SYSTEM FOR OPERATING A LOTTERY

摘要

This invention relates to a method of conducting a gaming system such as a lottery. The invention provides a computer system for recording entries to a game and determining one or more winners of the game. The game has an entry fee and is conducted in at least a first phase and a final phase, the first phase consisting of one or more games from which the number of entries in the or each first phase game is or are reduced substantially so that the number of entries which progress from the first phase game or games to the final phase is substantially less than the number of entries in the first phase game or games. The entries in the final phase which have progressed from the one or more first phase games to the final phase are entered into a final game, which final game includes a final prize which may or may not be won. The entry fee for all first phase entries includes an amount which is allocated to be set aside and or used to fund or to purchase insurance against the winning of the final prize.