Processing of a mobile device game-playing transaction conducted between the mobile device and a bluetooth terminal

1. A method for processing game-playing transactions, comprising:

receiving information associated with a game-playing transaction conducted on a first communication interface between a user device and a game-playing terminal, wherein the game-playing transaction is associated with a request for playing a game;

determining a location of the user device associated with the game;

determining the user device is located in an approved location associated with the game;

processing the game-playing transaction based on determining the user device is located in the approved location associated with the game;

determining a period of validity associated with the information has not expired, and processing the game-playing request based on determining the period of validity associated with the information has not expired;

wherein the first communication interface comprises a Bluetooth interface, and

wherein the information associated with the game-playing transaction is received on a second communication interface.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user device comprises a game-playing application.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the game comprises a lottery game.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising processing the game-playing transaction based on:

determining a merchant associated with the location of the user device or the game-playing terminal;

cross-referencing a list of approved merchants associated with the location of the user device or the game-playing terminal; and

determining the merchant is present on the list of approved merchants.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the game-playing terminal comprises either an electronic game-playing terminal or a non-electronic game playing terminal.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user device or the game-playing terminal comprises at least one of a pump, an ATM, a servicing station, a retail station, a local computing system, or a remote computing system.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the Bluetooth interface comprises a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) interface.

8. A system for processing game-playing transactions, the system configured for:

receiving or sending information associated with a game-playing transaction conducted between a user device and a game-playing terminal, wherein the game-playing transaction is associated with a game;

determining a location of the user device or the game-playing terminal associated with the game-playing transaction;

determining the user device or the game-playing terminal is located in an approved location associated with the game;

processing or enabling conduction of the game-playing transaction based on at least one of:

determining the user device or the game-playing terminal is located in the approved location associated with the game based on cross-referencing a list of approved merchants or locations, and determining the location is present on the list of approved merchants or locations, or

determining a period of validity associated with the information has not expired,

wherein the game-playing transaction is conducted on a first communication interface, and

wherein the information associated with the game-playing transaction is received or sent on the first communication interface or a second communication interface.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the game-playing terminal comprises a beacon, wherein the system is further configured for prompting a user of the user device to play the game in response to determining the user device is within a threshold distance of the beacon.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the second communication interface comprises a Wi-Fi or cellular interface.

11. The system of claim 8 , wherein the user device is comprised in or part of a motor vehicle.

12. The system of claim 8 , wherein the location is determined based on global positioning system (GPS) coordinates of the user device or location information or identification information of the game-playing terminal.

13. The system of claim 8 , wherein the first communication interface comprises a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) interface.

14. The system of claim 8 , wherein the location is determined based on input received at the user device or the game-playing terminal.

15. The system of claim 8 , wherein the second communication interface is associated with longer range communication compared to the first communication interface.

16. The system of claim 8 , wherein the user device or the game-playing terminal comprises at least one of a pump, an ATM, a servicing station, a retail station, a local computing system, a remote computing system, or the system.

17. The system of claim 8 , wherein the game comprises a lottery game.

18. The system of claim 8 , wherein the first communication interface comprises a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) interface.

19. A method for processing game-playing transactions, comprising:

receiving information associated with a game-playing transaction conducted between a user device and a game-playing terminal, wherein the game-playing transaction is associated with a game;

determining a location of the user device or the game-playing terminal associated with the game-playing transaction;

determining the user device or the game-playing terminal is located in an approved location associated with the game;

processing or enabling conduction of the game-playing transaction based on determining the user device or the game-playing terminal is located in the approved location associated with the game, wherein the determining the user device or the game-playing terminal is located in the approved location comprises:

determining a merchant associated with the location of the user device or the game-playing terminal,

cross-referencing a list of approved merchants associated with the location of the user device or the game-playing terminal, and

determining the merchant is present on the list of approved merchants,

wherein the game-playing transaction is conducted on a first communication interface, and

wherein the information associated with the game-playing transaction is received on a second communication interface.

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein the first communication interface comprises a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) interface.

21. An apparatus for processing game-playing transactions, the apparatus comprising means for:

receiving or sending information associated with a game-playing transaction conducted between a user device and a game-playing terminal, wherein the game-playing transaction is associated with a game;

determining a location of the user device or the game-playing terminal associated with the game-playing transaction;

determining the user device or the game-playing terminal is located in an approved location associated with the game;

processing or enabling conduction of the game-playing transaction based on at least one of:

determining the user device or the game-playing terminal is located in the approved location associated with the game based on cross-referencing a list of approved merchants or locations, and determining the location is present on the list of approved merchants or locations, or

determining a period of validity associated with the information has not expired,

wherein the game-playing transaction is conducted on a first communication interface, and

wherein the information associated with the game-playing transaction is received or sent on the first communication interface or a second communication interface.

22. The apparatus of claim 21 , wherein the game comprises a lottery game.

23. The apparatus of claim 21 , wherein the first communication interface comprises a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) interface.