Patent ID: 8864565

Claim:
A lottery game system, comprising: a plurality of lottery terminals, each lottery terminal comprising: a first processor; and a first storage device in communication with the first processor, the first storage device storing a first program for directing the first processor to: receive an indication of a set of play indicia for a lottery game, wherein the set of play indicia is associated with eligibility for a multiplier for the lottery game, and transmit an indication of the set of play indicia for the lottery game to a lottery server; and the lottery server in communication via a network with each of the plurality of lottery terminals, the lottery server comprising: a second processor; and a second storage device in communication with the second processor, the second storage device storing a second program for directing the second processor to: receive from a lottery terminal the indication of the set of play indicia for the lottery game, determine that the set of play indicia for the lottery game is associated with eligibility for the multiplier for the lottery game, wherein the multiplier for the lottery game is to be applied at a first predetermined magnitude to a first predetermined specific redemption value for the lottery game if the set of play indicia corresponds to a first predetermined specific redemption value for the lottery game, wherein the multiplier for the lottery game is to be applied at a second predetermined magnitude to a second predetermined specific redemption value for the lottery game that is different than the first predetermined specific redemption value for the lottery game, wherein the second predetermined magnitude is different than the first predetermined magnitude, wherein the multiplier for the lottery game is to be applied at a third predetermined magnitude to a predetermined range of redemption values for the lottery game, wherein the predetermined range of redemption values for the lottery game does not include the first or second predetermined specific redemption values for the lottery game, wherein each of the first predetermined specific redemption value for the lottery game, the second predetermined specific redemption value for the lottery game and the predetermined range of redemption values for the lottery game is greater than zero, and wherein each of the first predetermined magnitude, the second predetermined magnitude and the third predetermined magnitude is greater than zero, determine that the set of play indicia is a winning set of play indicia, determine a payout for the winning set of play indicia based on a redemption value of the winning set of play indicia and the multiplier, and transmit to at least one of the plurality of lottery terminals an indication of the payout.