Lottery game and method of playing a lottery game

• US 5,282,620 A
• Filed: 04/13/1992
• Issued: 02/01/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 11/20/1991
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Roger N. Keesee
• Original Assignee: Roger N. Keesee
• Inventors: Keesee, Roger N.
• Primary Examiner(s): LAYNO, BENJAMIN
• Application Number:
  US07/867,774
• Time in Patent Office: 659 Days
• Field of Search: 273/138 A, 273/138 R, 273/139, 273/148 R, 273/854, 273/292
• US Class Current: 463/20
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2003/0017 progressive jackpot
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2009/2455 Printers
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2250/14 Coin operated
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 3/0655 Printing of tickets, e.g. lottery tickets
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 3/081 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 15/005 with dispensing of lottery tickets

Abstract

A lottery game having a central processor and a plurality of remote terminals for playing a lottery game and a method of playing a lottery game are provided. Responsive to a received player'"'"'s bet, a plurality of objects are randomly selected. Game results are calculated and the plurality of randomly selected objects are then printed on a lottery ticket responsive to the evaluated game results.

Claims

1. A lottery game comprising:

means for calculating jackpot prize schedules;

said jackpot prize schedules calculating means being based upon a preselected payback allocation percentage;

means for receiving a player'"'"'s bet;

means responsive to said player'"'"'s bet receiving means for randomly selecting a plurality of objects;

means for evaluating game results responsive to said randomly selected plurality of objects;

said game results evaluating means including means responsive to an identified first winning combination of said randomly selected objects for calculating a first payout utilizing a fixed paytable and a player'"'"'s bet received by said player'"'"'s bet receiving means and means responsive to an identified second winning combination of said randomly selected objects for calculating a second payout utilizing said means for calculating jackpot prize schedules;

said jackpot prize schedules including a first progressive jackpot prize amount and a second progressive jackpot prize amount, said first progressive jackpot prize amount and said second progressive jackpot prize amount being separately calculated and awarded, whereby a player winning one of said first or second progressive jackpot prize amounts does not affect the amount of the other of said first or second progressive jackpot prize amounts; and

means for printing said randomly selected plurality of objects and game results on a lottery ticket responsive to said randomly selecting objects means and said game results evaluating means.

2. A lottery game as recited in claim 1 wherein said printing means include means for printing a player'"'"'s bet on the lottery ticket.

3. A lottery game as recited in claim 1 wherein said means for calculating jackpot prize schedules and means for randomly selecting a plurality of objects are included in a central processor used with a plurality of remote terminals.

4. A lottery game as recited in claim 3 wherein said means for receiving a player'"'"'s bet and means for printing said randomly selected plurality of objects are included with each remote terminal.

5. A lottery game as recited in claim 1 wherein said means for calculating jackpot prize schedules, means for receiving a player'"'"'s bet, means for randomly selecting a plurality of objects, and means for printing said randomly selected plurality of objects on a lottery ticket are included with a plurality of remote terminals.

6. A lottery game as recited in claim 1 wherein said plurality of objects include five balls, each ball randomly selected from numerical symbols 0 through 9.

7. A lottery game as recited in claim 6 wherein each of said balls further includes one of a plurality of predetermined colors.

8. A lottery game as recited in claim 7 wherein said means for evaluating game results include means for identifying matching numerical symbols of said selected objects and wherein a sixth ball is randomly selected responsive to a predetermined evaluated game result.

9. A lottery game as recited in claim 8 wherein said predetermined sixth ball game result includes five matching numerical symbols.

10. A lottery game as recited in claim 8 wherein said predetermined sixth ball game result includes at least two matching numerical symbols and not a winning combination.

11. A lottery game as recited in claim 8 wherein said sixth ball includes a numerical symbol and a color used to determine when a payout results of a first progressive jackpot prize amount or a second progressive jackpot prize amount.

12. A lottery game as recited in claim 8 wherein said means for evaluating game results include means for identifying a free replay combination of numerical symbols and wherein a free replay combination is printed on the lottery ticket.

13. A method of playing a lottery game comprising the steps of:

calculating jackpot prize schedules based upon a preselected payback allocation percentage;

said jackpot prize schedules including a first progressive jackpot prize amount and a second progressive jackpot prize amount;

receiving a player'"'"'s bet;

randomly selecting a plurality of objects;

evaluating game results responsive to said randomly selected objects;

identifying a first winning combination of said randomly selected objects and calculating a payout utilizing a fixed paytable and a player'"'"'s bet;

identifying a second winning combination of said randomly selected objects and calculating a payout utilizing a jackpot prize schedule calculation of one of said first or second progressive jackpot prize amounts;

said first progressive jackpot prize amount and said second progressive jackpot prize amount being separately calculated and awarded, whereby a player winning one of said first or second progressive jackpot prize amounts does not affect the amount of the other of said first or second progressive jackpot prize amounts; and

printing said randomly selected plurality of objects and game results on a lottery ticket responsive to said evaluated game results.