Method for conducting a lottery

Abstract

The invention relates to methods for conducting lotteries. The technical result is that of maintaining and heightening the interest of the players in the process of the lottery itself. In the method, a player selects the conditions under which a lottery is to be conducted and effects a payment for participation. During the lottery proceedings, the player fills in data fields on a lottery ticket using numerical and/or graphical symbols, which are transmitted to a calculating device and processed to effect the draw. The players are then informed of the results of the draw and the winnings are paid out to the winner, wherein the symbols entered into the data fields on a lottery ticket are obtained during a preliminary lottery.

1 . A method for conducting a lottery in which a lottery participant is informed through a data input-output device of a lottery playing machine about the terms of the lottery; the lottery participant selects the terms on which the lottery is held and pays a fee for participation in the lottery, whereupon the data input-output device of the lottery playing machine displays the data fields of a lottery ticket; the lottery participant fills in the data fields of the lottery ticket with numerical and/or graphic symbols; the data values inserted by the lottery participant in the data fields of the lottery ticket are then transferred to, and processed in, a calculating device for a lottery draw to take place, whereupon the lottery participant is informed about the results of the lottery draw just held, and a prize is paid to the lottery participant in the event of his/her win in the lottery, wherein the lottery participant fills in the data fields of the lottery ticket with values received during a preliminary lottery that he/she participated in, participation in the preliminary lottery enabling the lottery participants to increase or decrease the face value of the lottery ticket on which the amount of a possible prize received from participation in the main lottery depends. 
     
     
         2 . The method as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein payment terminals, automated teller machines, gambling machines, photo kiosks, and automatic car parking meters are used as the machine for conducting the lottery. 
     
     
         3 . The method as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein a touch-sensitive screen is used as the data input-output device. 
     
     
         4 . The method as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein an IBM PS compatible computer is used as the calculating device. 
     
     
         5 . The method as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the data on the values that the lottery participant inserts in the data fields of a lottery ticket are transferred to the calculating device by external communications facilities such as modems and antennas allowing the lottery to be held through the GLONAS, GPRS, and GSM systems.) 
     
     
         6 . The method as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein a touch-sensitive screen is used as the data input-output device 
     
     
         7 . The method as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein an IBM PS compatible computer is used as the calculating device. 
     
     
         8 . The method as claimed in  claim 3 , wherein an IBM PS compatible computer is used as the calculating device. 
     
     
         9 . The method as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein the data on the values that the lottery participant inserts in the data fields of a lottery ticket are transferred to the calculating device by external communications facilities such as modems and antennas allowing the lottery to be held through the GLONAS, GPRS, and GSM systems. 
     
     
         10 . The method as claimed in  claim 3 , wherein the data on the values that the lottery participant inserts in the data fields of a lottery ticket are transferred to the calculating device by external communications facilities such as modems and antennas allowing the lottery to be held through the GLONAS, GPRS, and GSM systems. 
     
     
         11 . The method as claimed in  claim 4 , wherein the data on the values that the lottery participant inserts in the data fields of a lottery ticket are transferred to the calculating device by external communications facilities such as modems and antennas allowing the lottery to be held through the GLONAS, GPRS, and GSM systems.