Patent ID: 8784180
Filing Date: 2014-07-22
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A method for implementing a network-based lottery game, comprising: providing lottery tickets to players, by a lottery provider, wherein each of the lottery tickets includes a code that allows the player to access a game site maintained by an Internet server system for play of a lottery game via a network-enabled device; distributing a separate and identical finite set of game result files, by the lottery provider, to a gaming authority computer system and separately to the Internet server system, wherein the gaming authority computer system and the Internet server system both individually maintain their respective finite set of game result files; assigning to the player one of the game result files, by the Internet server system, from the finite set of game result files maintained by the Internet server system, wherein each game result file has a unique identifier and a predetermined game outcome, and wherein assignment of the game result file to the player from the set of game result files is randomly determined; eliminating, by the Internet server system, the assigned game result file from the finite set of game result files maintained by the Internet server system, wherein the Internet server system eliminates the assigned game result file without communicating with the gaming authority host computer system; displaying the predetermined game outcome to the player via the network-enabled device and, in the event of a winning game play, transmitting the unique identifier of the respective game result file to the player, by the Internet server system, for use in redeeming the game play; providing, by the player, the unique identifier transmitted by the Internet server system to the gaming authority host computer independent from the Internet server system; using the unique identifier to retrieve the corresponding game result file, by the gaming authority host computer, from the set of game result files maintained by the gaming authority host computer system to verify the player's redemption claim, wherein the gaming authority host computer system verifies the player's redemption claim without communicating with the Internet server system; and eliminating, by the gaming authority host computer, the retrieved game result file from the finite set of game result files maintained by the gaming authority host computer, wherein the gaming authority host computer system eliminates the retrieved game result file without communicating with the Internet server system.