Patent ID: 8192269

Claim:
A system for facilitating governmental lottery play over an electronic network, comprising: an agent server connected via said electronic network configured to receive player and ticket information transmitted from a mobile player terminal, transmit said ticket information to a governmental lottery administrator server distinct from the agent server, receive a serial number generated by said governmental lottery administrator in association with a lottery ticket, and send to the mobile player terminal the serial number associated with the ticket; a database in said agent server for storing said player and ticket information and said serial number associated with said lottery ticket; and a screening unit in said agent server, having player geographic location criteria by the governmental lottery administrator server pre-stored therein, for verifying that a player satisfies said geographic location criteria prior to transmitting said ticket information to said governmental lottery administrator server, wherein said screening unit: receives location information based upon distances between the mobile player terminal and a plurality of transmitters with known locations; and determines whether the mobile player terminal satisfies said geographic location criteria based on the transmitted location information.