Patent ID: 8696431
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A method for implementing an instant win lottery game, comprising at a point-of-sale (POS) lottery location, receiving a player's wager and selection of a particular instant win game having a particular game theme; at the lottery location, providing to the player a lottery ticket corresponding to the selected game, the lottery ticket including a unique identification code that dictates the particular instant win game selected by the player and whether or not the lottery ticket is a winning or losing ticket; the player accessing the lottery authority system via a wireless internet enabled mobile device and transmitting the lottery ticket identification code to the lottery authority system for verification of the lottery ticket wherein, upon verification, the instant win game is downloaded to the player's mobile device; wherein the downloaded game provides the player with a game that reveals to the player on the mobile device whether or not the lottery ticket is a winner, with the winning status of the ticket being unaffected by the player's actual play of the game on the mobile device; and wherein the instant win game displays a simulated scratch-off play area on the player's mobile device, with the player sequentially removing a simulated scratch-off layer from a defined number of play positions within the play area that is less than all of the play positions by manipulation of the mobile device to reveal underlying indicia, and the downloaded game interactively responding the player's selected play positions by sequentially generating revealed indicia in the selected play positions to achieve the predetermined win/loss status of the lottery ticket dictated by the ticket identification code according to rules of the instant win game selected by the player regardless of the play positions selected by the player.