METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A LOTTERY
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- providing a first price category and a second price category in which a lottery ticket can be purchased for a lottery game, the first price category being distinct from the second price category, the first price category corresponding to a first known portion of a linear prize and a first known portion of a non-linear prize associated with the lottery game, the second price category corresponding to a second known portion of a linear prize and a second known portion of a non-linear prize associated with the lottery game, the second known portion of the linear prize being more than the first known portion of the linear prize, the second known portion of the non-linear prize being more than the first known portion of the non-linear prize;
selecting a set of lottery game numbers;
randomly generating, for each of a plurality of lottery tickets, an assortment of the set of lottery game numbers in a lottery matrix of numbers;
determining, for each of a predetermined quantity of the plurality of lottery tickets, a non-linear subset of the lottery game numbers;
performing a drawing of a linear subset of the set of lottery game numbers that is utilized for each of the plurality of lottery tickets;
providing the first known portion of the linear prize associated with the lottery game to a player if the player purchased the lottery ticket from the first price category and a linear match in the lottery matrix of numbers is displayed, the linear match being a linear display in the lottery matrix of numbers of at least a predetermined quantity of numbers from the linear subset;
providing the second known portion of the linear prize associated with the lottery game to the player if the player purchased the lottery ticket from the second price category and a linear match is displayed in the lottery matrix of numbers;
providing the first known portion of the non-linear prize associated with the lottery game to the player if the player purchased the lottery ticket from the first price category and a non-linear match is displayed in the lottery matrix of numbers, the non-linear match being a predetermined arrangement of numbers in the non-linear subset that is a display in the lottery matrix of numbers, the quantity of numbers in the predetermined arrangement of numbers being less than the predetermined quantity of numbers; and
providing the second known portion of the non-linear prize associated with the lottery game to the player if the player purchased the lottery ticket from the second price category and a non-linear match is displayed in the lottery matrix of numbers.
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Abstract
A process provides a first price category and a second price category in which a lottery ticket can be purchased for a lottery game. The first price category is distinct from the second price category. The first price category corresponds to a first known portion of a linear prize and a first known portion of a non-linear prize associated with the lottery game. Further, the second price category corresponds to a second known portion of a linear prize and a second known portion of a non-linear prize associated with the lottery game. The second known portion of the linear prize is more than the first known portion of the linear prize, the second known portion of the non-linear prize being more than the first known portion of the non-linear prize.
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70 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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providing a first price category and a second price category in which a lottery ticket can be purchased for a lottery game, the first price category being distinct from the second price category, the first price category corresponding to a first known portion of a linear prize and a first known portion of a non-linear prize associated with the lottery game, the second price category corresponding to a second known portion of a linear prize and a second known portion of a non-linear prize associated with the lottery game, the second known portion of the linear prize being more than the first known portion of the linear prize, the second known portion of the non-linear prize being more than the first known portion of the non-linear prize; selecting a set of lottery game numbers; randomly generating, for each of a plurality of lottery tickets, an assortment of the set of lottery game numbers in a lottery matrix of numbers; determining, for each of a predetermined quantity of the plurality of lottery tickets, a non-linear subset of the lottery game numbers; performing a drawing of a linear subset of the set of lottery game numbers that is utilized for each of the plurality of lottery tickets; providing the first known portion of the linear prize associated with the lottery game to a player if the player purchased the lottery ticket from the first price category and a linear match in the lottery matrix of numbers is displayed, the linear match being a linear display in the lottery matrix of numbers of at least a predetermined quantity of numbers from the linear subset; providing the second known portion of the linear prize associated with the lottery game to the player if the player purchased the lottery ticket from the second price category and a linear match is displayed in the lottery matrix of numbers; providing the first known portion of the non-linear prize associated with the lottery game to the player if the player purchased the lottery ticket from the first price category and a non-linear match is displayed in the lottery matrix of numbers, the non-linear match being a predetermined arrangement of numbers in the non-linear subset that is a display in the lottery matrix of numbers, the quantity of numbers in the predetermined arrangement of numbers being less than the predetermined quantity of numbers; and providing the second known portion of the non-linear prize associated with the lottery game to the player if the player purchased the lottery ticket from the second price category and a non-linear match is displayed in the lottery matrix of numbers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method comprising:
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providing a first price category and a second price category in which a lottery ticket can be purchased for a lottery game, the first price category being distinct from the second price category, the first price category corresponding to a first known portion of a linear prize and a first known portion of a non-linear prize associated with the lottery game, the second price category corresponding to a second known portion of a linear prize and a second known portion of a non-linear prize associated with the lottery game, the second known portion of the linear prize being more than the first known portion of the linear prize, the second known portion of the non-linear prize being more than the first known portion of the non-linear prize; selecting a set of lottery game numbers; randomly generating, for each of a plurality of lottery tickets, an assortment of the set of lottery game numbers in a lottery matrix of numbers; determining, for each of a predetermined quantity of the plurality of lottery tickets, a non-linear subset of the lottery game numbers; selecting, for a lottery ticket provided consecutively after the predetermined quantity of lottery tickets, a non-linear subset of the set of lottery game numbers that results in a non-linear match, the non-linear match being a predetermined arrangement of numbers in the non-linear subset that is a display in the lottery matrix of numbers, the quantity of numbers in the predetermined arrangement of numbers being less than a predetermined quantity of numbers; performing a drawing of a linear subset of the set of lottery game numbers that is utilized for each of the plurality of lottery tickets; providing the first known portion of the linear prize associated with the lottery game to a player if the player purchased the lottery ticket from the first price category and a linear match in the lottery matrix of numbers is displayed, the linear match being a linear display in the lottery matrix of numbers of at least the predetermined quantity of numbers from the linear subset; providing the second known portion of the linear prize associated with the lottery game to the player if the player purchased the lottery ticket from the second price category and a linear match is displayed in the lottery matrix of numbers; providing the first known portion of the non-linear prize associated with the lottery game to the player if the player purchased the lottery ticket from the first price category and a non-linear match is displayed in the lottery matrix of numbers; and providing the second known portion of the non-linear prize associated with the lottery game to the player if the player purchased the lottery ticket from the second price category and a non-linear match is displayed in the lottery matrix of numbers. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A method comprising:
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providing a first price category and a second price category in which a lottery ticket can be purchased for a lottery game, the first price category being distinct from the second price category, the first price category corresponding to a first known portion of a linear prize and a first known portion of a non-linear prize associated with the lottery game, the second price category corresponding to a second known portion of a linear prize and a second known portion of a non-linear prize associated with the lottery game, the second known portion of the linear prize being more than the first known portion of the linear prize, the second known portion of the non-linear prize being more than the first known portion of the non-linear prize; selecting a set of lottery game numbers; determining, for each of a predetermined quantity of a plurality of lottery tickets, an assortment of the set of lottery game numbers in a lottery matrix of numbers; randomly generating, for each of the predetermined quantity of the plurality of lottery tickets and a lottery ticket that is provided consecutively after the predetermined quantity of the plurality of lottery tickets, a non-linear subset of the lottery game numbers; select, for the lottery ticket that is provided consecutively after the predetermined quantity of the plurality of lottery tickets, an assortment of the set of lottery game numbers in the lottery matrix of numbers such that a non-linear match is displayed for the non-linear subset of the lottery game numbers randomly generated for the lottery ticket that is provided consecutively after the predetermined quantity of the plurality of lottery tickets, the non-linear match being a predetermined arrangement of numbers in the non-linear subset that is a display in the lottery matrix of numbers, the quantity of numbers in the predetermined arrangement of numbers being less than a predetermined quantity of numbers; performing a drawing of a linear subset of the set of lottery game numbers that is utilized for each of the plurality of lottery tickets; providing the first known portion of the linear prize associated with the lottery game to a player if the player purchased the lottery ticket from the first price category and a linear match in the lottery matrix of numbers is displayed, the linear match being a linear display in the lottery matrix of numbers of at least the predetermined quantity of numbers from the linear subset; providing the second known portion of the linear prize associated with the lottery game to the player if the player purchased the lottery ticket from the second price category and a linear match is displayed in the lottery matrix of numbers; and providing the first known portion of the non-linear prize associated with the lottery game to the player if the player purchased the lottery ticket from the first price category and a non-linear match is displayed in the lottery matrix of numbers; and providing the second known portion of the non-linear prize associated with the lottery game to the player if the player purchased the lottery ticket from the second price category and a non-linear match is displayed in the lottery matrix of numbers. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A method comprising:
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providing a first price category and a second price category in which a lottery ticket can be purchased for a lottery game, the first price category being distinct from the second price category, the first price category corresponding to a first known portion of a linear prize and a first known portion of a non-linear prize associated with the lottery game, the second price category corresponding to a second known portion of a linear prize and a second known portion of a non-linear prize associated with the lottery game, the second known portion of the linear prize being more than the first known portion of the linear prize, the second known portion of the non-linear prize being more than the first known portion of the non-linear prize; selecting a set of lottery game numbers; randomly generating an assortment of the set of lottery game numbers in a lottery matrix of numbers; determining a subset of the set of lottery game numbers; performing a drawing of a subset of the set of lottery game numbers that is utilized for each of the plurality of lottery tickets; providing the first known portion of the linear prize associated with the lottery game to a player if the player purchased the lottery ticket from the first price category and a linear match in the lottery matrix of numbers is displayed, the linear match being a linear display in the lottery matrix of numbers of at least the predetermined quantity of numbers from the subset; providing the second known portion of the linear prize associated with the lottery game to the player if the player purchased the lottery ticket from the second price category and a linear match is displayed in the lottery matrix of numbers; and providing the first known portion of the non-linear prize associated with the lottery game to the player if the player purchased the lottery ticket from the first price category and a non-linear match in the lottery matrix of numbers is displayed, the non-linear match being a predetermined arrangement of numbers from the plurality of numbers in the subset that is not a linear display in the lottery matrix of numbers of at least the predetermined quantity of numbers from the subset; and providing the second known portion of the non-linear prize associated with the lottery game to the player if the player purchased the lottery ticket from the second price category and a non-linear match is displayed in the lottery matrix of numbers. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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50. A method comprising:
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providing a first price category and a second price category in which a lottery ticket can be purchased for a lottery game, the first price category being distinct from the second price category, the first price category corresponding to a first known portion of a linear prize and a first known portion of a non-linear prize associated with the lottery game, the second price category corresponding to a second known portion of a linear prize and a second known portion of a non-linear prize associated with the lottery game, the second known portion of the linear prize being more than the first known portion of the linear prize, the second known portion of the non-linear prize being more than the first known portion of the non-linear prize; selecting a set of lottery game numbers; randomly generating an assortment of the set of lottery game numbers in a lottery matrix of numbers; determining a subset of the set of lottery game numbers; performing a drawing of a linear subset of the set of lottery game numbers that is utilized for each of the plurality of lottery tickets; performing a drawing of a non-linear subset of the set of lottery game numbers that is utilized for each of the plurality of lottery tickets; providing the first known portion of the linear prize associated with the lottery game to a player if the player purchased the lottery ticket from the first price category and a linear match in the lottery matrix of numbers is displayed, the linear match being a linear display in the lottery matrix of numbers of at least the predetermined quantity of numbers from the linear subset; providing the second known portion of the linear prize associated with the lottery game to the player if the player purchased the lottery ticket from the second price category and a linear match is displayed in the lottery matrix of numbers; and providing the first known portion of the non-linear prize associated with the lottery game to the player if the player purchased the lottery ticket from the first price category and a non-linear match in the lottery matrix of numbers is displayed, the non-linear match being a predetermined arrangement of numbers from the plurality of numbers in the subset that is not a linear display in the lottery matrix of numbers of at least the predetermined quantity of numbers from the non-linear subset; and providing the second known portion of the non-linear prize associated with the lottery game to the player if the player purchased the lottery ticket from the second price category and a non-linear match is displayed in the lottery matrix of numbers. - View Dependent Claims (51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56)
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57. An apparatus comprising:
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a price category module that provides a first price category and a second price category in which a lottery ticket can be purchased for a lottery game, the first price category being distinct from the second price category, the first price category corresponding to a first known portion of a linear prize and a first known portion of a non-linear prize associated with the lottery game, the second price category corresponding to a second known portion of a linear prize and a second known portion of a non-linear prize associated with the lottery game, the second known portion of the linear prize being more than the first known portion of the linear prize, the second known portion of the non-linear prize being more than the first known portion of the non-linear prize; a selection module that selects a set of lottery game numbers; a first random number generator that randomly generates, for each of a plurality of lottery tickets, an assortment of the set of lottery game numbers in a lottery matrix of numbers; a second random number generator that randomly generates, for each of a predetermined quantity of the plurality of lottery tickets, a non-linear subset of the lottery game numbers; a drawing module that performs a drawing of a linear subset of the set of lottery game numbers that is utilized for each of the plurality of lottery tickets; and a prize distribution module that provides first known portion of the linear prize associated with the lottery game to a player if the player purchased the lottery ticket from the first price category and a linear match in the lottery matrix of numbers is displayed, the linear match being a linear display in the lottery matrix of numbers of at least a predetermined quantity of numbers from the linear subset, provides the second known portion of the linear prize associated with the lottery game to the player if the player purchased the lottery ticket from the second price category and a linear match is displayed in the lottery matrix of numbers, provides the first known portion of the non-linear prize associated with the lottery game to the player if the player purchased the lottery ticket from the first price category and a non-linear match is displayed in the lottery matrix of numbers, the non-linear match being a predetermined arrangement of numbers in the non-linear subset that is a display in the lottery matrix of numbers, the quantity of numbers in the predetermined arrangement of numbers being less than the predetermined quantity of numbers, and provides the second known portion of the non-linear prize associated with the lottery game to the player if the player purchased the lottery ticket from the second price category and a non-linear match is displayed in the lottery matrix of numbers. - View Dependent Claims (58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63)
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64. A computer program product comprising a computer useable medium having a computer readable program, wherein the computer readable program when executed on a computer causes the computer to:
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provide a first price category and a second price category in which a lottery ticket can be purchased for a lottery game, the first price category being distinct from the second price category, the first price category corresponding to a first known portion of a linear prize and a first known portion of a non-linear prize associated with the lottery game, the second price category corresponding to a second known portion of a linear prize and a second known portion of a non-linear prize associated with the lottery game, the second known portion of the linear prize being more than the first known portion of the linear prize, the second known portion of the non-linear prize being more than the first known portion of the non-linear prize; select a set of lottery game numbers; randomly generate, for each of a plurality of lottery tickets, an assortment of the set of lottery game numbers in a lottery matrix of numbers; determine, for each of a predetermined quantity of the plurality of lottery tickets, a non-linear subset of the lottery game numbers; perform a drawing of a linear subset of the set of lottery game numbers that is utilized for each of the plurality of lottery tickets; provide the first known portion of the linear prize associated with the lottery game to a player if the player purchased the lottery ticket from the first price category and a linear match in the lottery matrix of numbers is displayed, the linear match being a linear display in the lottery matrix of numbers of at least a predetermined quantity of numbers from the linear subset; provide the second known portion of the linear prize associated with the lottery game to the player if the player purchased the lottery ticket from the second price category and a linear match is displayed in the lottery matrix of numbers; provide the first known portion of the non-linear prize associated with the lottery game to the player if the player purchased the lottery ticket from the first price category and a non-linear match is displayed in the lottery matrix of numbers, the non-linear match being a predetermined arrangement of numbers in the non-linear subset that is a display in the lottery matrix of numbers, the quantity of numbers in the predetermined arrangement of numbers being less than the predetermined quantity of numbers; and provide the second known portion of the non-linear prize associated with the lottery game to the player if the player purchased the lottery ticket from the second price category and a non-linear match is displayed in the lottery matrix of numbers. - View Dependent Claims (65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70)
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