- displaying the first updated price and the first price validity period for the wager item, wherein the player is allowed to redeem the wager item at the first updated price during the validity period;
- receiving, over the network, from the lottery gaming server, player activity data including a total number of redeemed wager items by a plurality of players at the first updated price;
- displaying the received player activity data;
- receiving, over the network, from the lottery gaming server, a second updated price for the wager item and a second price validity period;
- displaying the second updated price for the wager item and the second price validity period;
- receiving, over the network, from the lottery gaming server, updated player activity data including a total number of redeemed wager items at the first updated price and a total number of redeemed wager items at the second updated price;
- and
- displaying the updated player activity data.
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A system comprising:
- one or more data processors;
- and
- one or more storage devices storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more data processors, cause the one or more data processors to perform operations comprising:
- receiving wager information for a first wager item, from a first player computing device;
- determining a first temporary value of the first wager item;
- transmitting, to the first player computing device, the first temporary value of the first wager item, and action options available to the player prior to a predetermined period of time;
- receiving player action data from a plurality of additional player computing devices;
- aggregating the player action data;
- transmitting the aggregated player action data to the first player computing device;
- and
- receiving a request, from the player computing device, to redeem the first wager item at the first temporary value.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.