Methods and systems for a gesture-controlled lottery terminal

Abstract

A method including providing a lottery terminal that includes a graphical user interface and a motion capture device to facilitate a user to play in a lottery. The method further includes displaying, on the graphical user interface, a first image with content that includes drawing lottery tickets, instant lottery tickets, lottery games, dynamically-generated animations, and advertisements and detecting, by the motion capture device, a gesture of the user in a three dimensional space surrounding the lottery terminal. The method may further includes displaying, on the graphical user interface, a second image with content based, at least in part, on the gesture of the user; receiving, by the lottery terminal, a payment from the user for playing the lottery; and distributing, by the lottery terminal, a lottery ticket, based, at least in part, on the gesture of the user.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method, comprising:
 providing a lottery terminal comprising a graphical user interface and a motion capture device so as to facilitate a user to play in a lottery;   displaying, by the lottery terminal on the graphical user interface, at least one first image, wherein a first content of the at least one first image is selected from the group consisting of drawing lottery tickets, instant lottery tickets, lottery games, dynamically-generated animations, and advertisements;   detecting, by the motion capture device, at least one first gesture of the user in a three dimensional space surrounding the lottery terminal;   displaying, by the lottery terminal on the graphical user interface, at least one second image, wherein a second content of the at least second image is based, at least in part, on the at least one first gesture of the user;   receiving, by the lottery terminal, at least one payment from the user for playing the lottery; and   distributing, by the lottery terminal, at least one lottery ticket, based, at least in part, on the at least one first gesture of the user.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the payment comprises currency, credit card, debit card, and/or payment with a mobile electronic device having a mobile application configured for payment. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one first gesture comprises movement of a body, a limb, and/or a head of the user and/or a change in a facial expression of the user. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 3 , wherein the at least one first gesture comprises movement of a body part selected from the group consisting of arm, hand, leg, foot, hand, finger, and toe. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising providing, by the lottery terminal, visible and/or audible feedback to the user. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 5 , wherein the visible and/or audible feedback to the user is based, at least in part, on the at least one first gesture. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 5 , wherein the visible and/or audible feedback comprises an avatar display, an advertising display, a request for the user to play in the lottery and/or a cursor. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein the avatar display comprises an avatar configured to:
 i) facilitate user selection of drawing lottery tickets, instant lottery tickets, and/or lottery games and/or   ii) repeat the at least one first gesture of the user.   
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising detecting, by the lottery terminal, lack of movement and/or lack of sound from the user for a predetermined time. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9 , further comprising providing, by the lottery terminal, visible and/or audible feedback to the user for a sufficient time so as to result in the user departing the three dimensional space surrounding the lottery terminal or the user playing in the lottery. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein the at least one lottery ticket is selected from the group consisting of an electronic representation form lottery ticket and a physical form lottery ticket. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising detecting, by the motion capture device, at least one first gesture of a second user in a three dimensional space surrounding the lottery terminal. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 12 , further comprising:
 determining a position of the user and a second position of the second user;   comparing the user position to the second position of the second user to determine a primary user that is positioned closer to the lottery terminal; and   conducting the receiving and distributing steps with the primary user.   
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising
 changing the at least one first image based, at least in part, on:
 i) an inventory of the drawing and/or instant lottery tickets; 
 ii) the at least one payment; and/or 
 iii) the at least one gesture of the user. 
   
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein the changing step comprises removing or changing a color of the at least one first image of the drawing and/or instant lottery tickets based, at least in part, on:
 i) unavailability of the drawing and/or instant lottery tickets in the inventory of the drawing and/or instant lottery tickets; and/or   ii) a cost of the drawing and/or instant lottery ticket exceeding the payment.   
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 14 , further comprising detecting, by the motion capture device, at least one second gesture of a user in the three dimensional space surrounding the lottery terminal. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein the second content of the at least first image is based, at least in part, on the at least one second gesture of the user. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein the distributing step is based, at least in part, on the at least one second gesture of the user. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising evaluating the at least one gesture to identify the at least one lottery ticket selected by the user. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 19 , wherein different at least one gestures correspond to identification of the same at least one lottery ticket selected by the user.