Patent ID: 8167701
Filing Date: 2012-05-01
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for lottery-style games, the method comprising using at least one processor and at least one storage medium for performing the following: establishing a map-based game that is scheduled to have a number of lottery drawings associated with a map of a geographical area comprising a plurality of grid units wherein each grid unit represents a geographic location in the mapped geographical area, the map and grid units being stored as digital data at least part of which are capable of visual display via a graphical interface; causing a personal computing device to display at least a portion of the map to a player, thereby accepting enrollment of a plurality of players in the map-based game; receiving from each player a selection of at least one geographic location of interest corresponding to at least one grid unit on the map and a commitment to participate in a plurality of the lottery drawings by contributing tokens of value on behalf of the selected at least one grid unit; receiving, from each player, a designated number of tokens to be contributed, on behalf of each of the at least one grid unit, to each of the plurality of the lottery drawings said player is committed to participate in; and executing the map-based game by doing the following for each lottery drawing: