Systems, methods, and devices for a progressive jackpot for a lottery game

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2020175807-A1
Application number	US-201816206786-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Nov 30, 2018
Priority date	Nov 30, 2018
Publication date	Jun 4, 2020
Grant date	—

Abstract

A lottery server system receives lottery entry messages for lottery tickets from lottery terminals, each lottery ticket including a plurality of game elements for a primary lottery game and a unique identifier for a secondary lottery game. A first portion of a wager associated with the lottery entry message is credited to a secondary prize pool for the secondary lottery game and the processor circuit determines when a triggering condition has been satisfied by content of one of the lottery entry messages for one of the lottery tickets. If the triggering condition has been satisfied for a particular lottery ticket, a secondary lottery game result is generated based on the unique identifier of the lottery ticket, independently of the plurality of game elements for the primary lottery game, and a portion of the secondary prize pool may be selectively awarded to a holder of the lottery ticket.

First claim

1 . A lottery server system comprising:
a server processor circuit; and a server memory coupled to the server processor circuit, the server memory comprising machine-readable instructions that, when executed by the server processor circuit, cause the server processor circuit to:
receive lottery entry messages for lottery tickets from lottery terminals, each lottery ticket comprising a plurality of game elements for a primary lottery game and a unique identifier for a secondary lottery game, wherein a primary game result for the primary lottery game is based on the plurality of game elements independently of the unique identifier for the secondary lottery game;
based on receipt of each of the lottery entry messages, credit a first portion of a wager associated with the lottery entry message to a secondary prize pool for the secondary lottery game;
determine when a triggering condition has been satisfied by content of one of the lottery entry messages for one of the lottery tickets;
in response to determining that the triggering condition has been satisfied for a particular one of the lottery entry messages, generate, independently of the plurality of game elements for the primary lottery game, a secondary lottery game result for the secondary lottery game based on the unique identifier of the lottery ticket associated with the particular one of the lottery entry messages; and
based on the secondary lottery game result indicating a secondary lottery game win, selectively transmit an award message comprising an instruction to award a portion of the secondary prize pool to a holder of the lottery ticket associated with the particular one of the lottery entry messages.

2 . The lottery server system of claim 1 , wherein the award message is directed to a device identifier obtained from the particular one of the lottery entry messages for a particular one of the lottery terminals, and
wherein the instruction to award the portion of the secondary prize pool further comprises an instruction to the particular one of the lottery terminals to dispense, via an electronically controlled dispenser apparatus, a physical item redeemable for a monetary value based on the portion of the secondary prize pool.

3 . The lottery server system of claim 1 , wherein the instruction to award the portion of the secondary prize pool comprises an instruction to award the entire secondary prize pool to the holder of a particular one of the lottery tickets associated with the particular one of the lottery entry messages.

4 . The lottery server system of claim 1 , wherein the triggering condition is determined to be satisfied based on the secondary prize pool being above a predetermined threshold.

5 . The lottery server system of claim 4 , the server memory further comprising machine-readable instructions that, when executed by the server processor circuit, cause the server processor circuit to determine the predetermined threshold based on a result generated by a random number generator.

6 . The lottery server system of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of lottery terminals in communication with the server processor circuit, each lottery terminal comprising:
an input device; a display device; a device processor circuit; and a device memory coupled to the device processor circuit, the device memory comprising machine-readable instructions that, when executed by the device processor circuit cause the device processor circuit to:
receive, at the input device, a user input corresponding to a lottery entry request;
in response to receiving the lottery entry request, transmit one of the lottery entry messages to the server processor circuit,
receive, in response to the server processor circuit determining that the triggering condition has been satisfied for the particular one of the lottery entry messages from the lottery terminal and that the one of the lottery entry messages is the particular one of the lottery entry messages, the award message; and
in response to receiving the award message, award the portion of the secondary prize pool to the holder of a particular one of the lottery tickets associated with the particular one of the lottery entry messages.

7 . The lottery server system of claim 1 , the server memory further comprising machine-readable instructions that, when executed by the server processor circuit, cause the server processor circuit to:
for each of the lottery entry messages, prior to crediting the portion of the wager to the secondary prize pool, determine whether a player status identifier contained in the lottery entry message is a predetermined player status, wherein crediting the portion of the wager to the secondary prize pool is performed responsive to determining that the player status identifier is the predetermined player status.

8 . The lottery server system of claim 7 , the server memory further comprising machine-readable instructions that, when executed by the server processor circuit, cause the server processor circuit to:
determine that the triggering condition has been satisfied based on determining that the player status identifier is the predetermined player status, and based on determining that the secondary prize pool is above a predetermined threshold.

9 . The lottery server system of claim 1 , the server memory further comprising machine-readable instructions that, when executed by the server processor circuit, cause the server processor circuit to:
determine that the triggering condition has been satisfied based on determining that a player status identifier contained in the particular one of the lottery entry messages is a predetermined player status, and based on determining that the secondary prize pool is above a predetermined threshold.

10 . A method comprising:
receiving lottery entry messages for lottery tickets from lottery terminals, each lottery ticket comprising a plurality of game elements for a primary lottery game and a unique identifier for a secondary lottery game, wherein a primary game result for the primary lottery game is based on the plurality of game elements independently of the unique identifier for the secondary lottery game; based on receipt of each of the lottery entry messages, crediting a first portion of a wager associated with the lottery entry message to a secondary prize pool for the secondary lottery game; determining when a triggering condition has been satisfied by content of one of the lottery entry messages for one of the lottery tickets; in response to determining that the triggering condition has been satisfied for a particular one of the lottery entry messages, generating, independently of the plurality of game elements for the primary lottery game, a secondary lottery game result for the secondary lottery game based on the unique identifier of the lottery ticket associated with the particular one of the lottery entry messages; and based on the secondary lottery game result indicating a secondary lottery game win, selectively transmitting an award message comprising an instruction to award a portion of the secondary prize pool to a holder of the lottery ticket associated with the particular one of the lottery entry messages.

11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the award message is directed to a device identifier obtained from the particular one of the lottery entry messages for a particular one of the lottery terminals, and
wherein the instruction to award the portion of the secondary prize pool further comprises an instruction to the particular one of the lottery terminals to dispense, via an electronically controlled dispenser apparatus, a physical item redeemable for a monetary value based on the portion of

Assignees

• Igt Global Solutions Corp

Inventors

• Lancaster Eric

Classifications

• G07F17/329 Primary

  Regular and instant lottery, e.g. electronic scratch cards · CPC title

• G07F17/3223 Primary

  Architectural aspects of a gaming system, e.g. internal configuration, leader-follower, wireless communication · CPC title

• G07F17/3258

  Cumulative reward schemes, e.g. jackpots · CPC title