Patent ID: 6280325
Filing Date: 2001-08-28
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
A computer network managing a game in which players are assigned arrays of locations, each location in each array being associated with one of a plurality of numbers, and then randomly drawn numbers are matched to locations on said arrays until the matched locations on one array form a predetermined pattern, said network comprising:a first computer storing a first group of one or more of said arrays of locations,a second computer storing a second group of one or more of said arrays of locations,said first and second computers being connected together via a network to permit electronic communication therebetween,said first and second computers simultaneously and in parallel comparing a drawn number to said arrays of locations, said first computer comparing matched locations in said arrays to a first pattern, said second computer comparing matched locations in said arrays to a second pattern different than said first pattern,said computers generating and transmitting signals over said network in response to comparing matched locations in said arrays to said patterns, said signals indicating that matched locations on an identified array have an identified relationship to said predetermined pattern.