Patent ID: 6454647
Filing Date: 2002-09-24
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
A method of playing a promotional game for inducing a customer to use one or more particular services of a financial institution comprising the steps of:determining game winning sequence indicia; storing said game winning sequence indicia on a storage medium; determining whether a customer transaction qualifies as a transaction type of the one or more particular services of the financial institution for the promotional game; determining indicia to be accessed from said stored game winning sequence indicia upon determining a qualified customer transaction exists to form accessed indicia, said accessed indicia is a portion of said game winning sequence; printing said accessed indicia on a customer receipt; and collecting a plurality of said customer receipts to match said game winning sequence indicia wherein the step of storing said game winning sequence indicia comprises the steps of: determining a plurality of game pieces, each said game piece representing an image of a portion of said game winning sequence indicia; determining a ratio of said plurality of game pieces; and storing said game pieces in said determined ratio.