Apparatus, method, and program product for facilitating game play in an electronic lottery game network
First Claim
1. A method including:
- (a) storing a number of game play records at a central processing system, each game play record being associated with a game index value from a set of game index values, and each game play record including a record index selected from a set of record index values, each respective record index value in the set being associated with a respective result type, the respective record index included in each respective game play record being distinct from an outcome associated with the respective game play record;
(b) communicating a game play request from a player terminal to the central processing system, the game play request being associated with a respective game index value;
(c) identifying a game play record in the number of game play records which is associated with the respective game index value; and
(d) communicating the respective record index included with the identified game play record to the respective player terminal that communicated the respective game play request.
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Abstract
At least one pool of game play records is stored at a central processing system. Each game play record includes a record index selected from a set of unique index values, each associated with a different result type. A record index associated with a particular game play record is communicated from the central processing system to the player terminal in response to a game play request which a player has entered at the player terminal. The player terminal responds to the received record index by generating display commands using data at the player terminal to produce a graphic representation at the player terminal. This graphic representation is consistent with the result type associated with the index value comprising the particular record index which has been communicated to the player terminal.
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14 Claims
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1. A method including:
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(a) storing a number of game play records at a central processing system, each game play record being associated with a game index value from a set of game index values, and each game play record including a record index selected from a set of record index values, each respective record index value in the set being associated with a respective result type, the respective record index included in each respective game play record being distinct from an outcome associated with the respective game play record; (b) communicating a game play request from a player terminal to the central processing system, the game play request being associated with a respective game index value; (c) identifying a game play record in the number of game play records which is associated with the respective game index value; and (d) communicating the respective record index included with the identified game play record to the respective player terminal that communicated the respective game play request. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An apparatus including:
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(a) a game play storage device storing a number of game play records at a central processing system, each game play record being associated with a game index value from a set of game index values, and each game play record including a record index selected from a set of record index values, each respective record index value in the set being associated with a respective result type, the respective record index included in each respective game play record being distinct from an outcome associated with the respective game play record; (b) a player terminal processor, the player terminal processor communicating a game play request to the central processing system, the game play request being associated with a respective game index value; and (c) a central processor at the central processing system, the central processor identifying a game play record in the number of game play records which is associated with the respective game index value and for communicating the respective record index included with the identified game play record to the respective player terminal that communicated the respective game play request. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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