Products and processes for applying conditions to a lottery entry
AssigneeWalker Digital, LLC
InventorsJay S. Walker, Stephen C. Tulley, James A. Jorasch
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Abstract
Products and processes are disclosed for receiving a lottery record associated with a sale of a lottery ticket. The lottery record includes a plurality of lottery numbers, and a condition for creating at least one entry that includes the lottery numbers in a lottery drawing. It is determined if the condition is satisfied. The at least one entry in the lottery drawing is created only if the condition satisfied.
Claims7
A method for providing a side bet for a lottery drawing, comprising:
- accepting a wager amount for a side bet by a player, in which the side bet is based on information about one or more jackpot winners of a lottery drawing and in which the side bet includes the player specifying a total number of jackpot winners of the lottery drawing;
- storing an indication of the side bet in a database;
- determining at least one winner of the lottery drawing;
- and
- determining whether the player wins the side bet based on the indication of the side bet stored in the database and the at least one winner of the lottery drawing.
A method for providing a side bet for a lottery drawing, comprising:
- receiving, via sense mark strip, an indication of a side bet requested by a player, in which the side bet is based on a result of a lottery drawing and in which the side bet includes the player specifying a total number of jackpot winners of the lottery drawing;
- accepting a wager amount for the side bet;
- storing an indication of the side bet in a database;
- determining information about a result of a lottery drawing;
- and
- determining whether the player wins the side bet based on the indication of the side bet stored in the database.
A method for providing a side bet for a lottery drawing, comprising:
- accepting from a player a wager amount for a wager that the player will win a prize in a lottery drawing;
- accepting a wager amount for a side bet, the side bet comprising a prediction by the player specifying a total number of jackpot winners of the lottery drawing;
- storing an indication of the prediction for the side bet in a database;
- determining at least one winner of the lottery drawing;
- determining that the player wins the side bet based on the prediction and the at least one winner of the lottery drawing;
- and
- providing to the player a prize for winning the side bet.
A computer readable medium storing instructions configured to direct a computing device to:
- accept from a player a wager amount for a wager that the player will win a prize in a lottery drawing;
- accept a wager amount for a side bet, the side bet comprising a prediction by the player specifying a total number of jackpot winners of the lottery drawing;
- store an indication of the prediction for the side bet in a database;
- determine at least one winner of the lottery drawing;
- determine that the player wins the side bet based on the prediction and the at least one winner of the lottery drawing;
- and
- issue to the player a prize for winning the side bet.
An apparatus comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a storage device storing instructions configured to direct the processor to:
- accept from a player a wager amount for a wager that the player will win a prize in a lottery drawing;
- accept a wager amount for a side bet, the side bet comprising a prediction by the player specifying a total number of jackpot winners of the lottery drawing;
- store an indication of the prediction for the side bet in a database;
- determine at least one winner of the lottery drawing;
- determine that the player wins the side bet based on the prediction and the at least one winner of the lottery drawing;
- and
- issue to the player a prize for winning the side bet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.