US Patent 7727063 Methods and apparatus for lottery game play aggregation

Patent 7727063 was granted and assigned to Walker Digital on June, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Current Assignee

Walker Digital

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

7727063

Date of Patent

June 1, 2010

Patent Application Number

11424598

Date Filed

June 16, 2006

Patent Primary Examiner

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Peter Dungba Vo

Patent abstract

According to one embodiment, a player may accumulate occurrences of a bonus symbol over at least two outcomes. The player may be allowed a bonus if a running count of the occurrences is at least equal to a predetermined number. According to another embodiment, a player may accumulate occurrences of matched lottery numbers over a plurality of lottery outcomes (e.g., lottery number drawings) and/or a plurality of lottery entries. The player may be allowed a bonus if a running count of occurrences of matched numbers is at least equal to a predetermined number.