Patent ID: 7997982

Claim:
A method for hosting a base lottery game with a jackpot prize and an associated raffle game with an incrementing raffle prize, comprising the steps of: a) setting the initial jackpot prize and a cap for the jackpot prize in the base lottery game; b) generating a set of winning indicia for the base lottery game; c) determining if there is a jackpot prize winner in the base lottery game; d) if there is no jackpot prize winner and the jackpot prize is not at the cap amount, then incrementing the jackpot prize; e) if there is no jackpot prize winner and the jackpot prize is at the cap amount, then establishing a raffle prize in the raffle game if there was no raffle prize previously established and generating raffle game indicia for players in subsequent plays of the base lottery game, wherein the raffle prize is a separate prize from the jackpot prize; f) if there is no jackpot prize winner and there is a raffle prize, then incrementing the raffle prize and holding the jackpot prize at the cap amount for subsequent plays of the base lottery game; and g) if there is a jackpot prize winner in the base lottery game and there is a raffle prize, distributing the jackpot prize to the winner in the base lottery game and distributing the raffle prize to the winner in the raffle game such that the raffle prize is only awarded if there is a jackpot prize winner in the base lottery game and is only awarded to a player in the base lottery game.