Patent ID: 6719631
Filing Date: 2004-04-13
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
A method of operating a lottery, the method comprising:receiving an indication of a total wager amount; receiving an indication of a total number of events, the total number of events being greater than one; determining a per event wager amount based on the total wager amount; determining a total payout based on the total wager amount; outputting at least a first event result to a player, the first event result indicating at least one of win/loss and a portion of the total payout entitled to the player; receiving a request for a modified number of events; determining a remaining available wager; determining a remainder of the total payout to be associated with the modified number of events, the remainder of the total payout being equal to the total payout less any portion of the total payout previously entitled to the player; determining a modified per event wager amount based on (i) the modified number of events and (ii) the remaining available wager; and associating the modified per event wager amount with each of the modified total number of events.