US5282620A
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Lottery game and method of playing a lottery game
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1992-04-13
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Granted: 1994-02-01
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Expires: 2012-04-13
Abstract
Abstract A lottery game having a central processor and a plurality of remote terminals for playing a lottery game and a method of playing a lottery game are provided. Responsive to a received player's bet, a plurality of objects are randomly selected. Game results are calculated and the plurality of randomly selected objects are then printed on a lottery ticket responsive to the evaluated game results.
Inventors
- 👤 Roger N. Keesee
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-25 04:49
CPC Classifications
G; G07; G07C; G07C15/00; G07C15/005; A; A63; A63F; A63F3/00; A63F3/08; A63F3/081; A63F3/00003; A63F3/00157; A63F2003/00167; A63F2003/0017; A63F9/00; A63F9/24; A63F2009/2448; A63F2009/245; A63F2009/2455; A63F2250/00; A63F2250/14; A63F3/06; A63F3/065; A63F3/0655
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
221 words
A lottery game comprising: means for calculating jackpot prize schedules; said jackpot prize schedules calculating means being based upon a preselected payback allocation percentage; means for receiving a player's bet; means responsive to said player's bet receiving means for randomly selecting a plurality of objects; means for evaluating game results responsive to said randomly selected plurality of objects; said game results evaluating means including means responsive to an identified first winning combination of said randomly selected objects for calculating a first payout utilizing a fixed paytable and a player's bet received by said player's bet receiving means and means responsive to an identified second winning combination of said randomly selected objects for calculating a second payout utilizing said means for calculating jackpot prize schedules; said jackpot prize schedules including a first progressive jackpot prize amount and a second progressive jackpot prize amount, said first progressive jackpot prize amount and said second progressive jackpot prize amount being separately calculated and awarded, whereby a player winning one of said first or second progressive jackpot prize amounts does not affect the amount of the other of said first or second progressive jackpot prize amounts; and means for printing said randomly selected plurality of objects and game results on a lottery ticket responsive to said randomly selecting objects means and said game results evaluating means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
221 words
A lottery game comprising: means for calculating jackpot prize schedules; said jackpot prize schedules calculating means being based upon a preselected payback allocation percentage; means for receiving a player's bet; means responsive to said player's bet receiving means for randomly selecting a plurality of objects; means for evaluating game results responsive to said randomly selected plurality of objects; said game results evaluating means including means responsive to an identified first winning combination of said randomly selected objects for calculating a first payout utilizing a fixed paytable and a player's bet received by said player's bet receiving means and means responsive to an identified second winning combination of said randomly selected objects for calculating a second payout utilizing said means for calculating jackpot prize schedules; said jackpot prize schedules including a first progressive jackpot prize amount and a second progressive jackpot prize amount, said first progressive jackpot prize amount and said second progressive jackpot prize amount being separately calculated and awarded, whereby a player winning one of said first or second progressive jackpot prize amounts does not affect the amount of the other of said first or second progressive jackpot prize amounts; and means for printing said randomly selected plurality of objects and game results on a lottery ticket responsive to said randomly selecting objects means and said game results evaluating means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
23 words
A lottery game as recited in claim 1 wherein said printing means include means for printing a player's bet on the lottery ticket.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
38 words
A lottery game as recited in claim 1 wherein said means for calculating jackpot prize schedules and means for randomly selecting a plurality of objects are included in a central processor used with a plurality of remote terminals.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
32 words
A lottery game as recited in claim 3 wherein said means for receiving a player's bet and means for printing said randomly selected plurality of objects are included with each remote terminal.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
52 words
A lottery game as recited in claim 1 wherein said means for calculating jackpot prize schedules, means for receiving a player's bet, means for randomly selecting a plurality of objects, and means for printing said randomly selected plurality of objects on a lottery ticket are included with a plurality of remote terminals.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
26 words
A lottery game as recited in claim 1 wherein said plurality of objects include five balls, each ball randomly selected from numerical symbols 0 through 9.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
22 words
A lottery game as recited in claim 6 wherein each of said balls further includes one of a plurality of predetermined colors.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
41 words
A lottery game as recited in claim 7 wherein said means for evaluating game results include means for identifying matching numerical symbols of said selected objects and wherein a sixth ball is randomly selected responsive to a predetermined evaluated game result.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
20 words
A lottery game as recited in claim 8 wherein said predetermined sixth ball game result includes five matching numerical symbols.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
27 words
A lottery game as recited in claim 8 wherein said predetermined sixth ball game result includes at least two matching numerical symbols and not a winning combination.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
40 words
A lottery game as recited in claim 8 wherein said sixth ball includes a numerical symbol and a color used to determine when a payout results of a first progressive jackpot prize amount or a second progressive jackpot prize amount.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
38 words
A lottery game as recited in claim 8 wherein said means for evaluating game results include means for identifying a free replay combination of numerical symbols and wherein a free replay combination is printed on the lottery ticket.
Claim 14
Independent Claim
182 words
A method of playing a lottery game comprising the steps of: calculating jackpot prize schedules based upon a preselected payback allocation percentage; said jackpot prize schedules including a first progressive jackpot prize amount and a second progressive jackpot prize amount; receiving a player's bet; randomly selecting a plurality of objects; evaluating game results responsive to said randomly selected objects; identifying a first winning combination of said randomly selected objects and calculating a payout utilizing a fixed paytable and a player's bet; identifying a second winning combination of said randomly selected objects and calculating a payout utilizing a jackpot prize schedule calculation of one of said first or second progressive jackpot prize amounts; said first progressive jackpot prize amount and said second progressive jackpot prize amount being separately calculated and awarded, whereby a player winning one of said first or second progressive jackpot prize amounts does not affect the amount of the other of said first or second progressive jackpot prize amounts; and printing said randomly selected plurality of objects and game results on a lottery ticket responsive to said evaluated game results.
Claim 15
Independent Claim
182 words
A method of playing a lottery game comprising the steps of: calculating jackpot prize schedules based upon a preselected payback allocation percentage; said jackpot prize schedules including a first progressive jackpot prize amount and a second progressive jackpot prize amount; receiving a player's bet; randomly selecting a plurality of objects; evaluating game results responsive to said randomly selected objects; identifying a first winning combination of said randomly selected objects and calculating a payout utilizing a fixed paytable and a player's bet; identifying a second winning combination of said randomly selected objects and calculating a payout utilizing a jackpot prize schedule calculation of one of said first or second progressive jackpot prize amounts; said first progressive jackpot prize amount and said second progressive jackpot prize amount being separately calculated and awarded, whereby a player winning one of said first or second progressive jackpot prize amounts does not affect the amount of the other of said first or second progressive jackpot prize amounts; and printing said randomly selected plurality of objects and game results on a lottery ticket responsive to said evaluated game results.
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