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Method of playing a lottery game

US5186463A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 29, 1991
Grant dateFeb 16, 1993
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Expiry dateMay 29, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S283/903
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A method for playing a lotto type lottery game. The method comprises the following steps: selling a first plurality of lottery tickets for a lotto style lottery game in which prizes are paid out at both the jackpot and sub-jackpot levels; drawing a first winning combination; and selling a second plurality of tickets for a subsequent game such that said first plurality of lottery tickets may be reutilized for the jackpot prize level of a subsequent drawing.

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