Patent ID: 6663105
Filing Date: 2003-12-16
Classification: A63F,G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
A method for conducting a promotional game or lottery which awards access to one or more predetermined internet-based services or sites for which access is otherwise restricted, comprising the steps of:a) providing a customer at a store with a game card having a visible validation code supported thereon; b) permitting the customer to input the validation code from the game card into a first machine which is communicatively connected to a second machine, the second machine storing a plurality of validation codes; and c) awarding the customer with a number of e-points if the validation code that was input into the first machine matches one of the plurality of validation codes stored in the second machine, the e-points being exchangeable for limited access to the predetermined sites or services on the internet, wherein the step of awarding the e-points and the limited access to the predetermined sites or services on the internet is free of any customer identification.