TERMINAL GENERATED MOBILE RANDOM DRAW GAMES
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1. An interactive random draw game, comprising:
- a random draw game database having a plurality of prizes and a plurality of ticket codes each associated with one random draw game ticket;
a game provider configured to receive from a game player an identifier corresponding to one of the ticket codes, to select randomly a ticket status indicative of whether the random draw game ticket associated with the identifier is to receive one of the prizes or be designated as a non-winning random draw game ticket, and to return the ticket status to the game player;
an interactive game operated on a mobile communications device requiring at least one play selection by the player before the game displays the ticket status.
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Abstract
Mobile communications device that uses a camera in a web-enabled PDA, cellular phone or smart phone to capture a barcode image off a lottery ticket, convert it to its unique serial number, pass it via cellular data service through a database query to append or change a game database and initiate a unique computer game sessions on the mobile device that the consumer can play with fixed or variable outcomes to determine the future value of the printed ticket. A method is disclosed of generating a mobile lottery game for play on a mobile device by which a consumer can reach fixed or variable outcomes to determine the future value of a game ticket.
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1. An interactive random draw game, comprising:
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a random draw game database having a plurality of prizes and a plurality of ticket codes each associated with one random draw game ticket; a game provider configured to receive from a game player an identifier corresponding to one of the ticket codes, to select randomly a ticket status indicative of whether the random draw game ticket associated with the identifier is to receive one of the prizes or be designated as a non-winning random draw game ticket, and to return the ticket status to the game player; an interactive game operated on a mobile communications device requiring at least one play selection by the player before the game displays the ticket status. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for an interactive random draw game, comprising:
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(a) providing a random draw game database having a plurality of prizes and a plurality of ticket codes each associated with one random draw game ticket; (b) communicating from a mobile communication device an identifier corresponding to one of the ticket codes to a game provider configured to select randomly a ticket status indicative of whether the random draw game ticket associated with the identifier is to receive one of the prizes or be designated as a non-winning random draw game ticket, and communicating the ticket status to the mobile communication device; and (c) performing an interactive game operated on the mobile communications device requiring at least one play selection by the player before the game displays the ticket status on the mobile communications device. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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