Method and apparatus for generating numbers to play in a lottery based on astronomical events

• US 6,371,482 B1
• Filed: 07/27/2000
• Issued: 04/16/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 07/27/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Edgar Robert Jr. Hall
• Original Assignee: Edgar Robert Jr. Hall
• Inventors: Hall, Edgar Robert Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): LAYNO, BENJAMIN
• Application Number:
  US09/627,040
• Time in Patent Office: 628 Days
• Field of Search: 273/161, 273/138.1, 273/138.2, 273/139, 273/148.R, 273/269, 463/17, 463/18, 463/19, 463/16
• US Class Current: 273/138.1
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 15/006 electronically

Abstract

A method and device for generating hot sheets for lottery numbers based upon previously drawn numbers and astronomical data. A player selects at least one number for input. The input number is then searched for in a database containing historical data of at least one comparison lottery including the number and date of previous draws. It is then determined when the number selected by the user was previously drawn in the comparison lottery by accessing the comparison lottery database. A second database, which is also accessible by the device, which may be a part of the first database, contains data regarding the timing of certain astronomical events, such as planet aspects, planet ingress, moon ingress, and the phases and eclipses of the moon. Time gaps between the time of the previous drawings of the number selected by the player is determined, such as by using the dates immediately before and after the dates the number previously fell. Based upon these time gaps hot numbers are determined for each of the astronomical events, such as the number corresponding to the smallest and largest time gaps for each event. These numbers are then displayed on a display and/or printed on a sheet of paper as a “hot sheet” to be used in selecting numbers for play in a lottery.

Claims

1. A method of generating a number for play in a lottery comprising the steps of:

a. selecting at least one input number;

b. determining time when said at least one input number was previously drawn in a comparison lottery;

c. determining a time gap between time found in step b and at least one astronomical event;

d. using the time gap determined in step c to select from said comparison lottery at least one hot number;

e. displaying said at least one hot number to a user.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of printing said at least one hot number on paper.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein said at least one astronomical event includes moon ingress, aspects of planets, moon phases, and planet ingress.

4. A method for generating a predetermined amount of different numbers for use in a lottery game comprising the steps of:

a. recording previously drawn lottery numbers and their respective draw dates from at least one comparison lottery;

b. selecting at least one input number;

c. determining the dates on which said at least one input number was previously drawn in said at least one comparison lottery;

d. determining a time gap between the date determined in step c and at least one astronomical event;

e. selecting the shortest and longest time gaps determined in step d;

f. determining hot numbers corresponding to the dates found in step e; and

g. displaying the hot numbers found in step f.

5. The method of claim 4 further comprising after step a the step of selecting said at least one comparison lottery from a plurality of comparison lotteries.

6. The method of claim 4 wherein said at least one astronomical event includes moon ingress.

7. The method of claim 4 wherein said at least one astronomical event includes aspects of planets.

8. The method of claim 4 wherein said at least one astronomical event includes moon phase.

9. The method of claim 4 wherein said at least one astronomical event includes planet ingress.

10. The method of claim 4 wherein said at least one astronomical event includes moon ingress, aspects of planets, moon phases, and planet ingress.

11. A method for generating a number for play in a lottery game from data acquired from previous lottery drawings said process comprising the steps of:

a. recording in memory the pool of raw data of previously drawn lottery numbers of at least one lottery and the respective astronomical conditions during such previous drawings;

b. using computer-operated means to determine dates recently drawn numbers have been previously drawn from the recorded data to determine the shortest time interval between the at least one astronomical event and the date of the drawing; and

c. displaying the corresponding number drawn on said date of said at least one lottery determined in step b.

12. A device for generating numbers to by played in a lottery, comprising:

an input means for receiving at least one input number;

a computing means for recording said at least one input number into a computer, determining time when said at least one input number was previously drawn in at least one comparison lottery, determining time gaps between time said at least one input number was previously drawn and astronomical events, and using said time gaps to select from numbers previously drawn in said at least one comparison at least one hot number; and

a display means for displaying the generated number.

13. The device of claim 12 further comprising a printing means for printing said at least one generated number.