Electronic lottery system with promotion prize distribution
First Claim
1. A method including:
- (a) communicating a distribution group of lottery game play records each including a record identifier and prize value identifier in credits to an electronic assignment component included in a gaming system, and storing the distribution group so as to be accessible to the assignment component;
(b) communicating one or more promotion records to the assignment component, the promotion records created independently of the lottery game play records, at least one of the one or more promotion records including a promotion prize identifier from which is determined a promotion prize to be awarded in response to assignment of the at least one promotion record, and storing the one or more promotion records so as to be accessible to the assignment component, each promotion prize being distinct from possible prizes in the distribution group of lottery game play records;
(c) receiving a lottery game play request from an electronic player machine in the gaming system;
(d) in response to the lottery game play request, assigning a respective one of the one or more promotion records to the player machine for the lottery game play request;
(e) causing a result to be displayed including graphics consistent with the promotion record that has been assigned; and
(f) recalling at least a first set of promotion records out of the one or more promotion records remaining unassigned from the assignment component, the recalling being performed in response to a promotion recall command from a distribution/promotion control component, the recalling leaving at least one other set of promotion records actively in use in the lottery game.
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Abstract
A method includes communicating a distribution group of lottery game play records to a data storage device accessible to an assignment component included in a lottery gaming system. This assignment component may comprise a player station in the gaming system, a central computer system, or some intermediate component between the central computer system and player station. The method also includes communicating one or more promotion records to the data storage device accessible to the assignment component. The assignment component assigns game play records from the distribution group in response to lottery game play requests entered at a player station in the gaming system. However, in response to some lottery game play requests entered through the player stations, the assignment component assigns a promotion record in addition to, or in lieu of, a game play record. In these cases the player may be awarded a promotion prize associated with the assigned promotion record.
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28 Claims
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1. A method including:
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(a) communicating a distribution group of lottery game play records each including a record identifier and prize value identifier in credits to an electronic assignment component included in a gaming system, and storing the distribution group so as to be accessible to the assignment component; (b) communicating one or more promotion records to the assignment component, the promotion records created independently of the lottery game play records, at least one of the one or more promotion records including a promotion prize identifier from which is determined a promotion prize to be awarded in response to assignment of the at least one promotion record, and storing the one or more promotion records so as to be accessible to the assignment component, each promotion prize being distinct from possible prizes in the distribution group of lottery game play records; (c) receiving a lottery game play request from an electronic player machine in the gaming system; (d) in response to the lottery game play request, assigning a respective one of the one or more promotion records to the player machine for the lottery game play request; (e) causing a result to be displayed including graphics consistent with the promotion record that has been assigned; and (f) recalling at least a first set of promotion records out of the one or more promotion records remaining unassigned from the assignment component, the recalling being performed in response to a promotion recall command from a distribution/promotion control component, the recalling leaving at least one other set of promotion records actively in use in the lottery game. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 26, 27)
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9. A gaming system for providing a lottery game, the system including:
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(a) a data storage device storing a distribution group of lottery game play records each including a record identifier and a prize value identifier in credits and one or more promotion records; (b) an assignment component on a gaming server having access to the data storage device, the assignment component for receiving a lottery game play request from an electronic player station and assigning a respective one of the one or more promotion records for the lottery game play request, the promotion records created independently of the lottery game play records, the respective one promotion record including a promotion prize identifier for identifying a promotion prize to be awarded in response to assignment of the respective one promotion record, each promotion prize being distinct from prizes in the distribution group of lottery game play records; and (c) a promotion control component for communicating the promotion records to the assignment component, and for producing a promotion recall command and communicating the promotion recall command to the assignment component, the promotion recall command operative to cause the assignment component to recall a first set of promotion records out of the one or more promotion records remaining unassigned from the assignment component, the recalling leaving at least one other set of promotion records actively in use in the lottery game. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 25, 28)
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18. A program product stored on one or more computer readable devices, the program product including:
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(a) record store program code executable for causing a distribution group of lottery game play records each including a record identifier and a prize value identifier in credits and one or more promotion records to be stored at a data storage system from which lottery game play records are assigned in a lottery gaming system, at least one of the one or more promotion record including a promotion prize identifier from which is determined a promotion prize to be awarded in response to assignment of the promotion record, each promotion prize being distinct from prizes in the distribution group of lottery game play records; and (b) assignment program code executable for assigning a respective one of the one or more promotion records for a lottery game play request received from an electronic player station in a lottery gaming system, the promotion records created independently of the lottery game play records, the respective promotion record being distinct from a result in a lottery game conducted through the lottery gaming system. (c) game display program code operable to cause a result to be displayed including graphics consistent with the promotion record that has been assigned; and (d) distribution/promotion control program code executable for communicating the promotion records to be available to the assignment program code, and for producing a recall command for a first set of the one or more promotion records remaining unassigned, and leaving at least one other set of promotion records actively in use in the lottery game. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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