LOTTERY GAME, TICKET AND INTERACTIVE METHOD OF PLAY

摘要

A lottery gaming system and associated method utilizes the Internet (18) along with an instant game lottery. The need to maintain jurisdictional and age control for the sale of lottery tickets (10) is maintained while limiting the payment options, since most lottery jurisdictions do not permit payment for lottery tickets on credit. Each lottery ticket includes a unique serial number (21) in a bar code (12) or other format. Upon the purchase of the ticket, the ticket's bar code is read by the ticket dispensing terminal (14) and transmitted to a central computer system (22) for recording and access to remaining play data. In addition to the instant game available on the lottery ticket, the ticket includes an access code or Internet address for subsequent interactive Internet-based play. The interactive play may be utilized from one's own personal computer (15) or an online terminal (14a) incorporated into the ITVM (14).