Amusement devices: games – Including means for processing electronic data – In a chance application
Patent
1998-03-31
2000-07-11
Harrison, Jessica J.
Amusement devices: games
Including means for processing electronic data
In a chance application
463 16, A63F 924
Patent
active
06086477&
ABSTRACT:
A system and process for generating, distributing, and processing lottery tickets guaranteed to win a drawing-based prize. Tickets are appropriately priced, and are validated at point of sale by a central server in which the ticket information is stored. Subsequent to each lottery drawing, the winning lottery numbers are compared to the entries in a never-lose ticket database to determine if any of the entries match the winning numbers. Winning entries are appropriately identified and tagged as inactive, while entries that have not yet won a drawing-based prize remain active for future drawings.
Ticket pricing methodology is provided for appropriately pricing never-lose tickets. A method and apparatus are further provided whereby a ticket holder may query the status of a never-lose ticket directly from the server.
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Jorasch James A.
Sparico Thomas M.
Walker Jay S.
Brandt Jeffrey L.
Buckley Patrick J.
Coburn, III Corbett B.
Harrison Jessica J.
Walker Digital, LLC
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