Patent ID: 8727349

Claim:
A lottery system including: input means for receiving possible outcomes of game play in a game or an identifiable portion of a game, wherein at least one of the possible outcomes occurs in the game or portion thereof and the number of possible outcomes of the game is a parameter chosen to control the desired odds of winning the lottery; a computer processor for processing of parameters and outcomes for game play; random data generating software which generates: multiple sets of random outcome data, corresponding to possible outcomes of game play, and a verification code for each set of random outcome data; a database for storage of the multiple sets of random outcome data and verification codes; a lottery ticket generator for generating lottery tickets, each of which incorporates at least one set of random outcome data generated by the software together with the verification code for each set of data; a lottery transaction processing module which communicates with the computer processor, wherein the lottery transaction processing module allows the purchase of lottery ticket(s); and a lottery management system which communicates with the computer processor, wherein the lottery management system includes: a first input means for input of an actual outcome of game play, a sports event or a sporting contest, and a second input means which allows input of the random outcome data and verification code from a lottery ticket; wherein the random outcome data and verification code from the lottery ticket are communicated to the computer processor for comparison and verification with the random outcome data stored under that verification code in the database and, if the verification code from the lottery ticket is confirmed as being authentic, an appropriate prize is determined, based on a comparison between the set(s) of random outcome data appearing on the lottery ticket and the actual outcome of the game play, sports event or sporting contest.