Lottery racing sweepstake

Claim 1

A method of playing a lottery game comprising the steps of: a player paying a fee for a chance at winning the lottery; generating, when the fee is paid, random numbers which are not selected by the player and assigning the random numbers to the player; selecting a sporting event having a set of possible outcomes and assigning outcome numbers to the possible outcomes of the sporting event; observing the sporting event and determining a set of winning numbers from the outcome numbers based on the outcome of the sporting event; comparing the set of winning numbers to the random numbers assigned to the player; and paying the player a sum based on the similarity of the random numbers to the set of winning numbers.

Claim 2

A method of playing a lottery game comprising the steps of: a player paying a fee for a chance at winning the lottery; generating, when the fee is paid, random numbers which are not selected by the player and assigning the random numbers to the player; selecting a sporting event having a set of possible outcomes and assigning outcome numbers to the possible outcomes of the sporting event; observing the sporting event and determining a set of winning numbers from the outcome numbers based on the outcome of the sporting event; comparing the set of winning numbers to the random numbers assigned to the player; and paying the player a sum based on the similarity of the random numbers to the set of winning numbers.

Claim 14

A method of playing a lottery game comprising the steps of: a player paying a fee for a chance at winning the lottery; generating, when the fee is paid, a group of random numbers which are not selected by the player and assigning the group of random numbers to the player; selecting a sporting event having a set of possible outcomes and assigning outcome numbers to the possible outcomes of the sporting event; observing the sporting event and determining a set of winning numbers from the outcome numbers based on the outcome of the sporting event; comparing the set of winning numbers to the group of random numbers assigned to the player; and paying the player a sum based on the similarity of the group of random numbers to the set of winning numbers; wherein the sporting event comprises a plurality of races with a plurality of entrants in each race; the winning numbers are determined in accordance with the places in which the entrants in each race finish those races; and the group of random numbers is printed on a card.

Claim 15

A method of playing a lottery game comprising the steps of: a player paying a fee for a chance at winning the lottery; generating, when the fee is paid, a group of random numbers which are not selected by the player and assigning the group of random numbers to the player; selecting a sporting event having a set of possible outcomes and assigning outcome numbers to the possible outcomes of the sporting event; observing the sporting event and determining a set of winning numbers from the outcome numbers based on the outcome of the sporting event; comparing the set of winning numbers to the group of random numbers assigned to the player; and paying the player a sum based on the similarity of the group of random numbers to the set of winning numbers; wherein the sporting event comprises a plurality of races with a plurality of entrants in each race; the winning numbers are determined in accordance with the places in which the entrants in each race finish those races; and the group of random numbers is printed on a card.

Claim 19

A method of playing a lottery game comprising the steps of: a player paying a fee for a chance at winning the lottery; generating, when the fee is paid, random numbers which are not selected by the player and assigning the random numbers to the player; selecting a sporting event having a set of possible outcomes and assigning outcome numbers to the possible outcomes of the sporting event; observing the sporting event and determining a set of winning numbers from the outcome numbers based on the outcome of the sporting event; comparing the set of winning numbers to the random numbers assigned to the player; and paying the player a sum based on the similarity of the random numbers to the set of winning numbers; wherein the sporting event comprises three races and each race has a first place, a second place and a third place finisher; the group of random numbers are placed in a grid having a first row, a second row, a third row, a first column, a second column and a third column; the winning numbers are placed in a second grid having a first row, a second row, a third row, a first column, a second column and a third column; the player is paid in accordance with a pattern formed by the numbers in the first grid which match the numbers in corresponding rows and columns of the second grid; the pattern may have complete rows, complete columns and complete diagonals; the player is paid in accordance with the number of complete rows, columns and diagonals in the pattern; the winning numbers in the first row of the second grid are determined by the first place, second place and third place finishers in the first race; the winning numbers in the second row of the second grid are determined by the first place, second place and third place finishers of the second race; and the winning numbers in the third row of the second grid are determined by the first place, second place and third place finishers of the second race.

Claim 20

A method of playing a lottery game comprising the steps of: a player paying a fee for a chance at winning the lottery; generating, when the fee is paid, random numbers which are not selected by the player and assigning the random numbers to the player; selecting a sporting event having a set of possible outcomes and assigning outcome numbers to the possible outcomes of the sporting event; observing the sporting event and determining a set of winning numbers from the outcome numbers based on the outcome of the sporting event; comparing the set of winning numbers to the random numbers assigned to the player; and paying the player a sum based on the similarity of the random numbers to the set of winning numbers; wherein the sporting event comprises three races and each race has a first place, a second place and a third place finisher; the group of random numbers are placed in a grid having a first row, a second row, a third row, a first column, a second column and a third column; the winning numbers are placed in a second grid having a first row, a second row, a third row, a first column, a second column and a third column; the player is paid in accordance with a pattern formed by the numbers in the first grid which match the numbers in corresponding rows and columns of the second grid; the pattern may have complete rows, complete columns and complete diagonals; the player is paid in accordance with the number of complete rows, columns and diagonals in the pattern; the winning numbers in the first row of the second grid are determined by the first place, second place and third place finishers in the first race; the winning numbers in the second row of the second grid are determined by the first place, second place and third place finishers of the second race; and the winning numbers in the third row of the second grid are determined by the first place, second place and third place finishers of the second race.