Patent ID: 8303396

Claim:
A lottery game server comprising: a processing unit for controlling the functions of the server; a data transmission unit coupled to the processing unit for communicating with a game terminal; and a memory unit coupled to the processing unit for storing a game board and winning conditions relating to the game board; the processing unit comprises a loading module for loading the game board into the game terminal for playing a lottery game, a selection module for receiving a game selection relating to the game board from the game terminal via the data transmission unit, a comparison module for comparing the game selection with the winning conditions relating to the game board, and a result module for generating a game result on the basis of the comparison conducted; the processing unit further comprises a continuation module for receiving a new payment for continuing the lottery game in the same game board, for deleting the game selection already made in the game board from possible selections of the game board after it is determined that the game result has been generated, and for generating continuation winning conditions relating to the game board on the basis of predetermined rules; the selection module further receives a continuation selection relating to the game board from the game terminal via the data transmission unit; the comparison module further compares the continuation selection with the continuation winning conditions; the result module further generates a continued game result on the basis of the comparison conducted after it is determined that the new payment for continuing the lottery game in the same game board is received by the continuation module; and the memory unit stores the game result and the continued game result, and the loading module loads the game board for continuing the lottery game at a later point in time in the same or a different game terminal, wherein the game board was loaded before the continuation of the lottery game.