Lotto game
OwnerEdward J. Stanekinventor
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Abstract
A lotto game having a jackpot prize level and at least one subordinate prize level and which is played simultaneously in a plurality of jurisdictions or countries. A fixed amount from each ticket sold in all partner countries/jurisdictions is accumulated in a super prize pool that is split by winners in more than one prize level. The amount of the jackpot prize, the subordinate prizes, and the ticket prices can be different in each participating jurisdiction. These prizes are made pari-mutuel and are gauged relative to a fictional or reference currency. A determination made of each prize level for each jurisdiction as per the rules set by that jurisdiction is made in the reference currency, adjustments are made to normalize the prize back to a local currency, and prizes are awarded on a pari-mutuel basis for each prize level.
Claims9
In a lottery game to be played among a plurality of groups, the lottery game requiring payment of an entry fee by a player and a method of paying prizes, the prizes consisting of a jackpot and first and second subordinate prizes, the method comprising the steps of:
- accumulating an individual group prize pool for each group participating in the lottery game from a first portion of the entry fee;
- accumulating a super prize pool from a second portion of the entry fee;
- paying the first subordinate prizes from individual group prize pools;
- paying the jackpot and the second subordinate prizes from the super prize pool in one or more groups having a jackpot winner;
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- creating a jackpot prize limit in one or more of the groups such that money in the super prize pool in excess of the jackpot prize limit is awarded as second subordinate prizes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.