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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2009
Jay S. Walker, Ridgefield, CT (US);
Jeffrey Y. Hayashida, San Francisco, CA (US);
Russell P. Sammon, San Francisco, CA (US);
Zachary T. Smith, Norwalk, CT (US);
Gregory J. Scribner, New Milford, CT (US);
Stephen C. Tulley, Monroe, CT (US);
Jay S. Walker, Ridgefield, CT (US);
Jeffrey Y. Hayashida, San Francisco, CA (US);
Russell P. Sammon, San Francisco, CA (US);
Zachary T. Smith, Norwalk, CT (US);
Gregory J. Scribner, New Milford, CT (US);
Stephen C. Tulley, Monroe, CT (US);
Walker Digital, LLC, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
In accordance with some exemplary and non-limiting embodiments, a method, an apparatus and a computer readable medium are provided for receiving a request from at least one lottery player to purchase at least one lottery ticket comprising a plurality of symbols, issuing the at least one lottery ticket to the lottery player, associating the at least one lottery ticket with a lottery team formed of at least one other lottery player associated with at least one other lottery ticket associated with the lottery team, determining an occurrence of a qualifying winning event based on the plurality of symbols of all of the lottery tickets associated with the lottery team, and determining a payout for the lottery team based upon the occurrence of the qualifying event.