Patent ID: 9390591
Filing Date: 2016-07-12
CPC Classification: G07F

Claim Text:
1. An online lottery scratcher system, comprising: using at least one device configured for displaying a virtual digital game ticket wherein multiple prizes are concealed under a covering mask that can be virtually scratched-off to reveal the prize concealed underneath, and wherein a player/user using at least one device configured for scratching-off a covering mask including a virtual scratch disk, a touch screen finger swipe, eye position motion detection and shaking a player/user device to scratch-off a prize covering mask; creating revenues other than virtual digital game ticket sales by incorporating advertising and marketing with the display of the virtual digital game ticket from companies for marketing their products and service in exchange for prize products and services and reducing advertising rates, and wherein companies can be sponsoring prizes and sponsoring a particular lotto or game, and wherein adding of companies prize products and services will increase a number of prizes available to be won by player/users thus increasing the odds of winning, and wherein advertising rates paid by the companies will create revenues other than virtual digital game ticket sales for a lottery agency and companies prizes will reduce a cost of prizes paid out by a lottery agency; processing a virtual digital game ticket purchase wherein a player/user is buying a block of virtual digital game tickets and distributing the virtual digital game tickets to multiple friends or family members and wherein a groups of people buy at least one virtual digital game ticket, wherein each group participate buying at least one virtual digital game ticket responds to at least one function to register their identities, either via names, or email addresses or social network identities therefore assuring their inclusion in a purchase of the at least one virtual digital game ticket and of any winning prize; using a player/user registration device for registering a player/user with an online lottery scratcher system wherein the registered player/user is inputting all of their pertinent information and qualifying for earning points or credits, and wherein a player/user can spend points or credits to play a virtual digital game ticket for free; using a device configured for operating accurate tracking and restricting functions for limiting dollars or amounts a player/user can play on any given day, week, month and wherein accurate tracking and restricting functions uses registered player/user pertinent information including state or federal government issued identification; driver's license, and passport information to Indemnify an age of a player/user to be over the legal age to play and/or gamble and for compliance where federal law mandates an only “intra-state” user experience; using an apparatus configured for operating at least one player/user recognition authentication feature configured to include a touch screen finger print detection device, a camera eye scan identifier device, a scratcher agency issued user identification code device configured to include a barcode, QR code, other code symbols, a printed card device, and a microphone voice recognition password device and configured to be used by the player/user for recognition and authentification of the player/user by an online lottery scratcher system for play, scratching functions, claiming prizes, spending points or credits to buy a virtual digital game ticket for free; and operating an apparatus configured for distributing at least one winning virtual digital game ticket player/user claimed prize, and wherein sending physical prizes includes using postal service and a package carrier, prizes including cars too large to ship can be claimed using a verification transmitted to a winning virtual digital game ticket player/user device and presented to a car dealership sponsoring the prize, and wherein intangible prizes including free games and cash can be credited directly to a player/user wallet, and wherein other prizes including show tickets, tickets to a sporting event and other prizes of this nature can be will-called wherein verification information can be transmitted as a text message to a player/user device wherein the player/user can display the verification information text message to pick-up will-call tickets.