Patent Document ID: 4842278
Application ID: 07207009
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A lottery game, comprising: a plurality of entry and validation stations, each having means to accept player entry data and means to record the player entry data, the player entry data for each of the stations including selections of entries relating to a regional game and also entries in a further centralized game in which players entering a plurality of separate and distinct regional games also select plays for the further game at a more centralized level than said separate and distinct regional games, the further centralized game having at least one means for selecting a winner from players from all of the separate and distinct regional games; a plurality of regional processing stations in data communication with the entry and validation stations, the regional processing stations receiving the player entry data for the further centralized game according to a predetermined game format, winning players being chosen according to predetermined game procedures in each of the regional games, from at least part of said player entry data; a central processing station in data communication with at least one of the entry and validation stations and the regional processing stations, the central processing station receiving the player entry data according to a further predetermined game format, winning players to be chosen at the more centralized level according to a further predetermined game procedure in which the player entry data is compared to a winning data pattern; and, means differentiating at least one of the player entry data, the predetermined game format and the predetermined game procedure, such that player entry data for successive plays is differentiated into separate playing pools, including regional and more centralized separate playing pools, the separate playing pools all operating according to procedures for determining winning players, and the separate playing pools varying over time as different numbers of plays and wins occur in said differentiated pools.