Patent ID: 6929544
Filing Date: 2005-08-16
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A system for permitting purchasers to purchase lottery tickets over the Internet comprising: at least one server; and at least one remote computer connected to the at least one server via the Internet,—the purchasers entering predefined information into said server via said computer, said predefined information including biographical information about the purchasers, information about at least one lottery whose tickets the purchasers wish to buy, and information about the purchasers' desires to enter a group; wherein said at least one server forms at least one virtual group of lottery ticket purchasers based on the predefined information entered by the purchasers, which sets the purchasers for the group, the at least one server storing group information for the at least one virtual group which includes entered choices from the predefined information; wherein the at least one server stores lottery information about at least one lottery; wherein the at least one server causes the lottery tickets to be purchased for the virtual group of purchasers according to the group information and the lottery information; and wherein the at least one server communicates results of the purchase of lottery tickets to the purchasers on the basis of the group information.