| 摘要 |
Systems and methods for lottery-style games are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, a computer-implemented method may comprise: establishing an online game that is scheduled to have lottery drawings on a number of drawing days; accepting enrollment of a plurality of players in the online game, each player being assigned at least one unique identifier and being committed to participate in a plurality of the lottery drawings; receiving, from each player, a designated number of tokens to be entered for each unique identifier in each lottery drawing said player is committed to participate in, each designated number being at least one and up to a predetermined maximum; and executing the online game on each drawing day by conducting a drawing, from unique identifiers of the participating players, to select one winner and by providing a fraction of a jackpot to the selected winner based on a calculated proportional value. |
| 主权项 |
1. A computer-implemented method for lottery-style games, the method comprising:
programming one or more gaming servers including at least one computer dedicated to hosting an online game that is scheduled to have lottery drawings on a number of drawing days and accessible via a communication network, each lottery drawing to take place on one drawing day; accepting, by the one or more gaming servers via the communication network, enrollment of a plurality of players in the online game through a web interface, each player being associated with a unique identifier and being committed to participate in a plurality of the lottery drawings, wherein said unique identifier serves as a lottery entry for said each player and remains the same for said each player in said plurality of the lottery drawings; receiving, from each player, a designated number of tokens to be entered for each unique identifier in each of the plurality of the lottery drawings said player is committed to participate in, each designated number being at least one and up to a predetermined maximum; and executing the online game, with the one or more gaming servers including the at least one computer, by doing the following on each drawing day:
pooling tokens entered for said drawing by players participating on said drawing day, together with tokens carried over from one or more previous drawing days, if any, to form a jackpot for said drawing day,conducting a drawing to select at least one winner based on the unique identifiers of the players,calculating a proportional value based on: (a) the designated number of tokens the selected winner has entered for said drawing, and (b) the predetermined maximum, andproviding a fraction of the jackpot to the selected at least one winner based on the calculated proportional value. |
