Patent ID: 8219497
Filing Date: 2012-07-10
Classification: G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
1. A method of servicing at least one lottery player while protecting an identity of said at least one lottery player, said method comprising: receiving a client request, from a client, at a server platform of a third party organization via a communications network; said server platform obtaining, from an authorized lottery agency, at least one lottery ticket in response to said client request and securely holding said at least one lottery ticket for at least one lottery player specified in said client request while keeping an identity of said at least one lottery player anonymous; said server platform determining, via the authorized lottery agency, a status of said at least one lottery ticket via said communications network; said server platform transforming said at least one lottery ticket into a monetary amount, while keeping an identity of said at least one lottery player anonymous, in response to a status of said at least one lottery ticket being determined to be a winning status, wherein said transforming is accomplished by said server platform redeeming said at least one lottery ticket from said authorized lottery agency, while keeping an identity of said at least one lottery player anonymous; and said server platform securely transferring at least a first portion of said monetary amount to at least one account or trust while keeping an identity of said at least one lottery player anonymous.