# US 2019/0378370 A1 · Game-operating computer systems for games having community prize(s) and computer-implemented methods of use thereof

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- Number: US 2019/0378370 A1
- Document ID: US20190378370A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 16/551,385
- Filed: 2019-08-26
- Published: 2019-12-12
- Earliest claimed: 2013-12-27
- Assignees: Intralot S.A.—Integrated Lottery Systems and Services
- Applicants: Intralot S.A. - Integrated Lottery Systems and Services
- Inventors: Gianna Karra
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190378370A1

## CPC

- G07F 17/329: {Regular and instant lottery, e.g. electronic scratch cards}
- G07F 17/3225: {Data transfer within a gaming system, e.g. data sent between gaming machines and users}
- G07F: COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS (coin sorting G07D3/00; coin testing G07D5/00; {handling coins or paper currencies apart from payment activated apparatus G07D; payment architectures, schemes or protocols G06Q20/00})

## Abstract

In some embodiments, the present invention provides for a game-operating computer game system, that includes at least one server and software stored on a non-transient computer readable medium accessible by the at least one server, where the software is at least configured to: (a) conduct the game drawing; (b) determine at least one winning ticket based on the game drawing; (c) identify at least one winning purchase location of the at least one winning ticket; (d) identify at least one pool of non-winning players based on the at least one winning purchase location; (e) calculate a community prize; (f) divide the community prize to determine a plurality of non-winning prizes; (g) award the plurality of non-winning prizes to the at least one pool of non-winning players; and (h) display a notification about each of the plurality of non-winning prizes to each non-winning player of the pool of non-winning players.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A game-operating computer system, comprising:
at least one server and software stored on a non-transient computer readable medium accessible by the at least one server,
wherein the software is at least configured to:
a) conduct a game drawing;
b) determine at least one winning ticket based on the game drawing;
c) identify at least one winning purchase location of the at least one winning ticket of the game drawing; and
d) award a prize.