Patent ID: 7934986

Claim:
A method for processing a winning keno ticket by a distributed computer system comprising acts of: issuing, at a Point of Sale (POS), a keno ticket responsive to a player making a purchase of the keno ticket at the POS; permitting the player to play a keno game associated with the issued ticket at a remote location from the POS; indicating to the player that the keno ticket is the winning ticket; providing for the player to redeem the winning keno ticket using electronic communication between the player and the gaming operator using the distributed computer system; determining, by the distributed computer system, a time that the player redeems the winning keno ticket and determining if the player redeems the winning keno ticket within a predetermined redemption period; if it is determined by the distributed computer system that the winning keno ticket was redeemed within the predetermined redemption period, charging, automatically by the distributed computer system at the time of redemption, the gaming operator a first tax rate; and if it is determined by the distributed computer system that the winning keno ticket was redeemed outside of the predetermined redemption period, charging, automatically by the distributed computer system at the time of redemption, the gaming operator a second tax rate.