SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A COMBINATION LOTTERY AND FANTASY SPORTS LEAGUE

• US 20150105135A1
• Filed: 12/22/2014
• Published: 04/16/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/16/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: SkyBoxx Sports, LLC
• Original Assignee: SkyBoxx Sports, LLC
• Inventors: Cobb, Timothy F. S., Oddo, Anthony S.
• Application Number:
  US14/579,887
• Publication Number:
  US 20150105135A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/18
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/828 Managing virtual sport teams
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3223 Architectural aspects of a gaming system, e.g. internal configuration, master/slave, wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3225 Data transfer within a gaming system, e.g. data sent between gaming machines and users
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3244 Payment aspects of a gaming system, e.g. payment schemes, setting payout ratio, bonus or consolation prizes
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/326 Game play aspects of gaming systems
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3288 Betting, e.g. on live events, bookmaking
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/329 Regular and instant lottery, e.g. electronic scratch cards

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention may provide systems and methods for a lottery game combined with a fantasy sports league. The method may include receiving selections for multiple participant categories from a user, wherein the multiple participant categories are related to one or more statistical performance measurements for a participant in a future sporting event; converting the selections into numerical lottery numbers; comparing the numerical lottery numbers to actual statistical performances after a sporting event; determining, based on the comparing, if there is at least one winner; and assigning at least one prize to the at least one winner if there is at least one winner.

Claims

1. A method of operating a lottery, the method comprising:

providing access by the user to one or more databases of information regarding one or more participants in a future sporting event;

receiving selections for multiple participant categories from a user, wherein the multiple participant categories are related to one or more statistical performance measurements for the one or more participants;

converting the selections into numerical lottery numbers;

comparing the numerical lottery numbers to one or more actual statistical performances for each of the multiple participant categories after a sporting event, wherein points in each of the multiple participant categories are assigned based on the one or more actual statistical performances to determine the winning participant;

determining, by at least one processor and based on the comparing, if there is at least one winner among all users; and

assigning at least one prize to the at least one winner among all users if there is at least one winner.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more databases comprise one or more of historical statistical data, commentary, analysis, top picks by experts or other users, predictions, and combinations thereof.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the one or more databases comprise historical statistical data, commentary, analysis, top picks by experts or other users, and predictions.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the one or more databases comprise historical statistical data.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the one or more databases comprise top picks by experts or other users.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the selections are received at a retail location.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the selections are received by scanning a printed lottery ticket.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein a computing system at the retail location communicates with a central processor for determining if there is at least one winner.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the selections are entered at a user computing device.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the user computing device communicates with a central processor for determining if there is at least one winner.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the central processor is an online selection management system.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the user enters selections via a website.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the user enters selections via an application server.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the user is a member of a group or league created by a user or administrator, wherein the group or league is a subset of all users, wherein the subset is less than the total number of users.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising determining, based on the comparing, if there is at least one winner within the group or league.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising assigning at least one prize within the group or league if there is at least one winner.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein the points for each of the multiple participant categories are determined based on averages from historical data.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein the multiple participant categories are related to individual sports player positions, portions of sports teams or a sports team.

19. The method of claim 1, wherein the selections are individual sports players, portions of sports teams or a sports team.

20. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one prize is a predetermined amount of money based on a number of correct selections by the user.