Patent ID: 8944905
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: G06Q,G07C,G07F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for lottery wagering comprising causing a computer, communicatively coupled to a computer network, to perform the steps of: receiving, over the computer network, wagering data from each of a plurality of first lottery phase participants; entering the wagering data received from the first phase lottery participants into a first lottery phase; determining winning lottery data for the first lottery phase based upon the outcome of a first lottery event; determining one or more first lottery phase winners based on the first lottery phase participants whose wagering data matches the winning lottery data for the first lottery phase; awarding a prize to each of the one or more first lottery phase winners; entering the wagering data received from one or more of first lottery phase participants who are not also first lottery winners into a second lottery phase, in which the wagering data entered for each second lottery phase participant is the same wagering data received for the first lottery phase; determining winning lottery data for the second lottery phase based upon the outcome of a second lottery event, the second lottery event occurring at a time subsequent to the first lottery event; determining one or more second lottery phase winners based on the second lottery participants whose wagering data matches the winning lottery data for the second lottery phase; awarding a prize to each of the one or more second lottery phase winners.