Patent ID: 8591307

Claim:
A method, comprising: receiving, via a controller device in communication with at least one player device, an indication of a predetermined threshold payout amount associated with a lottery ticket, wherein if the lottery ticket is a winning ticket a beneficiary is to receive at least a portion of any payout amount that is less than or equal to the predetermined threshold payout amount, in which receiving the indication of the predetermined threshold payout amount comprises receiving the indication from one of a group consisting of: a purchaser of the lottery ticket; and a player of the lottery ticket; after receiving the indication of the predetermined threshold payout amount associated with the lottery ticket, determining, via the controller device, that the lottery ticket is a winning lottery ticket associated with a prize that is a positive payout amount; determining, via the controller device, that the positive payout amount is not greater than the predetermined threshold payout amount; in response to determining that the positive payout amount is not greater than the predetermined threshold payout amount, identifying, via the controller device, the beneficiary of at least a portion of the positive payout amount, in which the beneficiary is not a player of the lottery ticket; and after identifying the beneficiary, initiating, via the controller device, providing the at least a portion of the positive payout amount to the beneficiary.