Granted Patent B2

US 12,437,614 · App. 18/453,516 · Granted Oct 7, 2025

Inventors: Joseph Charest (Attleboro, MA); Sarah Walker (Warwick, RI)

Assignee: Brightstar Global Solutions Corporation

G07F17/329G07F17/3244G07F17/3262G07F17/3267

Abstract

Claims (54)

1. A method of operating a lottery gaming system comprising a processor and a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions executable by the processor, the method comprising:

determining, via the processor, a player symbol set for a play of a draw lottery game;

determining, via the processor, a player selected automatic award range for an automatic play of a secondary game;

generating, via the processor, a lottery ticket comprising the player symbol set and the player selected automatic award range;

storing data associated with the lottery ticket;

causing, via the processor, the lottery ticket to be provided to a player, the lottery ticket comprising a player symbol set portion comprising an indication of the player symbol set for the play of the draw lottery game and a player selected automatic award range portion comprising an indication of the player selected automatic award range for the automatic play of the secondary game;

for the play of the draw lottery game, determining a quantity of drawn symbols, the quantity of drawn symbols being at least one;

determining an award for the play of the draw lottery game based on the player symbol set and the drawn symbols;

responsive to the award being within the player selected automatic award range, automatically using the award as a wager for the automatic play of the secondary game; and

responsive to the award being greater than the player selected automatic award range, causing a display, by a display device, of an indication of the award and not providing the automatic play of the secondary game.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the player selected automatic award range is selectable from a plurality of different automatic award ranges.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein a top amount of the player selected automatic award range is less than a top award for the play of the draw lottery game.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the secondary game is a double or nothing secondary game.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the automatic play of the secondary game is configured to result in either a higher award than the award that is used as the wager for the play of the secondary game or a lower award than the award that is used as the wager for the play of the secondary game.

6. The method of claim 5 , which comprises causing an indication of a probability of obtaining the higher award for the play of the secondary game.

7. The method of claim 1 , which comprises causing the display, by the display device, of the indication of the award responsive to an indication of a request for redemption of the lottery ticket.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the display device is one of part of a mobile device or part of a lottery terminal.

9. A method of operating a lottery gaming system comprising a processor and a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions executable by the processor, the method comprising:

determining, via the processor, a player symbol set for a play of a draw lottery game;

determining, via the processor, a player selected automatic award range for an automatic play of a secondary game;

generating, via the processor, a lottery ticket comprising the player symbol set and the player selected automatic award range;

storing data associated with the lottery ticket;

causing, via the processor, the lottery ticket to be provided to a player, the lottery ticket comprising a player symbol set portion comprising an indication of the player symbol set for the play of the draw lottery game and a player selected automatic award range portion comprising an indication of the player selected automatic award range for the automatic play of the secondary game;

for the play of the draw lottery game, determining a quantity of drawn symbols, the quantity of drawn symbols being at least one;

determining an award for the play of the draw lottery game based on the player symbol set and the drawn symbols;

responsive to the award being within the player selected automatic award range, automatically using the award as a wager for the automatic play of the secondary game; and

responsive to the award being greater than the player selected automatic award range:

causing a display, by a display device, of an option for a player decision to use the award as a wager for a non-automatic play of the secondary game,

responsive to receipt of a decision to use the award as the wager for the non-automatic play of the secondary game, providing the non-automatic play of the secondary game, and

responsive to receipt of a decision to not use the award as the wager for the non-automatic play of the secondary game, not providing the non-automatic play of the secondary game.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the player selected automatic award range is selectable from a plurality of different automatic award ranges.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein a top amount of the player selected automatic award range is less than a top award for the play of the draw lottery game.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the secondary game is a double or nothing secondary game.

13. The method of claim 9 , wherein the display device is one of part of a mobile device or part of a lottery terminal.

14. A method of operating a lottery gaming system comprising a processor and a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions executable by the processor, the method comprising:

determining, via the processor, a player symbol set for a play of a draw lottery game;

determining, via the processor, a player selected automatic award range for an automatic play of a secondary game;

generating, via the processor, a lottery ticket comprising the player symbol set and the player selected automatic award range;

storing data associated with the lottery ticket;

causing, via the processor, the lottery ticket to be provided to a player, the lottery ticket comprising a player symbol set portion comprising an indication of the player symbol set for the play of the draw lottery game and a player selected automatic award range portion comprising an indication of the player selected automatic award range for the automatic play of the secondary game;

for the play of the draw lottery game, determining a quantity of drawn symbols, the quantity of drawn symbols being at least one;

determining an award for the play of the draw lottery game based on the player symbol set and the drawn symbols;

responsive to the award being within the player selected automatic award range, automatically using the award as a wager for the automatic play of the secondary game;

responsive to the award being higher than the player selected automatic award range and the award being equal to or greater than a secondary wager limit, not providing any play of the secondary game, and causing the lottery ticket to be redeemable for the award; and

responsive to the award being greater than the player selected automatic award range and less than the secondary wager limit:

causing a display, by a display device, of an option for a player decision to use the award as a wager for a non-automatic play of the secondary game,

responsive to receipt of a decision to use the award as the wager for the non-automatic play of the secondary game, providing the non-automatic play of the secondary game, and

responsive to receipt of a decision to not use the award as the wager for the non-automatic play of the secondary game, not providing any play of the secondary game.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the player selected automatic award range is selectable from a plurality of different automatic award ranges.

16. The method of claim 14 , wherein a top amount of the player selected automatic award range and the secondary wager limit are both less than a top award for the play of the draw lottery game.

17. The method of claim 14 , wherein the secondary game is a double or nothing secondary game.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the automatic play of the secondary game is configured to result in either a higher award than the award that is used as the wager for the play of the secondary game or a lower award than the award that is used as the wager for the play of the secondary game.

19. The method of claim 18 , which comprises causing an indication of a probability of obtaining the higher award for the play of the secondary game.

20. The method of claim 14 , wherein the display device is one of part of a mobile device or part of a lottery terminal.

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