Patent ID: 8808079

Claim:
A lottery gaming system for implementing a redemption points based lottery rewards program, the lottery gaming system comprising: a point of sale (POS) location for providing a game ticket to a player for use in a lottery game play, the lottery game play having a payout value for winning game tickets; the game ticket having a randomly determined redemption point value assigned thereto, the redemption point value comprising at least one redemption point for use in the lottery rewards program; a player interface configured to permit a player to enter game ticket information into the lottery gaming system; a controller configured to determine whether the game ticket is a winning game ticket eligible for the payout value of the lottery game play, the controller configured to award the randomly determined redemption point value of the game ticket to the player only when the game ticket is not a winning ticket; a redemption point database configured to store and accumulate the awarded redemption points in a player redemption point account; and wherein the player subsequently interfaces with the controller to choose how to exchange their accumulated redemption points for a reward in the lottery rewards program, such that the player controls how the accumulated redemption points are used; and wherein an additional bonus lottery game is conducted to provide prizes based on accumulated redemption points that have not been exchanged by the player.