Method of establishing ownership of a lottery ticket
First Claim
1. A method for providing personalized plays in a host lottery system in operative communication with a plurality of electronic scanners at corresponding retailer terminals, comprising the steps of:
- maintaining an electronic database of player accounts, game options and play criteria options securely accessible through a computer network, wherein said player accounts comprise player identifiable information, and wherein said game options and said play criteria options are defined according to the host lottery system;
presenting said game options and play criteria options to an authorized player through said computer network;
providing alternative prize structures in said play criteria options, wherein each one of said alternative prize structures comprises a plurality of price points, wherein said alternative prize structures are comprised of a plurality of optional prize structures selectable by a plurality of authorized players, wherein one of said authorized players selects one of said optional prize structures for a selected game and another of said authorized players selects another of said optional prize structures for said selected game, said alternative prize structures are comprised of sets of varying payouts for corresponding numbers of lottery matches;
receiving play data from said authorized player through said computer network, wherein said play data comprises a selection of said presented game options and corresponding play criteria options for said authorized player;
creating a personalized game document with unique data comprising said player identifiable information and said play data for said authorized player, wherein said unique data is formatted in a scanning-code recognizable to the electronic scanners at the retailer terminals;
identifying a selection of at least one of said alternative prize structures in said unique data for said authorized player; and
transmitting an electronic version of said personalized game document to said authorized player through said computer network.
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Abstract
A personal play system and process are used to establish the ownership of a lottery game ticket and provide additional security and game options for lottery players. An authorized player accesses their user account in the system and creates a personalized game document. The personalized game document is scanned by a retail terminal'"'"'s electronic scanner. The information is communicated to the lottery system'"'"'s host computer which logs the information and verifies that the transaction can be completed by printing a personalized lottery ticket at the retailer terminal.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for providing personalized plays in a host lottery system in operative communication with a plurality of electronic scanners at corresponding retailer terminals, comprising the steps of:
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maintaining an electronic database of player accounts, game options and play criteria options securely accessible through a computer network, wherein said player accounts comprise player identifiable information, and wherein said game options and said play criteria options are defined according to the host lottery system; presenting said game options and play criteria options to an authorized player through said computer network; providing alternative prize structures in said play criteria options, wherein each one of said alternative prize structures comprises a plurality of price points, wherein said alternative prize structures are comprised of a plurality of optional prize structures selectable by a plurality of authorized players, wherein one of said authorized players selects one of said optional prize structures for a selected game and another of said authorized players selects another of said optional prize structures for said selected game, said alternative prize structures are comprised of sets of varying payouts for corresponding numbers of lottery matches; receiving play data from said authorized player through said computer network, wherein said play data comprises a selection of said presented game options and corresponding play criteria options for said authorized player; creating a personalized game document with unique data comprising said player identifiable information and said play data for said authorized player, wherein said unique data is formatted in a scanning-code recognizable to the electronic scanners at the retailer terminals; identifying a selection of at least one of said alternative prize structures in said unique data for said authorized player; and transmitting an electronic version of said personalized game document to said authorized player through said computer network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for providing personalized plays in a lottery system, comprising:
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providing a host computer for the lottery system in operative communication with a plurality of retailer terminals; maintaining an electronic database of player accounts, game options and play criteria options securely accessible through a computer network, wherein said player accounts comprise player identifiable information, and wherein said game options and said play criteria options are defined according to the lottery system; authorizing a player to securely access one of said player accounts in said maintained electronic database through said computer network according to a user identifier and corresponding password; presenting said game options and play criteria options to said authorized player through said computer network; providing alternative prize structures in said play criteria options, wherein each one of said alternative prize structures comprises a plurality of price points, wherein said alternative prize structures are comprised of a plurality of optional prize structures selectable by a plurality of authorized players, wherein one of said authorized players selects one of said optional prize structures for a selected game and another of said authorized players selects another of said optional prize structures for said selected game, said alternative prize structures are comprised of sets of varying payouts for corresponding numbers of lottery matches; receiving play data from said authorized player through said computer network, wherein said play data comprises a selection of said presented game options and corresponding play criteria options for said authorized player, wherein one of said play criteria options is comprised of any one of said alternative prize structures; creating a personalized game document with unique data comprising said player identifiable information and said play data for said authorized player, wherein said unique data is formatted in a scanning-code recognizable to the electronic scanners at the retailer terminals; and transmitting an electronic version of said personalized game document to said authorized player through said computer network; instructing said authorized player to present said personalized game document to a participating retailer for processing said unique data with the host lottery system; receiving at the host lottery system said player identifiable information and said play data for said authorized player according to said unique data on said personalized game document presented to said participating retailer; and sending a verification report to the retailer terminal of said participating retailer to authorize printing of a personalized lottery ticket for said recorded transaction, wherein said personalized lottery ticket comprises said player identifiable information and said play data corresponding with said unique data on said personalized game document. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for making personalized plays in a host lottery system in operative communication with a plurality of electronic scanners at corresponding retailer terminals, comprising:
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accessing a player account in an electronic database by an authorized player through a computer network, wherein said database comprises a plurality of player accounts, game options and play criteria options, and wherein said player account comprises player identifiable information; receiving a list of said game options and corresponding play criteria options from said electronic database; presenting said game options and corresponding play criteria options to said authorized player through said computer network; providing alternative prize structures in said play criteria options, wherein each one of said alternative prize structures comprises a plurality of price points, wherein said alternative prize structures are comprised of sets of varying payouts for corresponding numbers of lottery matches; selecting a lottery game from said game options; selecting play criteria by said authorized player corresponding to said selected lottery game, wherein one of said play criteria options is comprised of any one of said alternative prize structures as selected by said authorized player; receiving a personalized game document with unique data comprising said player identifiable information, said selected lottery game and said selected play criteria; presenting said personalized game document at a retailer terminal in said host lottery system; and receiving a printed personalized lottery ticket from said retailer terminal, wherein said printed personalized lottery ticket comprises said player identifiable information, selected lottery game and said selected play criteria corresponding with said unique data on said printed personalized game document. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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