Patent ID: 8715056

Claim:
A method of conducting a player interactive lottery online in which a server provides a player interactive game that allows interaction with one or more client devices that are operatively coupled with the server through a network, wherein said player interactive game is a game of skill, and wherein said one or more client devices participate in the player interactive lottery allowing a processor that is coupled to a memory to determine a set of winning objects during the course of the player interactive game comprising, the steps of: deciding winning of a player for a lottery ticket of the player interactive lottery at said server, wherein the winning is decided the moment the player purchases the lottery ticket; identifying a set of player objects, at said one or more client devices, by incorporating said game of skill to be played by the player for the lottery ticket, wherein the set of player objects is identified based on an outcome of said game of skill, further wherein the outcome of the game of skill is based on skill of the player to play the player interactive game; disclosing a set of winning objects corresponding to said set of player objects, at said server, to the player for the lottery ticket through the game of skill, wherein the set of winning objects is disclosed based on the set of player objects, the decided winning of the player for the lottery ticket, and winning criteria; and declaring the decided winning to the player for the lottery ticket based on the set of player objects, the set of winning objects, and the winning criteria.