CPC G07F 17/329 (2013.01) [G06Q 20/20 (2013.01); G06Q 20/342 (2013.01); G06Q 50/34 (2013.01); G07F 17/3251 (2013.01); G06K 19/06028 (2013.01); G06K 19/06037 (2013.01); G07F 17/3255 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A computer-implemented method for providing a lottery game, the method comprising:
processing, by a purchase transaction processor, a purchase of a lottery ticket, wherein the lottery ticket comprises a physical substrate, and wherein the lottery ticket was part of a purchase transaction comprising at least one good or service and the lottery ticket;
establishing, by the purchase transaction processor, at a time of the purchase transaction, a prize amount for the lottery game which is equal to a purchase price of the purchase transaction minus a purchase price of a lottery ticket;
establishing, by the purchase transaction processor, at a time of the purchase transaction, a winning value amount for the lottery ticket, wherein the winning value of the lottery ticket is equal to the prize amount for the lottery game;
initiating, by a purchase transaction processor, the lottery game upon the processing of the purchase of the lottery ticket;
determining, by a purchase transaction processor, whether the lottery ticket is a winning lottery ticket for the lottery game; and
communicating, by a purchase transaction processor, a result of a lottery game comprising the lottery ticket.
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