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US 5,282,620 AGranted
Lottery game and method of playing a lottery game
OwnerRoger N. Keeseeinventor
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Abstract
A lottery game having a central processor and a plurality of remote terminals for playing a lottery game and a method of playing a lottery game are provided. Responsive to a received player's bet, a plurality of objects are randomly selected. Game results are calculated and the plurality of randomly selected objects are then printed on a lottery ticket responsive to the evaluated game results.
Claims13
A lottery game comprising:
- means for calculating jackpot prize schedules;
- said jackpot prize schedules calculating means being based upon a preselected payback allocation percentage;
- means for receiving a player's bet;
- means responsive to said player's bet receiving means for randomly selecting a plurality of objects;
- means for evaluating game results responsive to said randomly selected plurality of objects;
- said game results evaluating means including means responsive to an identified first winning combination of said randomly selected objects for calculating a first payout utilizing a fixed paytable and a player's bet received by said player's bet receiving means and means responsive to an identified second winning combination of said randomly selected objects for calculating a second payout utilizing said means for calculating jackpot prize schedules;
- said jackpot prize schedules including a first progressive jackpot prize amount and a second progressive jackpot prize amount, said first progressive jackpot prize amount and said second progressive jackpot prize amount being separately calculated and awarded, whereby a player winning one of said first or second progressive jackpot prize amounts does not affect the amount of the other of said first or second progressive jackpot prize amounts;
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- means for printing said randomly selected plurality of objects and game results on a lottery ticket responsive to said randomly selecting objects means and said game results evaluating means.
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A method of playing a lottery game comprising the steps of:
- calculating jackpot prize schedules based upon a preselected payback allocation percentage;
- said jackpot prize schedules including a first progressive jackpot prize amount and a second progressive jackpot prize amount;
- receiving a player's bet;
- randomly selecting a plurality of objects;
- evaluating game results responsive to said randomly selected objects;
- identifying a first winning combination of said randomly selected objects and calculating a payout utilizing a fixed paytable and a player's bet;
- identifying a second winning combination of said randomly selected objects and calculating a payout utilizing a jackpot prize schedule calculation of one of said first or second progressive jackpot prize amounts;
- said first progressive jackpot prize amount and said second progressive jackpot prize amount being separately calculated and awarded, whereby a player winning one of said first or second progressive jackpot prize amounts does not affect the amount of the other of said first or second progressive jackpot prize amounts;
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- printing said randomly selected plurality of objects and game results on a lottery ticket responsive to said evaluated game results.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.