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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2000
Ewald Mothwurf, Graz, AT;
Other;
Abstract
A method of promoting a product or a brand in a retail store, or of promoting customer loyalty, comprises the steps of analyzing data determined at a point of sale relating to purchases by a customer, e.g. data from a bar-code scanner, to determine whether a customer has purchased a particular product or brand or has purchased products equaling or exceeding a predetermined value and, if this is the case, entitling the customer to participate in a prize/bonus ticket game configured as a game of chance, conducting a game of chance based on a predetermined win table having a specified number of predetermined winning numbers each associated with a bonus or prize and a further number of no win stops, i.e. numbers which are not winning numbers, and in the case of a win, issuing to the customer a ticket which is a winning ticket associated with the product or product range. The method also includes operating a gaming machine and promoting Internet shopping, as well as a ticket dispenser.