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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2011
Lori Ericka Denton, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Lyle Scrymgeour, Oakbank, CA;
Nancy Bettcher, Winnipeg, CA;
Lori Ericka Denton, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Lyle Scrymgeour, Oakbank, CA;
Nancy Bettcher, Winnipeg, CA;
Pollard Banknote Limited Partnership, Winnipeg, MB, CA;
Abstract
A lottery game apparatus includes a set of lottery tickets each printed with an instant win game and information defining a number of points awarded to the player in addition to or as an alternative to a prize for the game together with a programmed computer providing access to a web site associated with the set of tickets. The computer program provides communication through the internet for the player, and program components for registration of details of the player entering the web site and for storing data identifying each player for entry by the registered player of a points entry number from a played ticket so as to define for each player an account of a points total held by that player and a plurality of games to be played by the player using the points.