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US 2024/0257616 A1Published application
Lottery gaming system
AssigneeIGT Global Solutions Corporation
InventorsBradford Heathcote, Aaron Michael Koll, Sarah Simpkins
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Abstract
A lottery gaming system that enables a player to select any one of a plurality of different geographic areas in which they predict that a designated winning lottery ticket will be purchased.
Claims20
A lottery gaming system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions, that when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- for a play of a lottery game, for each of a plurality of lottery tickets:
- determine one of a plurality of different geographic areas to be a selected geographic area for said lottery ticket, the selected geographic area comprising one of the plurality of different geographic areas that is predicted to be the geographic area where a winning lottery ticket for the play of the lottery game is purchased,
- generate the lottery ticket comprising an indication of the selected geographic area,
- store data associated with the lottery ticket, and
- cause the lottery ticket to be provided to a player, the lottery ticket comprising a selected geographic area portion comprising the indication of the selected geographic area for the play of the lottery game;
- and
- after a draw time for the play of the lottery game at which a quantity of winning draw symbols are selected for the play of the lottery game, determine one of the awards for the play of the lottery game based on a quantity of one of the geographic areas being the selected geographic area.
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A lottery ticket play slip providable to a player, the lottery ticket play slip comprising:
- indications of a plurality of different geographic areas for a play of a lottery game;
- and
- a selected geographic area portion comprising an area for an indication of a selected geographic area from the plurality of different geographic areas for the play of the lottery game, wherein the indication of the selected geographic area comprises an indication of a predicted one of the plurality of different geographic areas where a winning lottery ticket for a first award for the lottery game is predicted to be purchased, and wherein the selected geographic area is associated with one of a plurality of different awards associated with the plurality of different geographic areas.
A method for operating a lottery gaming system, said method comprising:
- for a play of a lottery game, for each of a plurality of lottery tickets:
- determining one of a plurality of different geographic areas as a selected geographic area for said lottery ticket, the selected geographic area comprising one of the plurality of different geographic areas that is predicted to be the geographic area where a winning lottery ticket is purchased,
- generating the lottery ticket comprising an indication of the selected geographic area,
- storing data associated with the lottery ticket, and
- causing the lottery ticket to be provided to a player, the lottery ticket comprising a selected geographic area portion comprising the indication of the selected geographic area for the play of the lottery game;
- and
- after a draw time for the play of the lottery game at which a quantity of winning draw symbols are selected for the play of the lottery game, determining one of the awards for the play of the lottery game, the award being based on a quantity of one of the geographic areas being the selected geographic area.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.