Methods for conducting and playing lottery games

Abstract

A method of conducting and playing a lottery game includes providing a chance to win including consecutively drawn player characters selected from a first pool of characters and a trigger player character selected from a second pool of characters, providing a result including consecutively drawn result characters selected from the first pool of characters and a trigger result character selected from the second pool of characters, and comparing the chance to win to the result. When the trigger player character matches the trigger result character, a basic prize is won when all or a plurality of the player characters matches all or a plurality of the result characters, and a second more valuable prize is won when the same conditions apply in addition to when the position of at least one of the player characters matches the position of at least one of the result characters.

Having fully described the invention in such clear and concise terms as to enable those skilled in the art to understand and practice the same, the invention claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method of conducting and playing a lottery game, the method comprising the steps of:
 providing a chance to win including consecutively drawn player characters selected from a first pool of characters, and a trigger player character selected from a second pool of characters;   providing a result including consecutively drawn result characters selected from the first pool of characters, and a trigger result character selected from the second pool of characters;   comparing the result to the chance to win; and   when all or a plurality of the plurality of player characters matches all or a plurality of the plurality of result characters, respectively, and the trigger chance character matches the trigger result character, assigning a basic win having a basic value to the chance to win when the position of none of the plurality player characters matches the position of none of the result characters, assigning a premium win having a premium value to the chance to when the position of one of the plurality of the player characters matches the position of one of the plurality of the result characters, wherein the premium value is greater than the basic value, assigning a basic prize having the basic value to the chance to win, when the basic win is assigned to the chance to win, and assigning a premium prize having the premium value to the chance to win, when the premium win is assigned to the chance to win.   
     
     
         2 . The method of conducting and playing a lottery game according to  claim 1 , wherein the consecutively drawn player characters comprise at least four consecutively drawn player characters, and the consecutively drawn result characters comprise at least four consecutively drawn result numbers. 
     
     
         3 . The method of conducting and playing a lottery game according to  claim 1 , wherein the first pool of characters is greater than the second pool of characters. 
     
     
         4 . The method of conducting and playing a lottery game according to  claim 1 , wherein the chance to win is issued to a player with a lottery ticket dispensing system. 
     
     
         5 . A method of conducting and playing a lottery game, the method comprising the steps of:
 providing a chance to win including consecutively drawn player characters selected from a first pool of characters, and a trigger player character selected from a second pool of characters;   providing a result including consecutively drawn result characters selected from the first pool of characters, and a trigger result character selected from the second pool of characters;   comparing the result to the chance to win; and   when all or a plurality of the plurality of player characters matches all or a plurality of the plurality of result characters, respectively, and the trigger chance character matches the trigger result character, assigning a basic win having a basic value to the chance to win when the position of none of the plurality player characters matches the position of none of the result characters, assigning a premium win having a premium value to the chance to when the positions of all or a plurality of the plurality of player characters matches the positions of all or a plurality of the plurality of result characters, wherein the premium value is greater than the basic value, assigning a basic prize having the basic value to the chance to win, when the basic win is assigned to the chance to win, and assigning a premium prize having the premium value to the chance to win, when the premium win is assigned to the chance to win.   
     
     
         6 . The method of conducting and playing a lottery game according to  claim 5 , wherein the consecutively drawn player characters comprise at least four consecutively drawn player characters, and the consecutively drawn result characters comprise at least four consecutively drawn result numbers. 
     
     
         7 . The method of conducting and playing a lottery game according to  claim 5 , wherein the first pool of characters is greater than the second pool of characters. 
     
     
         8 . The method of conducting and playing a lottery game according to  claim 5 , wherein the chance to win is issued to a player with a lottery ticket dispensing system.