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. A method for conducting a lottery, in which a lottery player is informed about the conditions of the lottery via a data input/output device in a lottery device, payment is made for participation in the lottery, the data fields of a lottery ticket are displayed on the data input/output device, the player enters numerical and/or graphical symbols into said fields, which are transmitted to a calculating device and processed, thus effecting the draw, the results of the draw are communicated and the winnings are paid out, wherein data identifying the lottery player or another individual or group of individuals to whom the winnings are to be paid can be entered and/or modified at any stage in the 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 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 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 may add and/or change data identifying the lottery participant, or another person, or a group of persons to whom the prize will be paid, at any stage of the lottery held. 
     
     
         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 claimed in  claim 1 , wherein an IBM SP 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 claimed in  claim 2 , wherein an IBM SP compatible computer is used as the calculating device. 
     
     
         8 . The method claimed in  claim 3 , wherein an IBM SP 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.