Patent ID: 8480470
Filing Date: 2013-07-09
Classification: A63F,G07F

Abstract:
1. A method for facilitating the operation of an instant win lottery game with an associated raffle game, comprising: providing a plurality of instant win lottery tickets to customers, the tickets including game play information, a first subset of the plurality of tickets having game play information that indicates the tickets are winners of prizes in the instant win lottery game, a second subset of the tickets having game play information that includes a bonus indicator, the bonus indicator indicating the holder of the ticket is eligible for entry in a bonus raffle game, wherein a third subset of the plurality of tickets have game play information that indicates both that the ticket is a winner of a prize in the instant win lottery game and also that the ticket is eligible for entry in a bonus raffle game, and a fourth subset of tickets having game play information that indicates that the ticket is not eligible for an instant win prize or a bonus raffle game entry; responsive to a customer presenting a ticket from the first or third subset of tickets for redemption, redeeming the presented ticket for a prize in the instant win lottery game; responsive to a customer presenting one or more tickets from the second or third subset, entering the one or more tickets in the bonus raffle game until a predetermined fraction of the tickets eligible for the raffle game entry have been redeemed for a raffle entry; and after the predetermined fraction of the tickets eligible for a raffle entry in the raffle game have been redeemed, conducting the bonus raffle game.