Systems and Methods for Ticket Checking Services for On-Line Lotteries and On-Line Games

Abstract

A player establishes a player account and may associate tickets with the player account by identifying the player's account when purchasing a ticket. The player may identify the account in various ways. Each ticket purchased by the player is associated with the player's account. The player may then use an account checking service to obtain information about tickets associated with the player's account. The information provided may include results information, allowing a player to learn whether a ticket is winning ticket without manually checking the ticket. The system is operated using a lottery computer system that includes a lottery database. The lottery database is used to store ticket information relating to tickets, player account information relating to player accounts and ticket association information relating to associations between player account and tickets.

1 . Systems, apparatus and methods for allowing lottery players to use a ticket checking service in relation to tickets associated with an account established by or for the player.