System and method for operating governmental lottery games with television-based user terminals
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1. A method for facilitating governmental lottery play over television, comprising:
- receiving a lottery ticket purchase request from a player terminal including a television over a communication network of a television service provider and transmitting the received lottery ticket purchase request to an agent server, configured to process lottery ticket purchase requests transmitted from a plurality of player terminals, in communication with the television service provider over the Internet;
retrieving player information pertaining to a player from a subscriber database of the television service provider;
verifying that the player satisfies predetermined criteria required by a lottery administration entity based on the retrieved player information using a verification unit of the agent server; and
processing the purchase of a lottery ticket based on the received lottery ticket purchase request when it is verified that the player satisfies the predetermined criteria,wherein the processing of the purchase of the lottery ticket includes receiving a serial number, at the agent server, from a separate lottery administrator server maintained by the lottery administration entity and configured to generate serial numbers associated with purchased lottery tickets.
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A method for facilitating governmental lottery play over television includes receiving a lottery ticket purchase request from a player terminal including a television over a television service provider communication network. Personal information pertaining to a player is retrieved from a subscriber database of the television service provider. It is then verified that the player satisfies predetermined criteria based on the retrieved personal information. The purchase of a lottery ticket is processed based on the received lottery ticket purchase request when it is verified that the player satisfies the predetermined criteria.
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1. A method for facilitating governmental lottery play over television, comprising:
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receiving a lottery ticket purchase request from a player terminal including a television over a communication network of a television service provider and transmitting the received lottery ticket purchase request to an agent server, configured to process lottery ticket purchase requests transmitted from a plurality of player terminals, in communication with the television service provider over the Internet; retrieving player information pertaining to a player from a subscriber database of the television service provider; verifying that the player satisfies predetermined criteria required by a lottery administration entity based on the retrieved player information using a verification unit of the agent server; and processing the purchase of a lottery ticket based on the received lottery ticket purchase request when it is verified that the player satisfies the predetermined criteria, wherein the processing of the purchase of the lottery ticket includes receiving a serial number, at the agent server, from a separate lottery administrator server maintained by the lottery administration entity and configured to generate serial numbers associated with purchased lottery tickets. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for facilitating a governmental lottery play over television, comprising:
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a player terminal with a display device, a digital television provision unit, and a console for the digital television provision unit, the player terminal receiving a lottery ticket purchase request from a player and transmitting the lottery ticket purchase request, over a communication network of a television service provider to the television service provider, the television service provider transmitting the lottery ticket purchase request to an agent server, configured to process lottery ticket purchase requests transmitted from a plurality of player terminals, over the Internet; a subscriber database for retrieving player information pertaining to the player; a verification unit of the agent server for verifying that the player satisfies predetermined criteria required by a lottery administration entity based on the retrieved player information; a lottery transaction server, comprising the agent server, for processing the purchase of a lottery ticket based on the received lottery ticket purchase request when it is verified that the player satisfies the predetermined criteria; and a separate government lottery administrator server maintained by the lottery administration entity for providing information for determining whether the purchased lottery ticket is a winning ticket or a losing ticket and for generating serial numbers associated with purchased lottery tickets, wherein the processing of the purchase of the lottery ticket includes receiving a serial number, at the agent server, from the government lottery administrator server. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for facilitating governmental lottery play over television, comprising:
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receiving a lottery ticket purchase request from a player terminal with a display device, a digital television provision unit, and a console for the digital television provision unit, over a communication network of a television service provider and transmitting the received lottery ticket purchase request to an agent server, configured to process lottery ticket purchase requests transmitted from a plurality of player terminals, in communication with the television service provider over the Internet; retrieving player information pertaining to a player from a subscriber database of the television service provider; verifying that the player satisfies predetermined criteria required by a lottery administration entity based on the retrieved player information using a verification unit of the agent server; and processing the purchase of a lottery ticket based on the received lottery ticket purchase request when it is verified that the player satisfies the predetermined criteria, wherein the processing of the purchase of the lottery ticket includes receiving a serial number, at the agent server, from a separate lottery administrator server maintained by the lottery administration entity and configured to generate serial numbers associated with purchased lottery tickets. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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