Method of playing a lottery game of chance that has a guarantee jackpot winner every game

Abstract

A method for playing a Lottery type game of chance. The method comprises the following steps: selling a plurality of Lottery tickets for a lotto style lottery game; drawing a first winning combination; and, if necessary, redrawing winning combinations until a matching set of numbers is identified and a winner is declared.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A method of playing a live Lottery game of chance, comprising the steps of: 
 (a) players making wagers to participate in a live Lottery game of chance by choosing a set of numbers from a pool of game numbers;    (b) allocating a portion of the wagers to a common pari-mutual pool to provide a source of funds for paying players who choose winning numbers for that particular Lottery game;    (c) the gaming establishment randomly choosing a set of winning numbers from the same pool of numbers;    (d) determining whether players are winners by matching the players set of numbers to the gaming establishment randomly chosen winning numbers and identifying players who have matching numbers and identifying them as winning plays;    (e) paying players a predetermined payout amount from the common pari-mutual pool for a winning play; and    (f) if no winning plays are identified, repeating steps (c) (d) and (e) until at least one player is found to have at least one winning play and receives a payout from the common pari-mutual pool.    
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the players provide their name, address and telephone number and are contacted if they are a winner.  
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the gaming establishment maintains all the players set of numbers for that particular game in a data base and selects the winning numbers by drawing a set of numbers from said data base.