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METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A LOTTERY PRIZE STRUCTURE

  • US 20090131139A1
  • Filed: 07/17/2008
  • Published: 05/21/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/27/2004
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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19. A method comprising:

  • providing a lottery game;

    indicating a first price category and a second price category from which a lottery player can purchase a lottery ticket, the second price category having a second price that is greater than a first price in the first price category;

    indicating a first partial match prize distribution that can be won with a lottery ticket purchased from the first price category that has a partial match of a predetermined quantity of numbers between a set of player numbers appearing on the lottery ticket purchased from the first price category and a randomly selected set of numbers;

    indicating a second partial match prize distribution that can be won with a lottery ticket purchased from the second price category that has a partial match between the set of player numbers appearing on the lottery ticket purchased from the second price category and the randomly selected set of numbers such that a first partial match association between the first partial match prize distribution and the first price category has a variable ratio with a second partial match association between the second partial match prize distribution and the second price category, the first partial match association being the first partial match prize divided by the first price category, the second partial match association being the second partial match prize divided by the second price category, the variable ratio being a non-zero value that results from the difference between the second partial match association and the first partial match association;

    indicating a first subset partial match prize distribution that can be won with a lottery ticket purchased from the first price category that has a subset partial match of the predetermined quantity of numbers between a set of player numbers appearing on the lottery ticket purchased from the first price category and a randomly selected set of numbers, the subset partial match of the predetermined quantity of numbers being less than the predetermined quantity of numbers;

    indicating a second subset partial match prize distribution that can be won with a lottery ticket purchased from the second price category that has a partial match between the set of player numbers appearing on the lottery ticket purchased from the second price category and the randomly selected set of numbers such that a first subset partial match association between the first subset partial match prize distribution and the first price category has a constant ratio with a second subset partial match association between the second partial match prize distribution and the second price category, the first subset partial match association being the first subset partial match prize divided by the first price category, the second subset partial match association being the second subset partial match prize divided by the second price category, the constant ratio being a zero value that results from the difference between the second subset partial match association and the first subset partial match association;

    generating the randomly selected set of numbers; and

    providing a distribution to a player having a partial match with the predetermined quantity of numbers based on price category.

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