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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2020
Sca Promotions, Dallas, TX (US);
Robert D. Hamman, Dallas, TX (US);
Kenneth E. Irwin, Jr., Dawsonville, GA (US);
Jay B. Ross, Delran, NJ (US);
SCA PROMOTIONS, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
According to various embodiments, a system, method, and non-transitory computer-readable medium for increasing the operational lifetime of a scratch-off ticket lottery game where all maximum award amount tickets have been identified by establishing a secondary game with qualified entry is disclosed. The system, method, and non-transitory computer-readable medium include a computer system configured with a game specification file and at least one random number generator based on a publicly verifiable entropy source. The computer system is programmed to randomly generate sequences of characters for the scratch-off lottery game. The computer system is further programmed to establish a winning award amount threshold to qualify for entry into a secondary game. The computer system is additionally programmed to randomly distribute the sequences of characters among a plurality of tickets for purchase.