Patent ID: 7635302
Filing Date: 2009-12-22
Classification: G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: providing, with a computer, a first lottery ticket price in which a plurality of first lottery ticket price lottery tickets can be purchased; establishing, with the computer, a first known potential distribution of a prize that a player can win with a first lottery ticket price lottery ticket having a winning lottery number; providing, with the computer, a second lottery ticket price in which a plurality of second lottery ticket price lottery tickets can be purchased, wherein the second lottery ticket price is greater than the first lottery ticket price; and establishing, with the computer, a second known potential distribution of the prize that a player can win with a winning second lottery ticket price lottery ticket having the winning lottery number, wherein the second known potential distribution is determined so that a first association being subtracted from a second association results in a fixed non-zero value, wherein the first association equals the first distribution divided by the first lottery ticket price and the second association equals the second distribution divided by the second lottery ticket price, a sum of the first known potential distribution of the prize and the second known potential distribution of the prize being greater than the prize; and provide a distribution of the prize to the player based on a lottery ticket price at which the player purchased a lottery ticket if a lottery ticket number corresponding to the lottery ticket equals the winning lottery ticket number.