# US 8,272,936 B2 · Systems and methods for determining a lottery winner based on a plurality of lottery tickets > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,272,936 B2 - Document ID: US8272936B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 12/425,899 - Filed: 2009-04-17 - Published: 2010-08-12 - Granted: 2012-09-25 - Earliest claimed: 2008-04-17 - Assignees: Walker Digital, LLC - Inventors: Jay S. Walker; Jeffrey Y. Hayashida; Russell P. Sammon; Zachary T. Smith; Gregory J. Scribner; Stephen C. Tulley - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8272936B2 ## CPC - G07F 17/32: for games, toys, sports, or amusements - G07F 17/3274: {wherein the players cooperate, e.g. team-play} - G07F 17/329: {Regular and instant lottery, e.g. electronic scratch cards} - 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 accordance with some exemplary and non-limiting embodiments, a method, an apparatus and a computer readable medium are provided for receiving a request from at least one lottery player to purchase at least one lottery ticket comprising a plurality of symbols, issuing the at least one lottery ticket to the lottery player, associating the at least one lottery ticket with a lottery team formed of at least one other lottery player associated with at least one other lottery ticket associated with the lottery team, determining an occurrence of a qualifying winning event based on the plurality of symbols of all of the lottery tickets associated with the lottery team, and determining a payout for the lottery team based upon the occurrence of the qualifying event. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A non-transitory computer readable medium encoded with instructions for directing a processor to: receive and store registration information comprising a gift provider, at least one gift recipient, and at least one gift associated with each of the at least one gift recipient; receive an indication of a qualifying condition associated with an outcome of a lottery game; determine the occurrence of the qualifying condition; and provide the at least one gift to the at least one gift recipient. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 wherein the gift provider is a player of the lottery game. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 wherein at least one of the at least one gift is selected by one of the at least one gift recipient. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 wherein at least one of the at least one gift is selected by the gift provider. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 wherein the at least one gift is provided to the at least one gift recipient via a facilitator. ### Claim 6 A method comprising: receiving, via a computing device in communication with a network, and storing registration information comprising a gift provider, at least one gift recipient, and at least one gift associated with each of the at least one gift recipient; receiving, via the computing device, an indication of a qualifying condition associated with an outcome of a lottery game; determining, via the computing device, the occurrence of the qualifying condition; and providing, via the computing device, the at least one gift to the at least one gift recipient. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6 wherein the gift provider is a player of the lottery game. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6 wherein at least one of the at least one gift is selected by one of the at least one gift recipient. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6 wherein at least one of the at least one gift is selected by the gift provider. ### Claim 10 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6 wherein the at least one gift is provided to the at least one gift recipient via a facilitator. ### Claim 11 An apparatus comprising: a processor; and a non-transitory computer readable medium in communication with the processor, the non-transitory, computer readable medium being encoded with instructions for directing the processor to perform: receiving and storing registration information comprising a gift provider, at least one gift recipient, and at least one gift associated with each of the at least one gift recipient; receiving an indication of a qualifying condition associated with an outcome of a lottery game; determining the occurrence of the qualifying condition; and providing the at least one gift to the at least one gift recipient. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The apparatus of claim 11 wherein the gift provider is a player of the lottery game. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The apparatus of claim 11 wherein at least one of the at least one gift is selected by one of the at least one gift recipient. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The apparatus of claim 11 wherein at least one of the at least one gift is selected by the gift provider. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The apparatus of claim 11 wherein the at least one gift is provided to the at least one gift recipient via a facilitator.