Patent ID: 6656042
Filing Date: 2003-12-02
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
An interactive lottery comprising:a game piece distributed prior to a reality-based event, the game piece comprising indicia, the indicia indicating at least one reality-based event and one or more related sub-events, the sub-event possibly recurring over the course of the event and each sub-event including recurring sub-events, having an assigned point value, wherein the possible outcome of the one or more sub-events is not known prior to the reality-based event, but will be determinable after the reality-based event has commended; and a computer system to distribute the game piece over a computer network and to determine the outcome of the interactive lottery by monitoring the event and calculating the total value of the game piece based on the total number of occurrences of the each of the one or more sub-events and their assigned point values.