Patent ID: 7527556
Filing Date: 2009-05-05
Classification: A63F,G07F

Abstract:
1. A method for providing one or more shared-ownership lottery plays using a computer system, the method comprising: creating by a lottery operator one or more lottery plays available for sale as one or more shared-ownership lottery plays for a selected game and drawing date; with the computer system, storing shared-ownership lottery play information including the one or more lottery plays available for sale as one or more shared-ownership lottery plays for a selected game and drawing date; with the computer system, receiving a request for one or more shared-ownership lottery plays for the selected game and drawing date for a player; and with the computer system, issuing for the player one or more shared-ownership lottery plays in response to the request, wherein each of the one or more issued shared-ownership lottery plays is selected from the one or more lottery plays available for shared ownership and wherein the ownership of each of the one or more issued shared-ownership lottery plays is assigned an ownership percentage increment of less than 100 percent.