Patent ID: 8597099

Claim:
A system for providing a raffle game, comprising: a raffle server storing data representing a pool of prizes and a win frequency associated with a raffle game; at least one player terminal interacting with a player; a network operatively connecting the raffle server and the at least one player terminal; wherein: (1) the at least one player terminal allows a player to interactively purchase tickets into the raffle game as sold tickets and communicates data representing the sold tickets to the raffle server via the network; (2) the raffle server receives the data representing the sold tickets from the network, determines from the sold tickets and the win frequency a number of winning tickets, assigns prizes from the pool to the winning tickets, and communicates data representing the winning tickets and assigned prizes to the player terminal via the network; (3) the player terminal receives the data representing the winning tickets and assigned prizes from the network, and displays the results.