Patent ID: 8197324

Claim:
A method for providing a lottery game comprising: selecting audio/video content; identifying a content event that occurs in the selected audio/video content; defining first payout criteria based on the identified content event; associating the first payout criteria with a first payout; defining second payout criteria based on an event that does not occur in the audio/video content; associating the second payout criteria with a second payout; providing a copy of the audio/video content to a player; providing, via a first lottery terminal, a play slip to the player, in which the play slip indicates the first payout criteria for the identified content event and the second payout criteria for an event that does not occur in the audio/video content; receiving, by a second lottery terminal, an identifier that identifies the play slip; determining, via the second lottery terminal based on the received identifier, the first payout criteria are satisfied by the audio/video content; and providing the first payout to the player.