Patent ID: 8197325
Filing Date: 2012-06-12
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: indicating, with a display device, a first price category and a second price category in which an instant online lottery ticket can be purchased for an instant online lottery game and a supplemental game, the first price category being distinct from the second price category, the first price category corresponding to (i) a first known portion of an instant online linear prize and a first known portion of an instant online non-linear prize associated with the instant online lottery game and (ii) a supplemental game prize, the second price category corresponding to (i) a second known portion of the instant online linear prize and a second known portion of the instant online non-linear prize associated with the instant online lottery game and (ii) the supplemental game prize, the second known portion of the instant online linear prize being more than the first known portion of the instant online linear prize, the second known portion of the instant online non-linear prize being more than the first known portion of the instant online non-linear prize; selecting, with an instant online selection module, a set of instant online game numbers; selecting, with a supplemental selection module, a set of supplemental game player numbers; randomly generating, with an instant online game random number selection apparatus, an assortment of the set of instant online game numbers in an instant online matrix of numbers; randomly generating, with an instant online supplemental game random number selection apparatus a set of supplemental game winning numbers; determining a subset of the set of instant online game numbers; providing the first known portion of the linear prize associated with the instant online lottery game to a player if the player purchased the instant online lottery ticket from the first price category and a linear match in the instant online matrix of numbers is displayed, the linear match being a linear display in the instant online matrix of numbers of at least four numbers from the subset; providing the second known portion of the linear prize associated with the instant online lottery game to the player if the player purchased the instant online lottery ticket from the second price category and a linear match is displayed in the instant online matrix of numbers; and providing the first known portion of the non-linear prize associated with the instant online lottery game to the player if the player purchased the instant online lottery ticket from the first price category and a non-linear match in the instant online matrix of numbers is displayed, the non-linear match being a predetermined arrangement of numbers from the plurality of numbers in the subset that is not a linear display in the instant online matrix of numbers of at least four numbers from the subset; providing the second known portion of the non-linear prize associated with the instant online lottery game to the player if the player purchased the instant online lottery ticket from the second price category and a non-linear match is displayed in the instant online matrix of numbers; and providing the supplemental game prize to the player if the supplemental game player numbers match the supplemental game winning numbers.