Geographical prize coding system for lottery draw games

• US 10,445,981 B2
• Filed: 07/16/2018
• Issued: 10/15/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/16/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Christopher M. Jones
• Original Assignee: Christopher M. Jones
• Inventors: Jones, Christopher M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Deodhar, Omkar A
• Application Number:
  US16/035,902
• Publication Number:
  US 20180330571A1
• Time in Patent Office: 456 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3223 Architectural aspects of a gaming system, e.g. internal configuration, master/slave, wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3241 Security aspects of a gaming system, e.g. detecting cheating, device integrity, surveillance computer security G06F21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3244 Payment aspects of a gaming system, e.g. payment schemes, setting payout ratio, bonus or consolation prizes
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/329 Regular and instant lottery, e.g. electronic scratch cards
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/42 for ticket printing or like apparatus , e.g. apparatus for dispensing of printed paper tickets or payment cards

Abstract

A geographically based lottery game is described where prizes are allocated based on the geographic location or residence of the lottery player. The lottery terminal determines the player'"'"'s residence and sets parameters for the lottery ticket, such as the count of symbols to be picked and the range of the symbols. Prizes are then awarded within the geographic area.

Claims

1. A lottery terminal comprising:

a special purpose processor equipped to run encryption algorithms;

a communications system electronically connected to the special purpose processor and to a network;

a printer electrically connected to the special purpose processor equip to print a lottery ticket;

a reader electronically connected to the special purpose processor;

wherein the special purpose processor executes codes to determine a geographic area of a user from a plurality of geographic areas, uses the geographic area to determine a count of symbols for the user to select based upon the geographic area, receive from the user a selected set of symbols, and directs the printer to print the symbols on the lottery ticket,

wherein the count of symbols is based on a population of the geographic area.

2. The lottery terminal of claim 1 wherein the symbols are numbers.

3. The lottery terminal of claim 1 wherein the geographic area is selected by the user.

4. The lottery terminal of claim 1 wherein the reader reads user information from a user identification card and the special purpose processor uses the user information to determine the geographical area.

5. The lottery terminal of claim 1 wherein each geographic area has unique odds of winning and unique prizes.

6. The lottery terminal of claim 5 wherein the prizes are drinks.

7. A method for playing a lottery game, comprising:

receiving on a lottery terminal, an indication from a user of an intent to purchase a lottery ticket, wherein the lottery terminal comprises a special purpose processor equipped to execute encryption algorithms, a printer electrically connected to the special purpose processor, and a communications subsystem electrically connected between the special purpose processor and a network;

determining, by the lottery terminal, a geographic location associated with the user from a plurality of geographic locations;

determining, based on the geographic location, a count of symbols for the user to select, wherein the count of symbols is based on a population of the geographic location;

determining a set of symbols associated with the lottery ticket;

encrypting, using the special purpose processor, the symbols and the geographic location into a first data packet;

transmitting the first data packet over the network for validation, using the communications subsystem;

receiving from the network a second data packet using the communications subsystem;

decrypting the second data packet with the special purpose processor;

printing the lottery ticket using data from the second data packet.

8. The method for playing a lottery game of claim 7 wherein the set of symbols are determined by user selection.

9. The method for playing a lottery game of claim 7 wherein the symbols are numbers.

10. The method for playing a lottery game of claim 7 wherein the lottery terminal determines the geographic location based on a selection by the user.

11. The method for playing a lottery game of claim 7 wherein the lottery terminal determines the geographic location based on a reading of a user identification card by a reader electrically connected to the special purpose processor.

12. The method for playing a lottery game of claim 7 wherein each geographic area has unique odds of winning and unique prizes.

13. The method for playing a lottery game of claim 7 wherein the prizes are food.

14. A lottery system comprising

a network;

a lottery server connected to the network, the lottery server connected to a plurality of lottery terminals through the network;

a lottery terminal, one of the plurality of lottery terminals, comprising;

a special purpose processor equipped to run encryption algorithms;

a communications system electronically connected to the special purpose processor and to the lottery server through the network;

a printer electrically connected to the special purpose processor equip to print a lottery ticket;

a reader electronically connected to the special purpose processor;

wherein the special purpose processor executes codes to determine a geographic area of a user from a plurality of geographic areas, uses the geographic area to determine a count of symbols for the user to select based upon the geographic area, receive from the user a selected set of symbols and print the symbols on the lottery ticket,

wherein the count of symbols is based on a population of the geographic area.

15. The lottery system of claim 14 wherein the symbols are numbers.

16. The lottery system of claim 14 wherein the geographic area is selected by the user.

17. The lottery system of claim 14 wherein the reader reads user information from a user identification card and the processor uses the user information to determine the geographic area.

18. The lottery system of claim 14 wherein each geographic area has unique odds of winning and unique prizes.