Lottery game based on combining player selections with lottery draws to select objects from a third set of indicia

• US 20060076734A1
• Filed: 08/22/2005
• Published: 04/13/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 10/11/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Scientific Games International Incorporated (Scientific Games Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Scientific Games International Incorporated (Scientific Games Corporation)
• Inventors: Bozeman, Alan Kyle
• Granted Patent: US 7,631,871 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 273/269
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 3/0605 Lottery games
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 3/061 in which the players select their own numbers, e.g. Lotto
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 3/0645 Electric lottos or bingo games
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 3/065 Tickets or accessories for use therewith A63F3/0625 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 3/08 Raffle games that can be played by a fairly large number of people A63F3/0625, A63F3/065 take precedence; lottery apparatus G07C15/00; lottery gaming stations, online lottery or bingo G07F17/329
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3262 Player actions which determine the course of the game, e.g. selecting a prize to be won, outcome to be achieved, game to be played

Abstract

A system and method for implementing a lottery game that correlates a first and second sequence of indicia, such as by pairing each term in the first sequence with the term in the second sequence in the same relative position. The correlation is subsequently mapped to a third set of indicia by the game process. For example, the game process may be a Latin square for which each term in the first sequence is identified with a row and each term in the second sequence is identified with a column (or vice versa) and the entries of the square are elements of a third set. Prizes are determined based on the properties of the third set of indicia, such as the number of occurrences of a particular symbol. The entertainment value lies in the various correlating and mapping.

Claims

1. A lottery game method, comprising the steps of:

a game player selecting a wager amount for a game;

providing the player a first set, second set and third set of game objects;

determining a first sequence from the first set of objects;

determining a second sequence from the second set of objects;

correlating the first and second sequences;

mapping the correlation of the first sequence of objects and the second sequence of objects to a third sequence from the third set of objects; and

awarding prizes based on the said third sequence of objects.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of mapping the first sequence of objects and the second sequence of objects further comprises mapping the first and second sequence to a sequence of ordered pairs and defining a matrix wherein each of the elements in the first sequence of objects is identified with a row and each of the elements in the second sequence of objects is identified with a column such that the terms of the third sequence are the entries of the matrix corresponding to the sequence of ordered pairs.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of mapping the first sequence of objects and the second sequence of objects further comprises identifying each term in the first sequence with the term in the second sequence in the same relative position within each sequence.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of mapping the first sequence of objects and the second sequence of objects further comprises a cross product of the terms in the respective sequences.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of memorializing the player'"'"'s selections and the process by which the said correlation of the first and second sequences are mapped to a third sequence on a ticket.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprising the step of memorializing at least one lottery selected indicium on the ticket.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of awarding prizes based on the frequency with which elements of the third sequence of objects occur in the mapping.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of the player selecting the third set of objects from a larger set of objects.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the outcome of the first game is enterable in a second game.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the second game comprising a raffle, and the first game player being entered into the raffle based upon the outcome of the first game.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the lottery game is combined with another game, and at least one indicium of the draw sequence from the other game comprises at least one term of the said second sequence of objects in the inventive game.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the player of the first and second games is awarded a sum of prizes from the two games.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the player of the first and second games is awarded the maximum of the prizes from the first game and the prizes from the second game.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein the second game comprising a number selection game.

15. A system for implementing a lottery game to one or more players, comprising:

at least one game terminal that allows a game player to enter one or more rounds of a lottery game, the terminal further allowing the player to select a wager amount and enter a round of game play; and

at least one gaming server that provides to the at least one game terminal a first set, second set and third set of game objects wherein a first sequence from the first set of objects is determined, the server further determining a second sequence from the second set of objects, correlating the two sequences, then the server mapping the said correlation to a third sequence in the third set of objects and awarding prizes based on the third sequence of objects.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the server maps the first and second sequence to a sequence of ordered pairs and defining a matrix wherein each of the elements in the first sequence of objects is identified with a row and each of the elements in the second sequence of objects is identified with a column such that the terms of the third sequence are the entries of the matrix corresponding to the sequence of ordered pairs.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the server further identifying each term in the first sequence with the second term in the second sequence in the same relative position in the sequence.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein the server further allows the player to select the third set of objects from a larger set of objects.

19. The system of claim 15, wherein the sever combines the inventive game with another lottery game, and at least one indicium of the draw sequence from the other game comprises at least one term of the said second sequence of objects in the inventive game.

20. The system of claim 15, wherein the player of the first and second games is awarded a sum of prizes from the two games.

21. The system of claim 15, wherein the player of the first and second games is awarded the maximum of the prizes from the two games.

22. A system for implementing a lottery game to one or more players, comprising:

a gaming means for allowing a game player to enter one or more rounds of a lottery game, the gaming means further allowing the player to select a wager amount and enter a round of game play; and

a game controller means for that provides to the gaming means a first set, second set and third set of game objects wherein a first sequence from the first set of objects is determined by the player, the game controller means further drawing a second sequence from the second set of objects, and providing a third sequence from the third set of objects, then the game controller means further correlating the first sequence of objects and the second sequence of objects and mapping the correlation to the third sequence and awarding prizes based on the mapping to the third sequence of objects.