SCIENTIFIC GAMES INTERNATIONAL, INC. Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150339891 | Digital Media-Based Award System for Gaming - A method and system for integrating game products with sale and dissemination of digital media to players includes providing for players to purchase digital media for download at a purchase price that enters the player into a game wherein the player's downloaded digital media determines whether or not the player has won in the game. The digital media is downloaded from a library, wherein each digital media is modified from an original format to have a winning or losing status indication. Players in the game download and listen to or view select ones of the digital media as a game pieces in the game to determine if the downloaded digital media is a winning digital media. | 11-26-2015 |
20150339890 | Digital Media-Based Award System for Gaming - A method for integrating game products with sale and dissemination of digital media to players includes providing for players to purchase digital media for download at a purchase price that enters the player into a game wherein the player's downloaded digital media determines whether or not the player has won in the game. The purchased downloads are downloaded from a library, wherein a number of the digital media are stored in the library in their original format, and a defined number of the digital media stored in the library are modified from their original format to include an auditory or visual indication of a winning lottery play. The players download and listen to or view their downloaded digital media to determine if they have purchased a winning digital media in the lottery game. Players losing in the lottery game may be provided a downloaded digital media in its original format. | 11-26-2015 |
20150339877 | Method for Integrating Games with Digital Media - A method for integrating game products with sale and dissemination of digital media to players includes providing for players to purchase digital media for download at a purchase price that enters the player into a game wherein the player's downloaded digital media determines whether or not the player has won in the game. The purchased downloads are downloaded from a library, wherein a number of the digital media are stored in the library in their original format, and a defined number of the digital media stored in the library are modified from their original format to include an auditory or visual indication of a winning lottery play. The players download and listen to or view their downloaded digital media to determine if they have purchased a winning digital media in the lottery game. Players losing in the lottery game may be provided a downloaded digital media in its original format. | 11-26-2015 |
20150317876 | Multi-Player Lottery Game with Increased Revenue Generation Potential - A method is provided for a network-based multi-player game wherein a plurality of players access a website via a network enabled device and join a multi-player game hosted by a game provider. The players are assigned individual virtual game plays and a play order is assigned to the plurality of players, wherein the players take turns revealing an aspect of their respective game play according to the assigned play order. Upon a first one of the players revealing a winning game outcome of their game play during one of their respective turns, further play of the multi-player game stops and the first winning player is credited with the prize award assigned to their game play. The first winning player is given the option to pay an additional wager amount for transfer at least one of the remaining game plays for further play by the first winning player. | 11-05-2015 |
20150310696 | Method and System to Fund and Conduct Second Chance Games - A lottery second chance game program method is provided for a single lottery jurisdiction or across multiple participating lottery jurisdictions. The lottery jurisdictions are networked to a lottery server system. One or more production runs of primary game tickets are provide to each lottery jurisdiction, with each production run of game tickets having a total face value. For each of the production runs of game tickets, a percentage of the total face value is contributed by the lottery jurisdiction to fund prize awards in a plurality of second chance games that are common to all of the lottery jurisdictions. The plurality of second chance games are provided to all eligible players in all of the lottery jurisdictions by entry of a unique identifier from one or more losing primary game tickets into a central server system. The lottery jurisdictions thus fund the plurality of second chance games as a function of the total face value of game ticket production runs sold to players within their respective jurisdiction. | 10-29-2015 |
20150119126 | Network-Enabled Method and System for a Multi-Player Game with Transfer of Partially Revealed Games to a First Winning Player - A computer-enabled method is provided for a network-based multi-player lottery game. A plurality of players access a website via a network enabled device and join a multi-player game hosted by a game provider. The players are assigned individual virtual game plays, wherein at least two of the game plays are winning game plays with different award values. A play order is assigned to the plurality of players, wherein the players take turns revealing an aspect of their respective game play according to the assigned play order. Upon a first one of the players revealing a winning game outcome of their game play during one of their respective turns, ceasing further play of the multi-player game and awarding to the first winning player the prize award assigned to their game play, and transferring to the first winning player all remaining partially revealed game plays for completion by the first winning player. | 04-30-2015 |
20150119125 | Network-Enabled Method and System for a Multi-Player Game with Player Turn-Dependent Award Structure - A computer-enabled method is provided for a network-based multi-player lottery game wherein a plurality of players access a website via a network enabled device and join a multi-player lottery game hosted over the network by a game provider. The players are assigned individual virtual game plays, wherein at least two of the game plays are winning game plays with different award values. A play order is assigned to the plurality of players, wherein the players take turns revealing an aspect of their respective game play according to the assigned play order. Upon a first one of the players revealing a winning game outcome of their game play during one of their respective turns, ceasing further play of the multi-player game and awarding to the first winning player the prize award assigned to their game play and all prize awards of all remaining winning game plays assigned to the other players. | 04-30-2015 |
20150031434 | Method and System for Enhancing Lottery Gaming Payout Perceptions with Coupons - A method for enhancing ticket-based lottery games with coupons includes defining a coupon inventory of available coupons from third party sponsors. An initial coupon matrix is generated wherein a controlled number and value of coupons are assigned to a ticket-based lottery game or games. The coupon matrix is determined as a function of availability of particular coupons over a defined time period and specified third party sponsor redemption liability. Access codes are provide on lottery tickets generated for the ticket-based lottery game, wherein players are able to use the coupon access code to identify and redeem a coupon associated with the coupon access code from the coupon inventory. | 01-29-2015 |
20140349741 | Method and System for Instant Links Social Gaming - Methods, game entries, and systems are provided for allowing players to establish a social network for game play by transmitting play codes to additional players in order to increase the number of players participating in the game and link results between game entries to one another as well as to a future event. | 11-27-2014 |
20140295932 | Methods to Conduct Enhanced Second Chance Games via a Quorum and Prize Structure - A method for conducting a lottery second chance game program defines a quorum condition for entry into a second chance games, wherein a plurality of losing game tickets in a primary lottery game are needed to satisfy the quorum conditions. A quorum value is assigned to the game tickets and is linked to a unique identifier on each game ticket. Game ticket data is received from entries by players of losing game tickets, including the unique identifiers. The quorum value for the entered losing game tickets is applied to the quorum conditions for the second chance games. A prize value is established for each of the second chance games that appears to the player as a rolling prize that varies over time but is a fixed amount predetermined by one of the losing game tickets used to satisfy the quorum condition for the respective second chance game. | 10-02-2014 |
20140206435 | Methods for Enhancing Conditional Wagering - A computer-implemented method is provided for conducting a parlay wagering game wherein players place a parlay wager on a plurality of linked wagering events. The odds of winning and respective parlay payouts are computed for the parlay wagering game and presented to the players. Wagers are then collected from the players for the particular parlay game they select prior to the first wagering event. If the player is a winner in the first wagering event, an exit payout is calculated and presented to the player that is less than the original parlay payout. The player is presented with the option to accept the exit payout and cash out of the parlay wagering game or to continue with play of the original parlay wager. | 07-24-2014 |
20140187305 | Providing Games with Enhanced Prize Structures - Systems and methods for enhancing a prize structure of a game by using insurance to provide payment of highly valued prizes while securing the game entries such that the parties cooperating to form the entries are unable to locate winning entries in the completed entries. | 07-03-2014 |
20140187303 | Methods for Enhancing Payouts and Play in Games of Chance - A computer-implemented method establishes a payout schedule for a game of chance having an enhanced upper tier or a method of conducting a real time drawing for multiple jurisdictions. Arrangement is made with an insurer to provide insurance payment to the game provider in the event of payout of the enhanced upper tier amount, wherein the insurer receives a premium payment that is less than the upper tier payout amount. A computer system uses an algorithm known to the insurer and the game provider to randomly determine whether the upper tier payout will be awarded in the game of chance. One or more seeds are input into the computer system for use by the algorithm for random determination of whether the upper tier payout will be awarded, with each party contributing to generation of the seeds. | 07-03-2014 |
20140141866 | Method for Integration of Closed and Open Loop Debit Systems with an Internet Gaming System - A method for implementing transfer of payments and prize amounts for Internet gaming transactions includes issuing an Internet gaming account to a consumer having an open loop sub-account affiliated with a financial institution, and respective wagering and winning sub accounts. The consumer loads the closed loop wagering account from a plurality of sources. Funds are transferred from the wagering account in defined incremental amounts to a lottery Internet service provider's game account for play of lottery games by the consumer via an Internet enabled device. Any transactional fees associated with loading the wagering account are garnered at the time of a respective load to the account and substantially no transactional fees are associated with the individual incremental transfer of funds from the wagering account to the lottery Internet service provider's game account. | 05-22-2014 |
20140141862 | System and Method for Implementing Play of Internet-Based Games - An Internet gaming system and method enable play of a plurality of different Internet-based games made on an Internet game site. Game specific modules conduct play of the different respective games with players via an interface with the Internet game site. A secure game outcome generator determines a game outcome for each game play selected for play by a player and has a game specific outcome file for each game specific module, with each file having individual play scripts that are communicated to the game specific module for each game played by a player via the Internet lottery site. Each play script determines the outcome of the game play and includes a clear text portion that presents inventory and audit information in human readable text, and an encrypted data portion that presents all data determinative of the game play outcome in encrypted form. | 05-22-2014 |
20140141861 | System for Implementing Internet-Based Games with a Core Platform, Game Modules, and Protected Game Outcome Generator - An internet gaming system includes a core platform, and a vertical extension functionality configured with the core platform and having a first application programming interface. A plurality of game specific modules are provided with a hardware and software configuration to conduct different respective Internet-based games with players via an Internet lottery site, with each game specific module including a dedicated second application programming interface. Input/output data between the core platform and the game specific modules occurs only through the first and second application programming interfaces. A secure game outcome generator has a hardware and software configuration to determine a game outcome for each game played via the system and is linked to the core platform via a secure interface with the vertical extension. | 05-22-2014 |
20140123464 | Lottery Instant-Game Ticket - A lottery instant-game ticket and method of making same. On a substrate is placed a first set of game indicia including a first set of game symbols, and a second set of indicia larger than the first set of game indicia and including a second set of game symbols, and includes any winning symbol. A subset of the second set of game indicia with each symbol including a non-winning indicator. The first set and second of game indicia are covered with a removable covering, with the covering having position indicators positioned substantially over each of the first set of game indicia, and identical game symbols positioned substantially over a corresponding identical game symbol of the second set of game indicia such that removal of the identical game symbol reveals the identical game symbol of the second set of game indicia and any non-winning indicator, if present. | 05-08-2014 |
20140106840 | System and Method for Implementing Internet-Based Games wherein a Plurality of Different Games Share a Common Prize Structure - A system and computer implemented method for conducting play of Internet-based lottery games includes providing players with a plurality of different Internet-based lottery games playable on an Internet enabled device in communication with an Internet game site, wherein the games have different game themes and mechanics of play by the player. A selection is accepted from a player for play of a particular one of the Internet-based lottery games. The plurality of different Internet-based games are linked to a common predetermined prize structure associated with a defined set of data files loaded in a secure game outcome generator such that the data files determine the outcome and prize structure of a defined number of game plays regardless of the particular game selected for play by the player from the plurality of different games. | 04-17-2014 |
20140100014 | Methods for Securing Data Generation via Multi-Part Generation Seeds - Methods and systems for securely generating lottery games are presented. A final game generation seed number is formed from multiple seed numbers from multiple and differing parties such that no one party has the ability to create the final seed number without the other parties' consent or knowledge. Since the final seed number is required by the software that governs the distribution of prizes within a game and is therefore required to produce valid game data, no one entity would have enough information to determine the location of a winning prize. This creates an environment of transparency such that all parties must agree on the terms that result in the formation of the final seed number from the individual seed number fragments in order to produce a game. | 04-10-2014 |
20140057692 | System and Method for Implementing an Additional Game to Players of a Lottery Game - A computer-implemented system and method for providing a lottery game includes providing players with a unique validation code for each desired play of a lottery game. A first encryption code is generated for each validation code and stored so that the first encryption code and algorithm are present only as electronic data in the computer system and are not provided to the players. Players submit their respective unique validation code for registration in the lottery game and the computer system applies the algorithm to each code submitted by a player to create a second encryption code for each unique validation code. The computer system compares the second encryption code with a record of the first encryption codes to determine whether a match exists between the second encryption code and one of the first encryption codes. | 02-27-2014 |
20140045568 | System and Method for Lottery Ticket Verification by Players - A first server system stores a validation file having validation records for lottery tickets provided to players and is accessible by authorized lottery personnel for verifying the status of a lottery ticket. A second server system stores a verification file having verification records for the lottery tickets provided to the players and is made accessible to players prior to redemption of the lottery ticket, wherein a player enters a code provided on the lottery ticket that is linked to the specific verification record for the lottery ticket and is provided with the winning or losing status of the lottery ticket. | 02-13-2014 |
20130337883 | Method and Associated Lottery Game Card/Ticket for Play of Multiple Game Components - A method and associated lottery game card/ticket are provided for implementing a ticket-based, multi-component lottery game and includes providing lottery tickets for players, wherein the lottery tickets include a first game component with a first prize structure and at least one additional game component with a separate second prize structure. A first validation code is provided on the lottery ticket that is linked to a first game server for validating and redeeming the first game component of the lottery ticket. A second validation code is provided on the lottery ticket that may be linked to a separate second game server for validating and redeeming the second game component of the lottery ticket. Validation and redemption of the lottery ticket for the first and second game components is enabled by separate redemption acts. | 12-19-2013 |
20130324207 | System and Method for Play of a Network-Based Lottery Game - A method and system for implementing a network-based lottery game includes providing lottery tickets to players, wherein each of the lottery tickets includes a code that allows the player to access an Internet site maintained by a server system for play of a lottery game via a network-enabled device. A game result file is randomly assigned to the player from a finite set of game result files maintained by the server system, wherein each game result file has a unique identifier and a predetermined game outcome. The predetermined game outcome is assigned to the player via the Internet-enabled device and, in the event of a winning game play, the unique identifier of the respective game result file is transmitted to the player for subsequent use in redeeming the game play. | 12-05-2013 |
20130260856 | Logistics Methods for Processing Lottery and Contest Tickets with Generic Hardware - A lottery data transfer method for processing lottery ticket data piggybacks on a merchant's existing debit or credit card interchange system. A BIN is assigned to lottery tickets that is unique in the merchant's credit or debit card interchange, the BIN associated with a lottery data blob also provided on the lottery ticket. The lottery BIN and data blob are into the merchant's existing credit or debit card activation barcode protocol to initiate transfer of the lottery data to a central lottery site via the interchange. At a processor within the interchange, the unique lottery BIN is flagged to initiate special routing to and further processing of the lottery data blob at the lottery central site, wherein the lottery data blob is processed outside of the interchange's debit or credit card data transfer and processing procedures. | 10-03-2013 |
20130252694 | Method for Play of a Digital Gate Enabled Lottery Ticket-Based Game - A method is provided for implementing a Digital Gate enabled lottery game wherein players are offered the chance to increase the prize value of a ticket by linking subsequently purchased tickets in a chain. Lottery tickets are provided for players, wherein each lottery ticket includes a unique validation code and play of the game enabled by the lottery ticket may result in a prize within a given prize structure. For winning plays of one of the lottery tickets, consumers are provided an option to redeem the ticket for the prize or to register and designate the winning lottery ticket as part of a chain. The player may enhance the prize associated with the first ticket in the chain by subsequent registration of an additional lottery ticket wherein, upon being registered, the additionally registered tickets in the chain may or may-not be individually redeemed. In the event that the first additional ticket in a chain enhances the prize of the original ticket, the consumer is provided with the option to redeem the original ticket for the enhanced prize or to register additional lottery tickets in a chain. The Digital Gate enabled games also provide for calculating the Expected Value (EV) of games with dynamic prize values. | 09-26-2013 |
20130225255 | Method for Verifying the Age or Location of a Player before Initiating Play of an Internet-Based Game - A method for verifying the age or location of a player of an Internet-based lottery game entails providing lottery tickets for purchase by players at an authorized retail location, the lottery tickets having a game authorization code that is entered by the initiate play of the Internet-based lottery game on an internet enabled device. The age of the player is verified at the retail location and a separate verification password is entered via a terminal that is in communication with to the lottery system central computer, with the password linked to the game authorization code. Upon initiating play of the game via a web site, the player enters the verification password separately from the game authorization code. An Internet game server communicates with the lottery system central computer to ensure that the entered verification password corresponds to the linked verification password prior to permitting play of the Internet-based lottery game. | 08-29-2013 |
20130204777 | Logistics Methods for Portable, Mobile Processing of Lottery and Contest Tickets - A method for portable lottery ticket sales and redemptions by mobile vendors is provided wherein the vendor have an existing credit or debit card processing interchange. The vendor is provided with a portable local processor having a memory, and with a local printer connected to the local processor. The local processor is in wireless communication with a network. A bank identification number (BIN) is assigned to lottery tickets sold or redeemed by the vendor that is unique to lottery tickets in the vendor's existing credit or debit card processing interchange. The unique lottery BIN is also associated with a lottery data blob provided on the lottery ticket. The BIN and lottery data blob are entered into the vendor's existing credit or debit card barcode protocol to initiate transfer of the lottery data to a lottery central site via the interchange, wherein a processor within the interchange recognizes the unique lottery BIN and initiates special routing to and further processing of the lottery data at the lottery central site outside of the interchange's debit or credit card data transfer and processing procedures. | 08-08-2013 |
20130202185 | Method for optically decoding a debit or credit card - A method for collecting and transmitting information desired for a commercial transaction from a debit or credit card uses a processor configured with optical character recognition (OCR) capability. At least one optical image of the debit or credit card is collected by the processor. The edges of the card are algorithmically defined from the collected image. Predefined offsets are applied to the algorithmically defined edges of the debit or credit card to algorithmically locate an area in the collected image having the desired transactional data. The transactional data within the located area is encoded and transmitted for further processing of the commercial transaction. | 08-08-2013 |
20130109469 | Method and Apparatus for Revectoring Game Displays | 05-02-2013 |
20130059640 | Lottery Game Method - In a gaming method, player symbol data indicative of a plurality of sets of player symbols associated with a player may be received. Each player symbol is selected from a plurality of possible symbols. An indication that the player submitted a wager associated with the plurality of sets of player symbols may be received. Winning symbol data indicative of a set of winning symbols from the plurality of possible symbols may be received. A value payout based on respective numbers of winning symbols in respective sets of player symbols may be determined, wherein for at least some value payouts the value payout is different than a sum of a plurality of individual value payouts, each individual payout based on the respective number of winning symbols in the corresponding set of player symbols. Player payout data indicative of the value payout may be transmitted. | 03-07-2013 |
20130017880 | System and Method for Constraining Bingo Card Faces to Limit Liability of Number of Random Drawn Winners - A method for adapting a game of bingo to a lottery, includes predetermining a plurality of bingo faces to achieve a desired liability profile. One or more of the plurality of bingo faces are distributed. Random call numbers are generated until a desired pattern is achieved on one or more of the distributed bingo faces. | 01-17-2013 |
20120267888 | Methods for Securing Variable Indicia on Instant (Scratch-Off) Tickets - A security-enhanced document, such as an instant lottery ticket, includes a substrate. Indicia is provided on the substrate, and a scratch-off-coating (SOC) layer is applied over the indicia to maintain the indicia unreadable until removal of the SOC layer. The indicia is printed onto the substrate as pigmented particles. One or more opacity film layers may be provided over or under the pigmented particle indicia. | 10-25-2012 |
20120250118 | Enhanced Scanner Design - Improved scanner designs are provided to improve imaging and reduce errors during the scanning process. Embodiments disclosed include, for example, the use of dual cameras to improve imagery and reduce the scanner enclosure size, synchronized lighting techniques during the scanning sequence, shielded lens for the camera scanner, a scanner enclosed on at least three sides, adjustments to scanner lighting based on the levels of ambient lighting, a combined branding and scanner apparatus, a gimbaled scanner mount, and a tilted platen with stop for document alignment. | 10-04-2012 |
20120225708 | System and Method for Implementing an Additional Game to Players of a Lottery Game - A system and method for providing an additional or end-of-game drawing to players of a lottery game is provided. In one embodiment, unique validation codes provided on lottery tickets can be encrypted using an algorithm and used to create a record of such encrypted codes. A player then participates in the lottery and subsequently submits the validation code from the ticket to a lottery provider. The lottery provider applies the algorithm to the submitted validation code to create another encryption code for comparison with the record of encrypted codes. In the event a match is found, the player is entered into a second-chance or end of game drawing. Upon entry, the player is no longer required to maintain possession of the ticket for subsequent validation. | 09-06-2012 |
20120202574 | Method for Implementing a Digital Gate Enabled Multi-Player Lottery Game - A method is provided for implementing a Digital Gate-based, multi-player lottery game by providing lottery tickets for players that may include a first game component with a first prize structure and an entry into a multi-player network wherein a plurality of players combine their respective entries to complete a multi-player game, such as a puzzle. Upon successful conclusion of the multi-player game, the players are awarded a prize separate from the first prize structure. A code is provided on the lottery ticket that enables the player to access a designated Internet website and place their entry into at least one of a plurality of ongoing multi-player games with other players. Respective validation files associated with the lottery ticket codes are updated to reflect prizes won in the multi-player games, wherein players may present the lottery ticket and assigned code if required for redemption in the multi-player game. | 08-09-2012 |
20120202573 | Method for Play of a Digital Gate Enabled Lottery Ticket-Based Game - A method is provided for implementing a Digital Gate enabled lottery game wherein players are offered the chance to increase the prize value of a ticket by linking subsequently purchased tickets in a chain. Lottery tickets are provided for players, wherein each lottery ticket includes a unique validation code and play of the game enabled by the lottery ticket may result in a prize within a given prize structure. For winning plays of one of the lottery tickets, consumers are provided an option to redeem the ticket for the prize or to register and designate the winning lottery ticket as part of a chain. The player may enhance the prize associated with the first ticket in the chain by subsequent registration of an additional lottery ticket wherein, upon being registered, the additionally registered tickets in the chain may or may-not be individually redeemed. In the event that the first additional ticket in a chain enhances the prize of the original ticket, the consumer is provided with the option to redeem the original ticket for the enhanced prize or to register additional lottery tickets in a chain. The Digital Gate enabled games also provide for calculating the Expected Value (EV) of games with dynamic prize values. | 08-09-2012 |
20120202572 | Method for Play of a Lottery Ticket-Based Internet Game - A method is provided for implementing a ticket-based Internet lottery game wherein winning plays of the Internet games are validated and redeemed through a lottery authority's existing validation and redemption system for on-line lottery tickets. Lottery tickets are provided for players, with the lottery tickets having a code that enables a player to access a designated web site and play an Internet game having a prize structure. The code is validated against a database and, for winning plays of the Internet game, a virtual bet is generated and transferred to the on-line lottery ticket validation system. Virtual drawings are periodically conducted within the on-line lottery ticket validation system in order to load win files corresponding to winning plays of the Internet game into the on-line lottery ticket winners database. The winning players are instructed as to a time after the virtual drawing when they can redeem their prize. | 08-09-2012 |
20120202571 | Method and Associated Lottery Game Card/Ticket for Play of Multiple Game Components - A method and associated lottery game card/ticket are provided for implementing a ticket-based, multi-component lottery game and includes providing lottery tickets for players, wherein the lottery tickets include a first game component with a first prize structure and at least one additional game component with a separate second prize structure. A first validation code is provided on the lottery ticket that is linked to a first game server for validating and redeeming the first game component of the lottery ticket. A second validation code is provided on the lottery ticket that may be linked to a separate second game server for validating and redeeming the second game component of the lottery ticket. Validation and redemption of the lottery ticket for the first and second game components is enabled by separate redemption acts. | 08-09-2012 |
20120149454 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACHIEVING A DESIRED PAYOUT OVER A TOTALITY OF INDIVIDUAL GAME PLAYS OF A LOTTERY GAME - A computer-implemented method for achieving a desired payout over a totality of individual game plays of a lottery game with a computer system involves establishing a deck of payout records, with each of the records in the deck having a payout value assigned thereto. The number of records in the deck is determined as a function of a total number of winning game plays in the totality of the individual game plays of the lottery game. The payout values are assigned to the payout records such that a total sum of the payout values corresponds to a defined payout for the lottery game. The payout records are applied to the respective winning game plays in the lottery game to achieve the overall desired payout over the totality of individual game plays. | 06-14-2012 |
20120083326 | Multiplier for Lottery Game - An improved multiplier for a lottery game is provided. In connection with a base lottery game, each player receives or selects a multiplier indicia (or other bonus indicia) from a pool of multiplier indicia. In addition to drawings for the base game, a drawing of multiplier indicia and a determination of associated multiplier values is also conducted. For those players winning the base game who also received a multiplier indicia matching the drawn multiplier indicia, the base game prize is multiplied by the associated multiplier value. | 04-05-2012 |
20120064960 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING PROBABILITY OF AN OUTCOME IN A RANDOM GENERATION EVENT - A lottery game system and methodology involves, for each play of the game, a player choosing a number of player indicia from a field of the indicia. A subset of the indicia is randomly generated, and the player's indicia is compared to the subset to determine a winning game play. The number of indicia in the subsets is varied between different game plays such that a blend of the winning probabilities for each subset for all of the game plays produces a desired overall winning probability. | 03-15-2012 |
20110281637 | Grid-Based Lottery Game and Associated Method - A game method and related system provide a plurality of lottery tickets for players in the lottery game, with each lottery ticket having a grid of uniquely identifiable positions displayed thereon. The grid on each ticket is randomly populated with indicia from a field of indicia such that the grid positions contain at least one indicia and the entire field of indicia is randomly populated into each grid. A set of player indicia is indicted on each lottery ticket, which may be randomly generated or selected by the player. The positions in the grid are randomly and sequentially drawn, and the sequential order in which the positions were drawn is provided to the players. Prizes are determined for winning lottery tickets as a function of the number of the grid positions sequentially and randomly drawn prior to matching all of the player indicia on the respective lottery tickets. | 11-17-2011 |
20110281629 | Grid-Based Multi-Lottery Game and Associated Method - A lottery game method and associated system include offering a plurality of different draw-type lottery games to players, with each of the lottery games having a different game theme and respective rules of play. Lottery tickets are issued to the players in the different lottery games, with each lottery ticket having a grid of uniquely identifiable positions displayed thereon. The number of grid positions may vary between the different lottery games. In a single drawing event, grid positions are randomly and sequentially drawn in a number so as to encompass all of the different types of grids for the respective different lottery games. The sequential order in which the grid positions were drawn is provided to the players and prizes are determined for winning lottery tickets in each of the different lottery games as a function of the order in which the grid positions are sequentially and randomly drawn. | 11-17-2011 |
20110127332 | EMBEDDED OPTICAL SIGNATURES IN DOCUMENTS - A method of embedding an optical signature in a document and document produced therefrom. The optical signature uses an invisible optical pattern or covering that can reflect light in non-visible wavelengths, such as light in infrared, or fluoresces when exposed to a particular wavelength of light, such as ultra-violet light. The invisible optical pattern can be a covering over another optical pattern, or a base pattern upon which a second optical pattern is embedded. | 06-02-2011 |
20110105213 | Internet Based Lottery Redemption System and Methods - A method and associated system for Internet play of an instant lottery game includes supplying instant lottery tickets for purchase by players, with each of the instant lottery tickets having a game authorization code. The winning or loosing status of the instant lottery tickets is unknown to the players at the time of purchase. Each of the instant lottery tickets is provided with a unique prize claim code separate from the game authorization code. A web site is provided wherein a player enters the game authorization code via an Internet device to initiate play of the instant lottery game. The outcome of the game is then randomly determined and presented to the player via the web site. The value of a winning outcome is credited to a running tally associated with the lottery ticket and, upon the player cashing out to end the lottery game, a monetary value is assigned for the running tally associated with the unique prize claim code. The prize claim codes are stored and at defined periodic intervals, the prize claim codes are transferred to a lottery system central computer. For redemption of an instant lottery ticket, the player presents the prize claim code to a lottery redemption location wherein the presented prize claim code is verified with data from the transferred prize claim codes to determine a payout to the player for the lottery ticket. | 05-05-2011 |
20110070938 | LOTTERY GAME WITH INTERACTIVE GAME INDICIA SELECTION - A method and associated system are provided for conducting an interactive lottery game between players and a lottery gaming organization via a graphical user interface in communication with a game server. A set of player game indicia are displayed to the player on the graphical user interface for play of the lottery game, as well as a separately displayed set of lottery game indicia assigned to the lottery gaming organization for play of the lottery game. The player selects one of the player game indicia via the graphical user interface, with the player's selection designated on the graphical user interface without being revealed to the lottery gaming organization. The lottery gaming organization subsequently randomly designates one of the lottery game indicia, which is displayed to the player on the graphical user interface. A determination is made as to whether the player selected game indicia matches a predetermined criteria as a function of the randomly designated lottery game indicia. The game steps are repeated until no further player game indicia remain or not further matches are possible. | 03-24-2011 |
20110003626 | RANDOM CREDIT GENERATION LOTTERY GAME SYSTEM AND METHOD - A gaming system and associated methodology include means for a player to place a wager to participate in play of a plurality of base games, the wager entitling the player to a block of credits. A central lottery computer system is configured to randomly divide the block of credits between the plurality of base games and to conduct the plurality of base games. Means are provided for the player to interact with the central lottery computer system for simulated play of each of the plurality of base games. A prize is awarded for a winning play of any one of the base games and is a function of the number of credits that were randomly assigned to the respective base game by the central lottery computer system. | 01-06-2011 |
20100273548 | Grid-Based Lottery Game and Associated System - A method and associated system for hosting a lottery game includes designating a plurality of game player positions on a predetermined grid presented to the player on a play slip, the game player positions defining a pathway on the grid. The pathway includes the player positions is continuous from a start grid position to a finish grid position. A lottery ticket is issued to the player that indicates the player's pathway on the grid. The lottery authority randomly selects at least one position on the grid. A winning outcome is determined based on a value of the player positions in the pathway from the start grid position to the finish grid position prior to intersection of the pathway by the randomly selected lottery position on the grid. | 10-28-2010 |
20100267438 | LOTTERY GAME REWARD SYSTEM AND METHOD - Systems and methods for conducting a lottery game that implements a lottery rewards program are disclosed. The system may include a terminal for providing a game ticket to a player for use in a lottery game play. The game ticket has a randomly assigned redemption point value assigned thereto. The redemption point value includes at least one redemption point for use in a lottery rewards program. The system includes a player interface configured to permit a player to enter game ticket data into the lottery gaming system. The system further includes a controller configured to determine whether the game ticket is a winning game ticket eligible for the payout value of the lottery game play and to award the redemption point value of the game ticket to the player when the game ticket is not a winning ticket. In this manner, the rewards program of the present invention permits players to redeem or collect rewards even if the player loses the lottery game. | 10-21-2010 |
20100167806 | INSTANT-WIN TICKET LOTTERY GAME - An instant-win lottery game system includes a plurality of instant-win lottery tickets, with each of the tickets having a play area with a plurality of play spaces arranged in defined pattern. Randomly generated play symbols are depicted in a plurality of the play spaces that is less than all of the play spaces. A plurality of line segments are also depicted in the play area, with each line segment connecting at least two play spaces. The line segments have a placement and orientation in the play area that is randomly generated. A plurality of the play spaces that is less than all of the play spaces are connected to at least one other play space by the randomly generated line segments such that different lottery tickets in the game system have the same number of connected play spaces, but with different patterns of randomly generated line segments. A scratch-off layer is provided over at least a portion of the play area and covers the randomly placed line segments and play symbols. Markings on provided on the scratch-off layer that provide at least a partial indication to the player of the placement and orientation of the underlying line segments. | 07-01-2010 |
20100167805 | INSTANT-WIN TICKET LOTTERY GAME - A method and system for implementing an instant-win lottery game includes receiving a player's wager and selection of a game at a point-of-sale (POS) lottery location. The player receives a lottery ticket corresponding to the selected game, with the lottery ticket including a unique identification code that dictates the outcome of the game. The player accesses the lottery authority system via a wireless internet enabled mobile device to display and play and instant-win game to reveal the outcome of the lottery ticket. | 07-01-2010 |
20100133340 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USE OF LOTTERY TERMINALS AS ELECTRONIC VOTING MECHANISMS - A system and method for conducting elections using a networked system of lottery terminal units involves outfitting terminal units with peripheral devices configured to receive voting input from a user. Ballot scanners and/or control panels receive voter identification and selection information, while cameras, biometric sensors, card readers or other devices obtain additional identification information for verification of voter identity. Voter selections are provided as output to a user via a printed receipt or screenshot for obtaining confirmation or optional designation of changed selections. Storage areas for physically storing voter ballots, incorrect receipts, etc. may be provided. Processing features associated with a terminal unit controller execute software instructions programming the controller to selectively store and/or electronically communicate data corresponding to voter information and selections to one or more central remote locations, such as designated based on voting jurisdictions. | 06-03-2010 |
20100102546 | COMBINATION SCRATCH TICKET AND ON-LINE GAME TICKET - A system and method for implementing a secondary lottery game with a first instant lottery game in an instant lottery game ticket is disclosed. The player purchases an instant lottery game, where chances for winning instant prizes are provided to the player. The player may also be provided a chance to win entry with predetermined entry indicia into a secondary lottery game if the instant lottery ticket indicates that the player has won a ticket to the secondary lottery game. | 04-29-2010 |
20100069136 | MOBILE PLAY INSTANT TICKET LOTTERY GAME - A method and system for implementing an instant win lottery game includes receiving a player's wager and selection of a game at a point-of-sale (POS) lottery location. The player receives a lottery ticket corresponding to the selected game, with the lottery ticket including a unique identification code that dictates the outcome of the game. The player accesses the lottery authority system via a wireless internet enabled mobile device to display and play and instant win game to reveal the outcome of the lottery ticket. | 03-18-2010 |
20100051708 | LOTTERY TICKET BAR CODE - Security can be provided for lottery tickets having data printed thereon in a bar code or other machine readable media by covering only a portion of the bar code with a scratch-off material. Removing the scratch-off material, or in some cases only a portion of the scratch-off material, can permit machine validation of the lottery tickets. For bar codes having a specified level of redundancy, it is desirable to cover at least enough of the bar code to prevent the machine reading of ticket validation data encoded in the bar code. Also, a lottery ticket can include a bar code printed on the ticket having both inventory and validation data along with a bar code printed on the front of the ticket including the validation data. All or part of the bar code printed on the front of the ticket can be covered by a scratch-off material. Also, the validation and redemption process can be expedited by having a player ticket checker read a ticket identifier printed on the lottery ticket so that this information can be checked and automatically entered in an agent terminal. | 03-04-2010 |
20100029362 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING PROBABILITY OF AN OUTCOME IN A RANDOM GENERATION EVENT - An online lottery game system and methodology involves, for each play of the game, a player choosing a number of player indicia from a field of the indicia. A subset of the indicia is randomly generated, and the player's indicia is compared to the subset to determine a winning game play. The number of indicia in the subsets is varied between different game plays such that a blend of the winning probabilities for each subset for all of the game plays produces a desired overall winning probability. | 02-04-2010 |
20100008710 | Sheet Discharge Assembly for a Printer - A printer for printing individual sheets from a continuous feed roll includes a housing configured for receipt of a feed roll of sheet material, and a print mechanism disposed within the housing, whereby the sheet material is conveyed within the housing to print mechanism. A sheet separating device is disposed within the housing downstream of the print mechanism to separate the sheet material into individual printed sheets. A discharge assembly is disposed downstream of the sheet separating device and defines a gap through which the sheet material is advanced. At least one protruding member is disposed in the gap at a position so as to contact and deflect the sheet material and to impart a curved transverse profile to a trailing edge of a first individual sheet held in the gap. In this manner, a leading edge of a subsequent sheet bisects the curved trailing edge of the first sheet and pushes the first sheet out of the gap as the second sheet is advanced through the print mechanism. | 01-14-2010 |
20090287580 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTING, SELLING, AND REDEEMING LOTTERY TICKETS - A method for distribution and sale of lottery tickets includes defining sets of lottery tickets uniquely designated for a particular retail establishment, with the number and prize amount of winning tickets within each set being known to the central lottery authority. The sets of lottery tickets are provided to the respective designated retail establishments at a price that is a function of the total sales value of all of the tickets within the set to the purchasing public. The lottery tickets are sold to patrons of the retail establishment, while making known to the patrons that winning lottery tickets are redeemable only at the retail establishment where the lottery tickets were sold. Any winning tickets are redeemable only at the retail establishment at which the winning lottery tickets were sold. Lottery tickets uniquely configured for use in the system are also encompassed. | 11-19-2009 |
20090283971 | Method and System for Integrating a Lottery Game with a Deck of Cards - A system and methodology for combining a lottery game with playing cards provides a plurality of decks of playing cards to purchasers. Each deck includes a set of a defined number and type of cards to play any manner of card game separate from the lottery game. At least one of the cards within each deck includes a lottery game play area that provides the purchaser of the deck with a chance to win a prize in a first lottery game. | 11-19-2009 |
20090239605 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PLAYING A LOTTERY GAME WITH ENHANCED MULTIPLIER FACTOR - A system and methodology for conducting a lottery wagering game include receiving a first wager fee from players for entry in a primary game. The players are offered the option to pay a second wager fee for a chance at a first multiplier fact that may increase the prize award for winners of the primary game. The players are also offered the option to pay a third wager fee for a chance at a second multiplier factor that combines with the first multiplier factor in a predetermined for subsequently randomly generated multiplier function to determine a final multiplier factor that is applied to the prize award for winners of the primary game. | 09-24-2009 |
20090221343 | Method and System for Conducting a Lottery Game as a Function of a Player's Purchase at a Retail Establishment - A system and method for conducting a lottery game at a retail establishment wherein players purchase goods or services involve a player placing a wager that is a function of the purchase price of the goods or services purchased at the retail establishment. A lottery draw is conducted at the time of purchase of the goods or services, or at a later time, wherein the probability of winning the draw is a function of the amount of the wager. For a winning draw, the player is awarded a prize that is a function of the purchase price of the goods or services. | 09-03-2009 |
20090166968 | Energy Cured Coating - An energy cured coating is described that may be used in numerous applications. In one embodiment, for instance, the coating can be used as a seal coat layer in a gaming card. In particular, the coating can be used to protect a hidden printed layer that is covered by a scratch-off material. In accordance with the present disclosure, the cured coating contains at least one monomer or oligomer in combination with a reactive plasticizer. The plasticizer may comprise one or more benzoates. | 07-02-2009 |
20090163264 | Lottery Sales Systems and Methodology for Supporting Cross-Platform Reporting - A lottery sales method and related system utilizes a computing device interfaced to a printer. The device is configured to track inventory of activated instant tickets and access sales reporting data, the sales reporting data indicating total sales of at least one lottery product of interest. For each lottery product of interest, a machine-readable indicator is generated corresponding to the total sales of the lottery product of interest. A report is printed that includes each generated machine-readable indicator. | 06-25-2009 |
20090163263 | Method and System for Multiple In-Lane Lottery Ticket Sales at a Retail Establishment - A lottery sales method and related system utilize an in-lane lottery sales computing device that is configured to interface with a point-of-sale terminal and determine when the point-of-sale terminal has identified a code corresponding to a desired lottery product. A request identifying the desired lottery product is transmitted to a lottery central system device used to administer and coordinate the sales of lottery products. | 06-25-2009 |
20090117966 | Method and System for Game Show Themed Dual Component Lottery Game - A method and system for conducting a terminal based lottery game having an instant game component and raffle component includes point of sale terminals where paying players are issued a game ticket having an instant lottery game play. A randomly generated raffle number is assigned to each game ticket, with all assigned raffle numbers being eligible to win in a subsequent raffle drawing. The raffle drawing is conducted in conjunction with an independent third party event, such as a televised game show, wherein the raffle prize is a function of a prize awarded in the event independent of the lottery game. | 05-07-2009 |
20090084845 | Method and System for Automated Sorting of Randomly Supplied Packs of Lottery Game Tickets - An automated method and system for sorting packs of lottery tickets supplied in a random order includes designating collections of the ticket packs, and assigning each particular collection to a bin position along an automated sorting line. Each ticket pack is identified with a particular collection as a function of data marks on the ticket packs. The ticket packs are conveyed in a random linear sequence past a data mark reader and to the bin positions. For each scanned pack, a bin position is determined for a collection the respective ticket pack is needed for. The ticket packs are automatically removed at the proper bin position. | 04-02-2009 |
20090084843 | Method and System for Terminal Dispensed Lottery Ticket with Validation Mark - Lottery tickets are printed and validated (“branded”) at a point-of-sale terminal by providing a stock paper to the terminal, the stock paper having a first defined inkjet printing section, and a second defined section having a thermally sensitive ink composition applied thereto. At the point-of-sale terminal, the individual lottery tickets are printed on the stock paper, including printing game data and related indicia on the first section with an inkjet printer. For each ticket presented as a winning ticket, a validation mark is formed on the ticket by exposing the second section of the stock paper to a heat source to activate the thermally sensitive ink composition. | 04-02-2009 |
20090061980 | Method and Devices for Increasing Player Interaction in a Game - New methods of conducting games are provided that allow for a more interactive experience for the player so as to increase player participation. New methods of conducting a lottery as well as new games (for example, new playing cards) that may be used with such methods are disclosed. Both predetermined and random results may be included in versions of the present inventive methods and, in a preferred embodiment, the new lottery game combines instant results with subsequent results determined by one or more drawings. | 03-05-2009 |
20090059316 | Enhanced Scanner Design - Improved scanner designs are provided to improve imaging and reduce errors during the scanning process. Embodiments disclosed include, for example, the use of dual cameras to improve imagery and reduce the scanner enclosure size, synchronized lighting techniques during the scanning sequence, shielded lens for the camera scanner, a scanner enclosed on at least three sides, adjustments to scanner lighting based on the levels of ambient lighting, a combined branding and scanner apparatus, a gimbaled scanner mount, and a tilted platen with stop for document alignment. | 03-05-2009 |