SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING PLAY OF LOTTERY GAMES

• US 20070197279A1
• Filed: 06/16/2006
• Published: 08/23/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/1996
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Andrew Golden, James Jorasch, Jay S. Walker, John Packes, Michael Downs, Michael Steib, Stephen Tulley, Thomas Sparico
• Original Assignee: Andrew Golden, James Jorasch, Jay S. Walker, John Packes, Michael Downs, Michael Steib, Stephen Tulley, Thomas Sparico
• Inventors: WALKER, JAY, JORASCH, JAMES, GOLDEN, ANDREW, PACKES, JOHN, STEIB, MICHAEL, TULLEY, STEPHEN, SPARICO, THOMAS, DOWNS, MICHAEL
• Application Number:
  US11/424,725
• Publication Number:
  US 20070197279A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/17
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3234 about the performance of a gaming system, e.g. revenue, diagnosis of the gaming system
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3237 about the players, e.g. profiling, responsible gaming, strategy/behavior of players, location of players
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/329 Regular and instant lottery, e.g. electronic scratch cards

Abstract

Some embodiments of the present invention are directed to providing lottery outcomes and other types of lottery information to a player (e.g., in accordance with one or more preferences of a player). In some embodiments, lottery information may be provided over a network, via postal mail, via CD-ROM, and/or via a set-top device.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving an indication of a request by a player to purchase a plurality of instant lottery games;

receiving at least one selection by the player for how instant lottery games are to be delivered to the player; and

communicating at least one instant lottery game to the player in accordance with the at least one selection.

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