Patent ID: 8398484

Claim:
An instant online lottery game unit to offer an instant online lottery game to a player, comprising: a price selection input that receives a selection of an instant online lottery ticket price at which an instant online lottery ticket is to be purchased and at which a player is automatically entered into the instant online lottery game, the instant online lottery ticket price being selected from a plurality of a predetermined set of instant online lottery ticket prices, each of the instant online lottery ticket prices corresponding to a distinct known percentage of a progressive jackpot which increases in size based on a portion of ticket sales revenue and that can be won with one of a plurality of game-play combinations; a communication controller that receives an instant online lottery number and a plurality of game-play combinations from a server, the instant online lottery number being generated by a first random number generator at the server, the plurality of game-play combinations being generated by a second random number generator at the server, wherein the instant online lottery number and the plurality of game-play combinations is provided to the player at the time of purchase of the instant online lottery ticket; and an instant online lottery processor configured to compare the instant online lottery number with each game-play combination in the plurality of game-play combinations after the instant online lottery number and the plurality of game-play combinations is received from the server and before the player is provided with the instant online lottery number and the plurality of game-play combinations, wherein the instant online lottery processor calculates a distribution of the progressive jackpot to the player based upon the distinct known percentage associated with the instant online lottery ticket price selected by the player if the instant online lottery number matches in full any one of the plurality of game-play combinations.