<p>A computerised lottery system which allows a promoter to run a master lottery and a plurality of sub-lotteries (such as a global lottery with entries from a number of different countries) at the same time. In the case of a global lottery it is possible to allocate a master prize for the global winner as well as a prize for the first ranked entry within a particular country. The system involves ranking all or substantially all entries by computer so that the first ranked entry in the world can be identified as well as the first ranked entry from each country or region having a plurality of entries. The advantage of this system is that the entry price is divided between a country prize pool and a global prize pool, and the percentage allocated to each State can vary from country to country.</p>
