| CPC G07F 17/329 (2013.01) [G07F 17/3267 (2013.01)] | 12 Claims |

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1. A lottery game system for a lottery game, comprising:
a first random number generator having a first entropy source; wherein the first entropy source is used by the first random number generator to generate a drawing result for main winning lottery numbers for the lottery game;
a second random number generator having a second entropy source; wherein the second entropy source is used by the second random number generator to generate a drawing result for a first set of bonus numbers for the lottery game;
a third random number generator having a third entropy source; wherein the third entropy source is used by the third random number generator to generate a drawing result for a second set of bonus numbers for the lottery game;
wherein at least one of the first, second and third random number generators is a hardware based true random number generator;
the system is configured to accept a lottery submission from a lottery game player, the player's submission is in advance of the drawing results for the main lottery winning numbers, the first set of bonus numbers and the second set of bonus numbers; and
the system is further configured to determine whether the lottery game player's submission matches respectively the drawing results for the main winning lottery numbers, the first set of bonus numbers and the second set of bonus numbers, and to determine winning prizes for the lottery game accordingly; and
wherein the system is further configured to provide a chance to match the lottery game player's submission for the drawing result of the second set of bonus numbers only if the lottery game player's submission for the drawing result of the first set of bonus numbers does not match.
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