WO2008045747B1 - System and method for operating on-line governmental lottery games - Google Patents

System and method for operating on-line governmental lottery games

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WO2008045747B1
WO2008045747B1 PCT/US2007/080398 US2007080398W WO2008045747B1 WO 2008045747 B1 WO2008045747 B1 WO 2008045747B1 US 2007080398 W US2007080398 W US 2007080398W WO 2008045747 B1 WO2008045747 B1 WO 2008045747B1
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lottery
player
players
state
ticket information
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Michael W Yacenda
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Elottery Inc
Michael W Yacenda
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
    • G07F17/32—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for games, toys, sports, or amusements
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
    • G07F17/32—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for games, toys, sports, or amusements
    • G07F17/3225—Data transfer within a gaming system, e.g. data sent between gaming machines and users
    • G07F17/3232—Data transfer within a gaming system, e.g. data sent between gaming machines and users wherein the operator is informed
    • G07F17/3237—Data transfer within a gaming system, e.g. data sent between gaming machines and users wherein the operator is informed about the players, e.g. profiling, responsible gaming, strategy/behavior of players, location of players

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system and a method for facilitating governmental lottery games with a screening, a verification, and a subscription play function. A lottery agent system of the present invention includes a plurality of player terminals on which lottery players can play lottery games, including purchasing and receiving lottery tickets, an agent server for facilitating the purchase and screening of players and winning tickets, and a governmental lottery administrator for providing security or serial numbers for verification. The present invention further discloses a method for claiming awards for the winning tickets upon a drawing of winning numbers. Upon receiving information of the winning tickets, the state provides the agent server with claim validation numbers associated with the winning tickets for claims on lottery awards by winning players.

Claims

AMENDED CLAIMS
[received by the International Bureau on 10 June 2008 (10.06.2008); new claims 21-24 added; original claims 1-20 unchanged (2 pages)]
communicates geographic location verification instructions including a verification code; receives a player telephone number; determines player geographic location from the received telephone number; establishes a telephone connection with the received telephone number; communicates instructions over the telephone connection; receives the verification code over the telephone connection; and determines the validity of the verification code.
17. The system of claim 14, wherein the electronic network is the Internet.
18. The system of claim 16, wherein the geographic location verification instructions are communicated to one of the plurality of players.
19. The system of claim 16, wherein the geographic location verification instructions are presented on an Internet web page.
20. The system of claim 16, wherein the player geographic location is determined from the received telephone number to be within a known telephone exchange region stored in the screening unit.
21. A lottery agent system for facilitating state lottery play over an electronic network, comprising: an agent server connected via said electronic network to a plurality of player terminals and to a state lottery administrator, said agent server being configured for receiving player and ticket information transmitted from said player terminals, for transmitting said ticket information to said state lottery administrator, and for receiving serial numbers issued by said state lottery administrator in association with each lottery ticket; a database in said agent server for storing said player and ticket information and said serial numbers associated with each lottery ticket; and a screening unit in said agent server, having criteria required by the state pre-stored therein, for verifying that each player satisfies said criteria prior to transmitting said ticket information to said state lottery administrator,
24 wherein one or more of said plurality of player terminals is a wireless player terminal.
22. The system of claim 21, wherein the wireless player terminal includes a cellular telephone, a wireless electronic device, or a personal digital assistant (PDA).
23. A method for conducting state lottery play over an electronic network, comprising the steps of: receiving player and ticket information entered by lottery players; verifying that said lottery players satisfy criteria required by the state; storing said player and ticket information of said verified lottery players; receiving serial numbers issued by a state, each serial number being associated with each lottery ticket; receiving winning numbers from said state; determining winning tickets by comparing said winning numbers with ticket numbers entered by said verified lottery players; and verifying said winning tickets with said serial numbers, wherein said player and ticket information is sent wirelessly by the lottery players.
24. The method of claim 23, wherein said player and ticket information is sent wirelessly by the lottery players from a wireless player terminal that includes a cellular telephone, a wireless electronic device, or a personal digital assistant (PDA).
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