MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL PROGRESSIVE FAST PLAY LOTTERY GAMES AND ASSOCIATED METHODS
A method of conducting a multi-jurisdictional lottery game includes maintaining a jackpot for the multi-jurisdictional lottery game and establishing a minimum amount of the jackpot. Lottery players in each of the participating lottery jurisdictions purchase tickets and a portion of the ticket price is contributed to the multi jurisdictional lottery game jackpot. An updated jackpot amount is communicated to each of the jurisdictions. A notification is issued from one of the jurisdictions that a potential winning jackpot player has won the multi-jurisdictional lottery game. The multi jurisdictional lottery game, in the form of a master controller then verifies that the potential winning jackpot player has won the multi-jurisdictional lottery game. Each of the jurisdictions is then notified that the multi-jurisdictional lottery game has been won if the verification indicates as such. Once the jackpot is won, it is then re-established at the minimum amount and a new game commences.
1 . A method of conducting a multi-jurisdictional lottery game comprising the steps of:
maintaining a jackpot for the multi-jurisdictional lottery game;
establishing a minimum jackpot amount for the multi-jurisdictional game;
coordinating with a plurality of jurisdictions regarding a plurality of individual jurisdictional lottery games each being conducted within one of the plurality of jurisdictions in which a plurality of lottery players each participate in one of the individual jurisdictional lottery games in one of the jurisdictions by purchasing a lottery chance at a lottery game price;
wherein the individual jurisdictional lottery game of a first jurisdiction differs from the individual jurisdictional lottery game of a second jurisdiction within the multi-jurisdictional lottery game by at least one of the following characteristics: game theme, odds, payout, random generation of winning symbols, dividends and tiers;
receiving from each of the plurality of jurisdictions a portion of the lottery game price for each lottery chance purchased by each of the plurality of lottery players;
adding the portion of the lottery game price received from each of the plurality of jurisdictions to the jackpot for the multi-jurisdictional lottery game;
communicating to each of the plurality of jurisdictions an updated jackpot amount after the adding step;
receiving a notification from at least one of the jurisdictions that a potential winning jackpot player has won the multi-jurisdictional lottery game;
verifying that the potential winning jackpot player has won the multi-jurisdictional lottery game;
notifying each of the plurality of jurisdictions that the multi-jurisdictional lottery game has been won; and
re-establishing the jackpot at the minimum jackpot amount.
2 . The method of claim 1 further comprising:
after the re-establishing step, repeating the coordinating, receiving, adding, communicating, receiving, verifying and notifying steps.
3 . The method of claim 1 wherein the steps are performed in the order recited in claim 1 .
4 . The method of claim 1 wherein the communicating step is performed repeatedly at a regular and predetermined time interval.
5 . The method of claim 1 wherein the receiving the notification step further comprises:
receiving a first notification from a first one of the plurality of jurisdictions that a first potential winning jackpot player has won the multi jurisdictional lottery game;
receiving a second notification from a second one of the plurality of jurisdictions that a second potential winning jackpot player has won the multi-jurisdictional lottery game; and
determining whether the first or the second potential winning jackpot player has won the multi jurisdictional lottery game.
6 . The method of claim 1 further comprising:
after the communicating step, communicating to at least selected ones of the plurality of lottery players the updated jackpot amount.
7 . The method of claim 1 wherein each of the individual jurisdictional lottery games is a fast play lottery game.
8 . A method of conducting a multi jurisdictional lottery game comprising the following steps in order:
maintaining a jackpot for the multi jurisdictional lottery game;
establishing a minimum jackpot amount for the multi jurisdictional game;
coordinating with a plurality of jurisdictions regarding a plurality of individual jurisdictional lottery games each being conducted within one of the plurality of jurisdictions in which a plurality of lottery players each participate in one of the individual jurisdictional lottery games in one of the jurisdictions by purchasing a lottery chance at a lottery game price;
wherein the individual jurisdictional lottery game of a first jurisdiction differs from the individual jurisdictional lottery game of a second jurisdiction within the multi-jurisdictional lottery game by at least one of the following characteristics: game theme, odds, payout, random generation of winning symbols, dividends and tiers;
receiving from each of the plurality of jurisdictions a portion of the lottery game price for each lottery chance purchased by each of the plurality of lottery players;
adding the portion of the lottery game price received from each of the plurality of jurisdictions to the jackpot for the multi-jurisdictional lottery game;
communicating at a regular interval to each of the plurality of jurisdictions an updated jackpot amount after the adding step;
receiving a notification from at least one of the jurisdictions that a potential winning jackpot player has won the multi jurisdictional lottery game;
verifying that the potential winning jackpot player has won the multi-jurisdictional lottery game;
notifying each of the plurality of jurisdictions that the multi jurisdictional lottery game has been won;
re-establishing the jackpot at the minimum jackpot amount;
repeating the coordinating, receiving, adding, communicating, receiving, verifying and notifying steps.
9 . The method of claim 8 wherein the receiving the notification step further comprises:
receiving a first notification from a first one of the plurality of jurisdictions that a first potential winning jackpot player has won the multi jurisdictional lottery game;
receiving a second notification from a second one of the plurality of jurisdictions that a second potential winning jackpot player has won the multi-jurisdictional lottery game; and
determining whether the first or the second potential winning jackpot player has won the multi jurisdictional lottery game.
10 . A tangible, non-transitory computer readable medium having computer readable medium storing signals thereon that define code instructions that, as a result of being executed by a computer, instruct the computer to perform a method of conducting a multi jurisdictional lottery game comprising the steps of:
maintaining a jackpot for the multi-jurisdictional lottery game;
establishing a minimum jackpot amount for the multi-jurisdictional game;
coordinating with a plurality of jurisdictions regarding a plurality of individual jurisdictional lottery games each being conducted within one of the plurality of jurisdictions in which a plurality of lottery players each participate in one of the individual jurisdictional lottery games in one of the jurisdictions by purchasing a lottery chance at a lottery game price;
wherein the individual jurisdictional lottery game of a first jurisdiction differs from the individual jurisdictional lottery game of a second jurisdiction within the multi-jurisdictional lottery game by at least one of the following characteristics: game theme, odds, payout, random generation of winning symbols, dividends and tiers;
receiving from each of the plurality of jurisdictions a portion of the lottery game price for each lottery chance purchased by each of the plurality of lottery players;
adding the portion of the lottery game price received from each of the plurality of jurisdictions to the jackpot for the multi-jurisdictional lottery game;
communicating to each of the plurality of jurisdictions an updated jackpot amount after the adding step;
receiving a notification from at least one of the jurisdictions that a potential winning jackpot player has won the multi-jurisdictional lottery game;
verifying that the potential winning jackpot player has won the multi-jurisdictional lottery game;
notifying each of the plurality of jurisdictions that the multi-jurisdictional lottery game has been won; and
re-establishing the jackpot at the minimum jackpot amount.
11 . The tangible, non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10 further comprising:
after the re-establishing step, repeating the coordinating, receiving, adding, communicating, receiving, verifying and notifying steps.
12 . The tangible, non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10 wherein the steps are performed in the order recited in claim 11 .
13 . The tangible, non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10 wherein the communicating step is performed repeatedly at a regular and predetermined time interval.
14 . The tangible, non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10 wherein the receiving the notification step further comprises:
receiving a first notification from a first one of the plurality of jurisdictions that a first potential winning jackpot player has won the multi jurisdictional lottery game;
receiving a second notification from a second one of the plurality of jurisdictions that a second potential winning jackpot player has won the multi-jurisdictional lottery game; and
determining whether the first or the second potential winning jackpot player has won the multi jurisdictional lottery game.
15 . The tangible, non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10 further comprising:
after the communicating step, communicating to at least selected ones of the plurality of lottery players the updated jackpot amount.
16 . The tangible, non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10 wherein each of the individual jurisdictional lottery games is a fast play lottery game.
17 . A program product embodied in one or more tangible computer readable media, the program product including code executable by a computer machine and at least one gaming server for:
maintaining a jackpot for the multi-jurisdictional lottery game;
establishing a minimum jackpot amount for the multi-jurisdictional game;
coordinating with a plurality of jurisdictions regarding a plurality of individual jurisdictional lottery games each being conducted within one of the plurality of jurisdictions in which a plurality of lottery players each participate in one of the individual jurisdictional lottery games in one of the jurisdictions by purchasing a lottery chance at a lottery game price;
wherein the individual jurisdictional lottery game of a first jurisdiction differs from the individual jurisdictional lottery game of a second jurisdiction within the multi-jurisdictional lottery game by at least one of the following characteristics: game theme, odds, payout, random generation of winning symbols, dividends and tiers;
receiving from each of the plurality of jurisdictions a portion of the lottery game price for each lottery chance purchased by each of the plurality of lottery players;
adding the portion of the lottery game price received from each of the plurality of jurisdictions to the jackpot for the multi-jurisdictional lottery game;
communicating to each of the plurality of jurisdictions an updated jackpot amount after the adding step;
receiving a notification from at least one of the jurisdictions that a potential winning jackpot player has won the multi-jurisdictional lottery game;
verifying that the potential winning jackpot player has won the multi-jurisdictional lottery game;
notifying each of the plurality of jurisdictions that the multi-jurisdictional lottery game has been won; and
re-establishing the jackpot at the minimum jackpot amount.