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Method and apparatus for operating lotteries and for generating and processing lottery entries

  • US 7,780,514 B2
  • Filed: 06/09/2008
  • Issued: 08/24/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/31/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for processing lottery entries, comprising the steps of:

  • receiving, via a terminal, a request to purchase a lottery entry;

    receiving with said request an indicator that said lottery entry is to be entered into at least one lottery drawing until a lottery drawing identifies said lottery entry as a winner;

    storing, by a lottery server, said lottery entry;

    determining that the lottery entry is not a winning entry in a first lottery drawing;

    automatically entering the lottery entry in a second lottery drawing;

    determining that the lottery entry is not a winning entry in the second lottery drawing; and

    automatically entering the lottery entry in a subsequent lottery drawing.

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