Patent ID: 8613653

Claim:
A system for a raffle add-on game, the game system comprising: an electronic server for receiving data for a plurality of game entries purchased by players of a lottery game, each game entry having at least one set of indicia and whether or not a raffle game add-on is purchased therewith and storing electronic representations of the plurality of game entries; an apparatus to generate a lottery result, wherein entries qualify for lottery awards based on a qualifying condition; wherein rules are stored in a computer storage medium configured to be readable by an electronic processor: a) a particular entry qualifies for a raffle game play in a raffle game when there is at least a partial match between the particular entry's set of indicia and the lottery result, and only upon qualification proceed to operation b; b) after the raffle game, if the raffle game play loses the raffle game then the raffle game play does not win a raffle award, otherwise proceed to operation c; c) if the raffle game play wins the raffle game and the particular entry was purchased with the raffle game add-on then the raffle game play wins a first prize, and if the raffle game play wins the raffle game and the particular entry was not purchased with the raffle game add-on then the raffle game play wins a second prize; wherein, if the raffle game play wins the second prize then some of the first prize that the raffle game play would have won if the particular entry had been purchased with the raffle game add-on is used toward a subsequent drawing pool.