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Patent Application
App. No. 11/424,607

METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR LOTTERY GAME PLAY AGGREGATION

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App. No.
11/424,607
Abstract

According to one embodiment, a player may accumulate occurrences of a bonus symbol over at least two outcomes. The player may be allowed a bonus if a running count of the occurrences is at least equal to a predetermined number. According to another embodiment, a player may accumulate occurrences of matched lottery numbers over a plurality of lottery outcomes (e.g., lottery number drawings) and/or a plurality of lottery entries. The player may be allowed a bonus if a running count of occurrences of matched numbers is at least equal to a predetermined number.

Claims (5)

1 . A method comprising:

determining a number of occurrences of a first symbol in at least two predetermined lottery game outcomes;

determining a number of occurrences of a second symbol in the at least two predetermined lottery game outcomes; and

causing a bonus to be provided if the number of occurrences of the first symbol is at least a first minimum number of occurrences and if the number of occurrences of the second symbol is at least a second minimum number of occurrences.

2 - 22 . (canceled)