An official lottery entry offset method and system

摘要

598005 Disclosed is a method of generating Promotional Prize Draw Entries from officially operated Official Lottery entries and using these to operate Promotional Prize Draws in conjunction with promotion computer systems (C) that support operation of Promotional Prize Draws. Official Lottery Entries are acquired from an Official Lottery and from the acquired Official Lottery Entries, Promotion Prize Draw Entries are generated and linked to the Official Lottery Entries from which they are derived. The Promotion Prize Draw Entries are distributed to a promotion system for issue when transactions supplied meet the criteria for award of Promotion Prize Draw Entries. The results of the Official Lottery prize draw are obtained and prize-winning Official Lottery Entries to linked Promotion Prize Draw Entries are matched. Any prizes won by the Official Lottery Entries to the linked Promotion Prize Draw Entries are then allocated.