PROMOTIONAL GAME PLAYED ONLINE

摘要

A method for conducting a promotional game or lottery in which the awards are access to one or more predetermined internet-based services or sites. Validation codes (106, 108) are entered into a computer (304) which is communicatively connected to the Internet (306) and registered at a designated Internet site (400). Rewards and benefits (570) are thereafter available to the individual at retail stores (2120) and Internet sites if the code previously had been registered at the designated Internet site.