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System and method for play of a lottery second chance game wherein game players visit a communication-enabled location to satisfy a requirement for entry into the second chance game

  • US 9,911,284 B2
  • Filed: 11/23/2015
  • Issued: 03/06/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/01/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for play of a lottery second-chance game wherein players visit one or more physical locations to satisfy requirements for entry into the second chance game, the method comprising:

  • establishing game rules for a second-chance game that provides an opportunity for non-winning players in a primary lottery game to win an award in the second-chance game;

    the game rules requiring the players to visit one or more communication-enabled locations and to perform an action at the communication-enabled locations before the players are entered into the second chance game;

    providing the identity and location of the communication-enabled locations to the players, wherein the communication-enabled locations are configured with a transmitter device that broadcasts an ID signal that is unique to the communication-enabled location;

    providing to the players an application for download to a mobile smart device, the application enabling recognition and receipt by the mobile smart device of the unique ID signals emitted by the transmitter devices within the communication-enabled locations;

    providing a game server in secure communication with one or both of the player'"'"'s mobile smart device or a functional component within the communication-enabled location, the game server identifying the player and the particular communication-enabled location upon receipt of a transmission that includes at least part of the unique ID signal and an ID signal unique to a particular player;

    wherein receipt of the transmission by the server functions to verify that the player is within the communication-enabled location, and the game server automatically credits to the player satisfaction of a requirement for entry into the second chance game;

    wherein for entry into the second-chance game, the players are required to collect a set of different tokens from the communication-enabled locations, wherein a unique token of the set is assigned to each of the communication-enabled locations; and

    wherein the tokens are pre-assigned to the communications-enabled locations and location and at least a partial identity of the unique tokens is published to the players so that the players can select particular communications-enabled locations to visit in order to satisfy the requirement.

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