Patent ID: 6733385
Filing Date: 2004-05-11
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
A method for facilitating game play in an electronic lottery game network in which a player terminal communicates with a central processing system which stores at least one pool of game play records, each game play record associated with a predetermined result, the method comprising steps of:(a) storing at least one pool of game play records at the central processing system, each game play record including a record index selected from a set of index values, each respective index value in the set being associated with a respective result type, the record index for each respective game play record being distinct from any outcome associated with the respective game play record; (b) in response to a game play request at the player terminal, communicating a record index associated with a particular game play record from the central processing system to the player terminal; and (c) in response to the receipt of the record index at the player terminal, generating display commands at the player terminal to produce a graphic representation at the player terminal, the graphic representation being consistent with the result type associated with the index value which comprises the record index.