Game-operating computer systems for games having community prize(s) and computer-implemented methods of use thereof

1. A game-operating computer system, comprising:

at least one server and software stored on a non-transient computer readable medium accessible by the at least one server,

wherein the software is at least configured to:

electronically receive, in real time, data about at least one game drawing, involving at least a thousand players;

dynamically determine at least one winning purchase location of at least one winning ticket of the game drawing;

dynamically identify at least one pool of non-winning players based on the at least one winning purchase location of the at least one winning ticket of the game drawing;

i. wherein the at least one pool of non-winning players is determined by at least one identifier,

ii. wherein the at least one identifier is based on at least one geographic identifier associated with at least one of:

1) a residence of a non-winning player,

2) a location of a non-winning player,

3) a purchase location utilized by a non-winning player to purchase a non-winning ticket, and

4) any combination thereof,

iii. wherein the at least one geographic identifier is selected from a group consisting of: a postcode identifier, a district identifier, a suburb identifier, a mapped location identifier, a telephone code identifier, geographic coordinate identifier, pre-determined geographic identifier set by a game conducting authority, and any combination thereof, and

dynamically calculate a community prize based on:

1) the at least one pool of non-winning players,

2) draw sales, and

3) a prize amount allocated to the at least one winning ticket;

dynamically divide the community prize based on a number of non-winning tickets in the at least one pool of non-winning players to determine a plurality of non-winning prizes;

dynamically award the plurality of non-winning prizes to the at least one pool of non-winning players; and

dynamically cause to display, via a specifically programmed graphical user interface, a notification about a particular non-winning prize of the plurality of non-winning prizes to a particular non-winning player of the pool of non-winning players.

2. The game-operating computer system of claim 1 , wherein the game drawing is a lottery.

3. The game-operating computer system of claim 2 , wherein each of non-winning player is a player who picked between 1 and 5 of 6 winning numbers.

4. The game-operating computer system of claim 2 , wherein each of non-winning player is a player who picked between 1 and 4 of 5 winning numbers.

5. The game-operating computer system of claim 1 , wherein the draw sales are at least partially funded from at least one previous game drawing.

6. A game-operating computer system, comprising:

at least one server and software stored on a non-transient computer readable medium accessible by the at least one server,

wherein the software is at least configured to:

electronically receive data about at least one game drawing, involving at least a thousand players;

dynamically determine least one winning purchase location of at least one winning ticket of the game drawing;

dynamically identify at least one pool of non-winning players based on the at least one winning purchase location of the at least one winning ticket of the game drawing;

i. wherein the at least one pool of non-winning players is determined by at least one identifier,

ii. wherein the at least one identifier is based on at least one geographic identifier associated with at least one of:

1) a residence of a non-winning player,

2) a location of a non-winning player,

3) a purchase location utilized by a non-winning player to purchase a non-winning ticket, and

4) any combination thereof,

iii. wherein the at least one geographic identifier is selected from a group consisting of: a postcode identifier, a district identifier, a suburb identifier, a mapped location identifier, a telephone code identifier, geographic coordinate identifier, pre-determined geographic identifier set by a game conducting authority, and any combination thereof, and

dynamically calculate a community prize based on:

1) the at least one pool of non-winning players,

2) draw sales, and

3) a prize amount allocated to the at least one winning ticket;

dynamically divide the community prize based on a predetermined number to generate a plurality of non-winning prizes;

dynamically award the plurality of non-winning prizes to the at least one pool of non-winning players; and

dynamically cause to display, via a specifically programmed graphical user interface, a notification about a particular non-winning prize of the plurality of non-winning prizes to a particular non-winning player of the pool of non-winning players.

7. The game-operating computer system of claim 6 , wherein the game drawing is a lottery.

8. The game-operating computer system of claim 7 , wherein each of non-winning player is a player who picked between 1 and 5 of 6 winning numbers.

9. The game-operating computer system of claim 7 , wherein each of non-winning player is a player who picked between 1 and 4 of 5 winning numbers.

10. The game-operating computer system of claim 6 , wherein the draw sales are at least partially funded from at least one previous game drawing.

11. A game-operating computer method, comprising:

electronically receiving, in real time, by at least one server, data about at least one the game drawing, involving at least a thousand players;

dynamically determining, by the at least one server, at least one winning purchase location of at least one winning ticket of the game drawing;

dynamically identifying, by the at least one server, at least one pool of non-winning players based on the at least one winning purchase location of the at least one winning ticket of the game drawing;

i. wherein the at least one pool of non-winning players is determined by at least one identifier,

ii. wherein the at least one identifier is based on at least one geographic identifier associated with at least one of:

1) a residence of a non-winning player,

2) a location of a non-winning player,

3) a purchase location utilized by a non-winning player to purchase a non-winning ticket, and

4) any combination thereof,

iii. wherein the at least one geographic identifier is selected from a group consisting of: a postcode identifier, a district identifier, a suburb identifier, a mapped location identifier, a telephone code identifier, geographic coordinate identifier, pre-determined geographic identifier set by a game conducting authority, and any combination thereof, and

dynamically calculating, by the at least one server, a community prize based on:

1) the at least one pool of non-winning players,

2) draw sales, and

3) a prize amount allocated to the at least one winning ticket;

dynamically dividing, by the at least one server, the community prize based on a number of non-winning tickets in the at least one pool of non-winning players to determine a plurality of non-winning prizes;

dynamically awarding, by the at least one server, the plurality of non-winning prizes to the at least one pool of non-winning players; and

dynamically causing to display, by the at least one server, via a specifically programmed graphical user interface, a notification about a particular non-winning prize of the plurality of non-winning prizes to a particular non-winning player of the pool of non-winning players.

12. The game-operating computer method of claim 11 , wherein the game drawing is a lottery.

13. The game-operating computer method of claim 12 , wherein each of non-winning player is a player who picked between 1 and 5 of 6 winning numbers.

14. The game-operating computer method of claim 12 , wherein each of non-winning player is a player who picked between 1 and 4 of 5 winning numbers.

15. The game-operating computer method of claim 11 , wherein the draw sales are at least partially funded from at least one previous game drawing.

16. A game-operating computer method, comprising:

electronically receiving, in real time, by at least one server, data about at least one game drawing, involving at least a thousand players;

dynamically determining, by the at least one server, at least one winning purchase location of at least one winning ticket of the game drawing;

dynamically identifying, by the at least one server, at least one pool of non-winning players based on the at least one winning purchase location of the at least one winning ticket of the game drawing;

i. wherein the at least one pool of non-winning players is determined by at least one identifier,

ii. wherein the at least one identifier is based on at least one geographic identifier associated with at least one of:

1) a residence of a non-winning player,

2) a location of a non-winning player,

3) a purchase location utilized by a non-winning player to purchase a non-winning ticket, and

4) any combination thereof,

iii. wherein the at least one geographic identifier is selected from a group consisting of: a postcode identifier, a district identifier, a suburb identifier, a mapped location identifier, a telephone code identifier, geographic coordinate identifier, pre-determined geographic identifier set by a game conducting authority, and any combination thereof, and

dynamically calculating, by the at least one server, a community prize based on:

1) the at least one pool of non-winning players,

2) draw sales, and

3) a prize amount allocated to the at least one winning ticket;

dynamically dividing, by the at least one server, the community prize based on a predetermined number to generate a plurality of non-winning prizes;

dynamically awarding, by the at least one server, the plurality of non-winning prizes to the at least one pool of non-winning players; and

dynamically causing to display, by the at least one server, via a specifically programmed graphical user interface, a notification about each of the plurality of non-winning prizes to each non-winning player of the pool of non-winning players.

17. The game-operating computer method of claim 16 , wherein the game drawing is a lottery.

18. The game-operating computer method of claim 17 , wherein each of non-winning player is a player who picked between 1 and 5 of 6 winning numbers.

19. The game-operating computer method of claim 17 , wherein each of non-winning player is a player who picked between 1 and 4 of 5 winning numbers.

20. The game-operating computer method of claim 16 , wherein the draw sales are at least partially funded from at least one previous game drawing.