Extension to a lottery game for which winning indicia are set by selections made by winners of a base lottery game

• US 7,213,811 B2
• Filed: 12/07/2005
• Issued: 05/08/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/08/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Scientific Games International Incorporated (Scientific Games Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Scientific Games Royalty Corporation (Scientific Games Corporation)
• Inventors: Bozeman, Alan Kyle
• Primary Examiner(s): Layno; Benjamin
• Application Number:
  US11/296,064
• Publication Number:
  US 20060119034A1
• Time in Patent Office: 517 Days
• Field of Search: 273/139, 273/138.1, 273/274, 463/17, 463/18, 463/19, 274/138, 274/138.1, 274/274, 274/269, 283/903, 283/901
• US Class Current: 273/139
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 3/06 Lottos or bingo games; Systems, apparatus or devices for checking such games small boxes with balls used for generating random numbers A63F7/048; lottery apparatus G07C15/00; lottery gaming stations, online lottery or bingo G07F17/329; printing processes for lottery tickets B41M3/005
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 3/081 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• 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 17/3267 Game outcomes which determine the course of the subsequent game, e.g. double or quits, free games, higher payouts, different new games
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/329 Regular and instant lottery, e.g. electronic scratch cards
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 283/903 Lottery ticket

Abstract

A system and method of playing an extension game to a lottery game is disclosed. A lottery game player enters a base game and receives a base game entry, and may elect to play a second lottery game in addition to the base game, and if so, selects or has selected for them game indicia therefor. A winning entry for the base game is selected, whereupon the winning game indicia for the second game is selected to be the game indicia selected for the second game on the winning base game entry. Lottery players who won the base game receive a prize, and those lottery players who did not win the base game but that have the winning game indicia for the second game, as well as those lottery players that won the base game and have the have the winning game indicia for the second game, receive a prize.

Claims

1. A method of playing a lottery game with a plurality of lottery game players, said method comprising the steps of:

playing a base game;

receiving a base game entry, the base game having a plurality of lottery game players, the base game entry having a base game indicia and a second game indicia;

electing to play a second lottery game in addition to the base game;

selecting a second game indicia for said second game;

selecting a winning base game indicia for the base game;

determining a winning base entry game based on the winning game indicia;

selecting a winning second game indicia for the second game to be the second game indicia on the winning base game entry;

comparing said winning second game indicia to the second game indicia of additional lottery players that elected to play the second game so that winners of the second game are determined based on matches with the second game indicia for the second game on the winning base game entry; and

awarding prizes to winners of the base game only, the second game only, and both the base game and the second game.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of the second game indicia being selected for a lottery player electing to play the second game.

3. The method of claim 1, the base game comprising a raffle for which there is exactly one winner.

4. The method of claim 3, the second game comprising a selecting an object from a set of objects.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein the selecting an object from a set of objects comprises a digits game.

6. The method of claim 3, further comprising the step of forming a pari-mutuel pool to award prizes in the second game based on the number of base game entrants electing to play the second game.

7. A method for playing a lottery game, comprising the steps of:

receiving a first set of game indicia for a base game from a player;

receiving a set of extension game indicia for an extension game to the base game from the player;

issuing a game ticket for the base game to the player, the game ticket having the set of extension game indicia;

selecting a winning ticket for the base game;

assigning extension game winning indicia for the extension game as that corresponding to the winning ticket for the base game; and

determining a prize for each game ticket having the extension game winning game indicia.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising the step of offering the player an opportunity to play the extension game.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising the step of issuing a payment for each game ticket having the extension game winning game indicia.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the step of determining a prize for each game ticket further comprising the step of forming a pari-mutuel pool based on the number of base game entrants electing to play the extension game.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the extension game comprises selecting a symbol from a set of symbols.

12. The method of claim 11, the said selecting an object from a set of objects comprises a digits game.

13. A system for playing an extension game to a lottery game, comprising:

a plurality of game terminals, each terminal being capable of accepting lottery game entries from players and offering a player an opportunity to play an extension game to the lottery game; and

a lottery game server in communication with the plurality of game terminals, the lottery game server being capable of;

receiving a set of extension game indicia for the extension game from a player;

issuing a game ticket for the lottery game to the player, the game ticket having a predetermined game lottery indicia and the set of selected extension game indicia;

selecting a winning lottery game indicia for the lottery game;

determining a winning lottery game entry based on the winning lottery game indicia;

assigning winning extension game indicia for the extension game as that corresponding to the set of selected extension game indicia on the winning lottery entry;

determining a prize for each lottery game entry having the winning extension game indicia.

14. A method for playing a combination game, comprising the steps of:

receiving a first set of game indicia for a base game from a player;

receiving a second set of game indicia for an extension game to the base game from the player;

issuing a game ticket for the base game to the player, the game ticket having the first set of game indicia, the second set of game indicia, and an automatically generated raffle number;

randomly selecting a raffle number;

determining a winning ticket based on the selected raffle number;

determining an outcome for the base game;

assigning winning indicia for the second game as that corresponding to the second set of game indicia on the winning ticket that matches the selected raffle number; and

determining a prize for each game ticket having the said winning game indicia.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising the step of determining a prize for each ticket according to the outcome of the base game.

16. The method of claim 14, further comprising the step of offering the player an opportunity to play the extension game.

17. The method of claim 14, further comprising the step of issuing a payment for each game ticket having the winning game indicia.

18. The method of claim 14, wherein the step of determining a prize for each game ticket further comprising the step of forming a pari-mutuel pool based on the number of base game entrants electing to play the extension game.

19. The method of claim 14, wherein the extension game comprises selecting an object from a set of objects.

20. The method of claim 19 wherein the extension game the selecting an object from a set of objects comprises a digits game.

21. The method of claim 14, wherein the base game is a standard lottery game.

22. The method of claim 21 wherein prizes for the base game are enhanced based on whether or not the player also won the extension game.