Single platform system for multiple jurisdiction lotteries

Abstract

A wireless communications system includes a computer system that runs on at least one platform on which a plurality of different lottery games for different jurisdictions are supported and run from the at least one platform. A plurality of multiple functions relative to lottery games are mapped to the at least one platform. Multiple functions for the plurality of lottery games and different jurisdictions are mapped to the at least one platform and the at least one platform is scaleable. The at least one platform is configured to perform fraud detection.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A wireless communications system comprising:
 a computer system run on at least one platform on which a plurality of different lottery games for different jurisdictions are supported and run from the at least one platform, wherein a plurality of multiple functions relative to lottery games are mapped to the at least one platform, multiple functions for the plurality of lottery games and different jurisdictions are mapped to the at least one platform and the at least one platform is scaleable, wherein the at least one platform is configured to perform fraud detection   the computer system including:   at least one workflow server residing in a mobile communications network, the at least one workflow server including at least one network processor, and the at least one workflow server accessible by a plurality of lottery clients,   at least one computer readable storage medium storing computer executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one network processor in the workflow server residing in the mobile communications network, implement components including:   a workflow module comprising sets of workflow instructions for processing different types of lottery game packets from a plurality of different jurisdictions;   a deep packet inspection module for inspecting a received lottery game packet and providing information about the lottery game packet to the workflow module.   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one platform is a single platform. 
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one platform includes at least two platforms. 
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein fraud detection is made by at least one of determining if: a value of transactions from a single lottery participant exceeds a selected amount per financial account in a selected time period; a lottery participant's financial account has been involved with transactions exceeding a certain amount in a selected period of time; a lottery participant's financial account been involved with more than a selected amount in one month; a lottery owner's address has been specified more than a selected number of times; and q lottery participant's IP address has been involved with more than a certain number of transaction. 
     
     
         5 . A wireless communications system comprising:
 a computer system configured that includes one or more platforms  10  to provide for operating a plurality of different lottery games for different jurisdictions, wherein a plurality of multiple functions relative to lottery games are mapped to the one or more platforms  10 , multiple functions for the plurality of lottery games and different jurisdictions are mapped to the one or more platforms  10  and the one or more platforms  10  are scaleable, wherein the one or more platforms  10  configured to perform fraud detection;   the computer system including:   at least one workflow server residing in a mobile communications network, the at least one workflow server including at least one network processor, and the at least one workflow server accessible by a plurality of lottery clients,   at least one computer readable storage medium storing computer executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one network processor in the workflow server residing in the mobile communications network, implement components including:   a workflow module comprising sets of workflow instructions for processing different types of lottery game packets from a plurality of different jurisdictions,   a deep packet inspection module for inspecting a received lottery game packet and providing information about the lottery game packet to the workflow module, wherein the workflow module coordinates processing of the received lottery game packets based on information about the lottery game packet provided by the deep lottery game packet inspection module.   
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 5 , wherein the one or more platforms  10  is a single platform. 
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 5 , wherein the at least one platform includes at least two platforms. 
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 5 , further comprising: a single management interface. 
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 5 , wherein the sets of workflow instructions are capable of being modified. 
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 5 , wherein the components further comprise a lottery client module for inspecting the received lottery game packet and providing at least one lottery client attribute to the workflow module. 
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 5 , wherein the components further comprise a network module for inspecting the received lottery game packet and providing at least one network protocol attribute to the workflow module. 
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 5 , wherein the selectable communication function modules comprises a content filtering module. 
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 5 , wherein the selectable communication function modules comprises a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) proxy module. 
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 5 , wherein the selectable communication function modules comprises a video cache module. 
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 5 , wherein the selectable communication function modules comprises a video transcoding module. 
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 5 , wherein the selectable communication function modules comprises an analytics module. 
     
     
         17 . The system of  claim 5 , wherein the selectable communication function modules comprises a firewall module. 
     
     
         18 . The system of  claim 5 , wherein the selectable communication function modules comprises a fee calculator. 
     
     
         19 . The system of  claim 5 , wherein the selectable communication function modules comprises a policy enforcement module. 
     
     
         20 . The system of  claim 5 , wherein the rules for processing different types of information lottery game packets are configurable by an operator. 
     
     
         21 . The system of  claim 5 , wherein the information lottery game packets contain a type of information selected from the group consisting of text, audio, video, multimedia, lottery client information, mobile TV, protocol information and Internet. 
     
     
         22 . The system of  claim 5 , wherein additional functional modules may be added to the selectable communication function modules by an operator. 
     
     
         23 . A system comprising:
 a communications network workflow server for establishing communication between a first network entity and a second network entity, the communications network workflow server being accessible by a plurality of lottery clients, the workflow server comprising:   a network interface receiving information lottery game packets from a first network entity.   at least one network processor;   at least one computer readable storage medium storing computer executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one network processor of the communications network workflow server, implement components comprising:   a workflow module comprising rules for processing different types of information lottery game packets,   a deep lottery game packet inspection module for inspecting the received lottery game packets for a plurality of jurisdictions run on a single platform and providing information about the lottery game packets to the workflow module, and selectable communication function modules including one or more of:   a content filtering module.   a HTTP proxy module.   a video cache module,   a video transcoding module,   an analytics module,   a firewall module,   a charging module,   a policy enforcement module,   a traffic steering module; and   a latency lottery services module,   wherein a plurality of multiple functions relative to lottery games are mapped to the at least one platform and the at least one platform is configured to provide fraud detection.   
     
     
         24 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the lottery game is selected from at least one of: an allotment by chance, bet, chance, draw, drawing, gamble, game of chance, lot, raffle, sweepstake and wager.