Sports lotto

• US 20030060262A1
• Filed: 07/18/2002
• Published: 03/27/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 09/25/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Imagination Holdings Pty Limited
• Original Assignee: Imagination Holdings Pty Limited
• Inventors: Yeend, Shane Antony
• Application Number:
  US10/197,265
• Publication Number:
  US 20030060262A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/17
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements

Abstract

A method of promotion of television programs of events such as sporting contests which involves combining selecting one lottery number at a time from a set to select a winning combination each selection being triggered by an observer triggering a selection at a time coinciding with a pre established happening in the event. There is also disclosed the use of a clock or a computer program providing a clock output which is associated with the event which also is used to select on a random or on a pseudo random basis the numbers of the winning combination.

Claims

1. A method of operating a lottery system wherein lottery results are linked to occurrences happening during an event by having a number or indicia selection to establish what is a winning combination of these the selection being by a person triggering a random or pseudo random selection which triggering is activated upon each of predetermined occurrences occurring during said event.

2. A method of operating a lottery system as in claim 1 further characterized in that the event is a sporting event and the occurrences are those that will inevitably occur as a direct result of the sporting contest but at a time that cannot be reliably predicted.

3. A method of operating a lottery system as in either of preceding claims 1 or 2 further characterized in that the method includes broadcasting the event through television or the internet and having a display together of the ongoing event and the results of any selection of any winning number or other indicia.

9. A method as in any one of the preceding claims 3, 4 or 5 further characterized in that the random or pseudo random generator includes a timer and a display output that is available at the least when triggered and the display output is one or more of a selected indicia that is derived by the pseudo random or random generator at the time of the triggering and the indicia is or are those remaining from a preselected range

11. A method as in any one of the preceding claims further characterized in that the clock is a visual output from a computer program which is displayed as a clock with appropriate numbers for a time display including hours and minutes and which computer program also when activated for this purpose is adapted to select in a way that is not manually predictable one of a set of indicia, and thereafter, the computer program will be further adapted, when activated for this purpose, to select in a way that is not manually predictable a further one of the set of indicia and again repeat this until all of a selected total of the indicia from the set of indicia have been obtained.

4. A lottery system including a clock system adapted to cycle through an available set of numbers or other indicia, such that when each of predetermined occurrences happen during an event a readout of the clock is momentarily selected by an observer so that the number resulting is a random or pseudo random number or other indicia and the available number or other indicia is indicated by the clock is selected.

5. A method of increasing interest in an event which includes a game of chance where a number of television watchers of the event can participate including the steps of providing means for each of at least some of the participants to have, each, a combination of indicia which are, at least in the main, different either by reason of the indicia or their sequence for each participant, where there are the further steps of finding a winning combination of such indicia by having an observer observe the event over a period of the event, establishing previously which, of observable specific results will be used to trigger a selection of one or more of indicia, the selection of one or more of indicia being by way of selection through a random or pseudo random indicia generator triggered to provide a selection of an indicia at the time of the chosen observable result occurring in the event, and displaying the result through a television channel while the event is being broadcast on that channel and at a time of the observable result occurring.

6. A method of increasing interest in a sporting contest which includes a game of chance where a number of television watchers can participate including the steps of providing each of the participants with combinations of indicia which are, at least in the main, different either by reason of the indicia or their sequence for each participant, where there are the further steps of finding a winning combination of such indicia by observing a sporting contest over a period of the play of that contest, establishing previously which, of observable specific results will be used to trigger a selection of one or more of indicia, the selection of one or more of indicia being by way of selection through a random or pseudo random indicia generator triggered to provide a selection of an indicia at the time of the chosen observable result occurring in the sporting contest, and displaying the result through a television channel while the sporting contest is being broadcast on that channel and at a time of the observable result occurring.

7. A method as in the immediately preceding claim further characterized in that the indicia are all numbers.

10. A method as in preceding claim 7 further characterized in that the pseudo random generator cycles through the remaining indicia at a speed that makes it substantially impossible to predict which of the indicia will be selected upon any triggering.

8. A method as in the immediately preceding claim further characterized in that the indicia are all letters.

12. An arrangement for encouraging audience participation for those watching a sporting contest on television which includes having at least one of the participants having a combination of indicia, a display on the screen of a television receiver video display unit wherein there is adapted to be provided during a sporting event a representation effecting a display of a time of the day or a time period through which the event has passed and on the screen at the same time or in conjunction with the same time display one or more but not all of a group of indicia which are adapted to be available for selection from time to time and that such an indicia is displayed when chosen by correlation with an occurrence of an observable event in the sporting event, the one or more indicia being displayed being selected from the total group of indicia or a remainder total group where those indicia that have been previously selected during the same sporting event are not in the group,

13. A method of assisting the playing of a game of chance which includes the steps of effecting a display on the screen of a television receiver video display unit wherein there is provided during a sporting event a display of a time of the day or a time period through which the event has passed and on the screen at the same time or in conjunction with the same time display one or more but not all of a group of indicia which are available for selection either in sequence or from time to time and that such an indicia is displayed when chosen by correlation with the time of an occurrence of a happening in the sporting event, the one or more indicia being displayed at any one time being randomly or pseudo randomly selected from the total group of indicia or a remainder total group where those indicia that have been previously selected during the same sporting event are not in the remainder group to be selected.

14. A method of promotion of television programs of sporting contests which involves combining selecting one lottery number at a time from a set to select a winning combination each selection being at a time coinciding with a pre-established happening in the sporting contest. There is also disclosed the use of a clock or a computer program providing a clock output which is associated with the sporting program which also is used to select on a random or on a pseudo random basis the numbers of the winning combination.