System and method for facilitating the operation of a combined lottery/raffle game
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1. A method for facilitating the operation of an instant win lottery game with an associated raffle game, comprising:
- providing a plurality of instant win lottery tickets to customers, the tickets including game play information, a first subset of the plurality of tickets having game play information that indicates the tickets are winners of prizes in the instant win lottery game, a second subset of the tickets having game play information that includes a bonus indicator, the bonus indicator indicating the holder of the ticket is eligible for entry in a bonus raffle game, wherein a third subset of the plurality of tickets have game play information that indicates both that the ticket is a winner of a prize in the instant win lottery game and also that the ticket is eligible for entry in a bonus raffle game, and a fourth subset of tickets having game play information that indicates that the ticket is not eligible for an instant win prize or a bonus raffle game entry;
responsive to a customer presenting a ticket from the first or third subset of tickets for redemption, redeeming the presented ticket for a prize in the instant win lottery game;
responsive to a customer presenting one or more tickets from the second or third subset, entering the one or more tickets in the bonus raffle game until a predetermined fraction of the tickets eligible for the raffle game entry have been redeemed for a raffle entry; and
after the predetermined fraction of the tickets eligible for a raffle entry in the raffle game have been redeemed, conducting the bonus raffle game.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for administering an instant win lottery game where one prize may be entry into a future draw raffle game are disclosed. The holder of an instant win ticket with a future draw raffle indicator may redeem the ticket and receive a future draw raffle entry that is eligible for a prize awarded in a raffle drawing. In one alternative, a redeemed ticket with a symbol indicating the instant ticket is eligible for an entry in a bonus raffle game may be entered into a bonus raffle game.
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38 Claims
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1. A method for facilitating the operation of an instant win lottery game with an associated raffle game, comprising:
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providing a plurality of instant win lottery tickets to customers, the tickets including game play information, a first subset of the plurality of tickets having game play information that indicates the tickets are winners of prizes in the instant win lottery game, a second subset of the tickets having game play information that includes a bonus indicator, the bonus indicator indicating the holder of the ticket is eligible for entry in a bonus raffle game, wherein a third subset of the plurality of tickets have game play information that indicates both that the ticket is a winner of a prize in the instant win lottery game and also that the ticket is eligible for entry in a bonus raffle game, and a fourth subset of tickets having game play information that indicates that the ticket is not eligible for an instant win prize or a bonus raffle game entry; responsive to a customer presenting a ticket from the first or third subset of tickets for redemption, redeeming the presented ticket for a prize in the instant win lottery game; responsive to a customer presenting one or more tickets from the second or third subset, entering the one or more tickets in the bonus raffle game until a predetermined fraction of the tickets eligible for the raffle game entry have been redeemed for a raffle entry; and after the predetermined fraction of the tickets eligible for a raffle entry in the raffle game have been redeemed, conducting the bonus raffle game. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system for facilitating the operation of a game of chance, comprising:
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a plurality of pre-printed instant win lottery tickets with removable coverings concealing game play information; a first subset of the plurality of pre-printed instant win lottery tickets having game play information that indicates the ticket is a winner of a prize, wherein a set is a subset of the plurality; a second set of the plurality of pre-printed instant win lottery tickets having a bonus raffle eligibility indicator indicating the holder of the instant ticket is eligible for a free entry in a bonus future draw raffle game; a plurality of terminals configured to receive the tickets in the first set of tickets for redemption redeem the tickets for prizes in the instant win lottery game, the terminals further configured to redeem tickets in the second set of lottery tickets for a free raffle entry in a future draw raffle; and a host in network communication with the terminals, wherein the host is configured to provide redemption information, prize information, and raffle entry information to the terminals, wherein the host further provides the information until a predetermined fraction of the tickets eligible for the raffle game entry have been redeemed for a raffle entry, upon which the host conducts the bonus raffle game, the host further configured to provide information to the terminals enabling the terminals to issue raffle entries to the appropriate instant win lottery ticket holders, the host further configured to conduct the raffle by randomly selecting one or more winning raffle entries from the set of raffle entries. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for facilitating the operation of a game of chance, comprising:
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a plurality of tickets with game play information on a first layer of the ticket, the tickets having a second opaque layer removable by a player to reveal an indication of some prize; game play information indicating an instant prize of known value; and game play information indicating eligibility for a free future draw raffle ticket, the free raffle ticket having an unknown value until the future draw determines if the raffle ticket is a winner, and wherein the game play information does not include a predetermined series of numbers to be played in the future draw raffle. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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15. A method for facilitating play of a game of chance, comprising:
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providing a plurality of instant win lottery tickets for at least one instant ticket game, wherein all of the instant win lottery tickets include game play information for at least one instant ticket game, wherein at least a first subset of the instant lottery tickets have game play information indicating the ticket is a winner of a prize in the instant ticket game, wherein at least a second subset of the instant lottery tickets have at least one symbol indicating the instant ticket is eligible for an entry in a bonus raffle game; responsive to receiving an instant win lottery ticket from the first subset that has been tendered for a prize, redeeming the lottery ticket for the prize indicated by the game play information on the lottery ticket; repeating the redeeming for other ticket holders with lottery tickets in the first subset of the instant lottery tickets; responsive to receiving a lottery ticket from the second subset that has been tendered for the entry in the bonus raffle game, providing the ticket holder presenting the lottery ticket for redemption with a free raffle ticket; repeating the providing for other ticket holders with lottery tickets in the second subset, yielding a plurality of ticket holders holding a plurality of free raffle tickets; after the plurality of free raffle tickets has been provided, randomly selecting at least one of a plurality of the free raffle tickets as a winner in a raffle; and responsive to receiving the winning ticket of the raffle for redemption, providing a ticket holder with a raffle prize. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method for facilitating play of a game of chance, comprising:
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providing a plurality of instant win lottery tickets for at least one instant ticket game, wherein all of the instant win lottery tickets include game play information for at least one instant ticket game, wherein at least a subset of the instant lottery tickets have game play information indicating the ticket is a winner of a prize in the instant ticket game; responsive to receiving an instant win lottery ticket from the first subset that has been tendered for a prize, redeeming the lottery ticket for the prize indicated by the game play information on the lottery ticket; incrementing a counter with each instant win lottery ticket redeemed; repeating the redeeming for other ticket holders with lottery tickets in the subset of the instant lottery tickets; responsive to the counter reaching a determined value, providing the ticket holder redeeming an instant win lottery ticket when the counter reaches the determined value with a bonus prize. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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26. A method for facilitating play of a game of chance, comprising:
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providing a plurality of instant win lottery tickets for at least one instant ticket game, wherein all of the instant win lottery tickets include game play information for at least one instant ticket game, wherein at least a first subset of the instant lottery tickets have game play information indicating the ticket is a winner of a prize in the instant ticket game, wherein at least a second subset of the instant lottery tickets have game play information indicating the ticket is a winner of a prize in the instant ticket game and further comprises at least one symbol indicating the instant ticket is eligible for an entry in a bonus raffle game; responsive to receiving an instant win lottery ticket from the first subset that has been tendered for a prize, redeeming the lottery ticket for the prize indicated by the game play information on the lottery ticket; repeating the redeeming for other ticket holders with lottery tickets in the first subset of the instant lottery tickets; responsive to receiving a lottery ticket from the second subset that has been tendered for the entry in the bonus raffle game, redeeming the lottery ticket for the prize indicated by the game play information on the lottery ticket and entering the redeemed lottery ticket in a bonus raffle game; repeating the redeeming and entering for other ticket holders with lottery tickets in the second subset of the instant lottery tickets; and after the plurality of redeemed lottery tickets have been entered, randomly selecting at least one of the plurality of redeemed lottery tickets as a winner of a raffle prize in a raffle.
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27. A system for facilitating the operation of a game of chance, comprising:
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a plurality of tickets associated with the game of chance; game play information on each ticket, the game play information indicating whether a player of the ticket is a winner or loser, and whether the player has won eligibility to win a separate prize associated with the game and not associated with a drawing available to players who do not play the game of chance associated with the plurality of tickets. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A system for facilitating the operation of a game of chance, comprising:
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a plurality of tickets associated with the game of chance; game play information on each ticket, the game play information indicating whether an instant prize of known value has been won, and further indicating whether the ticket is eligible for a drawing to determine if a separate prize has been won wherein the drawing is not available to players who do not play the game of chance associated with the plurality of tickets. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38)
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