System to purchase state lottery ticket

Abstract

A method to purchase and print a lottery ticket comprising downloading over the Internet a mobile phone application to a mobile phone and using the mobile phone, the mobile phone application, and a third party controller to purchase a ticket for a governmental lottery game.

1 . A method comprising the steps of
 (a) providing a 3 rd  party controller capable of
 (i) communicating over the Internet, 
 (ii) communicating over the Internet with at least one government controller utilized in the operation of a lottery game, 
 (iii) selling and confirming the sale of lottery tickets for at least one governmental lottery game, 
 (iv) billing credit card accounts, 
 (v) electronically depositing in bank accounts monies received by billing credit card accounts, 
 (vi) outputting information to print lottery tickets, 
 (vii) outputting available governmental lottery games, and 
 (viii) outputting historical data of past completed lottery games, the historical data comprising one or both of amounts of money won and frequency of specific winning numbers; 
   (b) providing a hand-held mobile computer capable of communicating over the Internet;   (c) creating for said hand-held mobile computer a special lottery computer program capable of communicating over the Internet with said  3   rd  party controller;   (d) placing said special lottery computer program in an Internet accessible store;   (e) downloading over the Internet said special lottery computer program onto said hand-held mobile computer;   (f) viewing, using said hand-held mobile computer and said special lottery computer program, special listing information from said 3 rd  party controller setting forth available governmental lottery games and comprising the historical data;   (g) selecting, using said hand-held mobile computer, one of said available governmental lottery games;   (h) transmitting, using said hand-held mobile computer, to said 3 rd  party controller a request to purchase a lottery ticket in said selected one of said available governmental lottery games;   (i) receiving from said 3 rd  party controller a confirmation of the purchase of said lottery ticket;   (j) billing a credit card account to receive the amount of a purchase price for said lottery ticket;   (k) electronically depositing, using said third party controller, a first portion of said purchase price in a 3 rd  party controller bank account;   (l) electronically depositing, using said third party controller, a second portion of said purchase price in a government lottery bank account;   (m) receiving from said 3 rd  party controller ticket data to print said ticket;   (n) printing said ticket; and,   (o) outputting, with said 3 rd  party controller, to said government controller information corresponding to said lottery ticket.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1  wherein said mobile hand-held computers each comprise an iPhone. 
     
     
         3 . A method comprising the steps of
 (a) providing a 3 rd  party controller capable of
 (i) communicating over the Internet with at least one government controller utilized in the operation of one or more lottery games, 
 (ii) selling and confirming the sale of lottery tickets for an available lottery game, 
 (vii) outputting available governmental lottery games, and 
 (viii) outputting historical data of past completed lottery games, the historical data comprising one or both of amounts of money won and frequency of specific winning numbers; 
   (b) providing a hand-held mobile computer capable of communicating over the Internet;   (c) downloading from an internet-accessible store a special lottery computer program onto said hand-held mobile computer;   (d) viewing, using said hand-held mobile computer and said special lottery computer program, special listing information from said 3 rd  party controller setting forth available governmental lottery games and comprising the historical data;   (e) selecting, using said hand-held mobile computer, one of said available government lottery games;   (f) transmitting, using said hand-held mobile computer, to said 3 rd  party controller a request to purchase a lottery ticket in said selected one of said available governmental lottery games; and   (g) receiving from said 3 rd  party controller a confirmation of the purchase of said lottery ticket.