Patent ID: 8118659
Filing Date: 2012-02-21
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: providing, via a price category module, a first price category and a second price category in which an instant online lottery ticket can be purchased for an instant online lottery game, the first price category being distinct from the second price category, the first price category corresponding to a first known portion of a linear prize and a first known portion of a position specific prize associated with the instant online lottery game, the second price category corresponding to a second known portion of a linear prize and a second known portion of the position specific prize, the second known portion of the linear prize being more than the first known portion of the linear prize, the second known portion of the position specific prize being more than the first known portion of the position specific prize; selecting, via a selection module, a set of instant online game numbers; randomly generating, via a first random number generator, an assortment of the set of instant online game numbers in an instant online matrix of numbers; determining, via a second random number generator, a subset of the set of instant online game numbers; a prize distribution module: providing the first known portion of the linear prize associated with the instant online lottery game to a player if the player purchased the instant online lottery ticket from the first price category and a linear match in the instant online matrix of numbers is displayed, the linear match being a linear display in the instant online matrix of numbers of at least a predetermined quantity of numbers from the subset; providing the second known portion of the linear prize associated with the instant online lottery game to the player if the player purchased the instant online lottery ticket from the second price category and a linear match is displayed in the instant online matrix of numbers; providing the first known portion of the position specific prize associated with the instant online lottery game to the player if a linear match is not displayed, the player purchased the instant online lottery ticket from the first price category, and a position specific match in the instant online matrix of numbers is displayed, the position specific match being a display of a number from the subset at a predetermined single position in the instant online matrix; and providing the second known portion of the position specific prize associated with the instant online lottery game to the player if a linear match is not displayed, the player purchased the instant online lottery ticket from the second price category, and a position specific match in the instant online matrix of numbers is displayed.