System and method for implementing internet-based games wherein a plurality of different games share a common prize structure

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9547957
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14050651

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A system and computer implemented method for conducting play of Internet-based lottery games includes providing players with a plurality of different Internet-based lottery games playable on an Internet enabled device in communication with an Internet game site, wherein the games have different game themes and mechanics of play by the player. A selection is accepted from a player for play of a particular one of the Internet-based lottery games. The plurality of different Internet-based games are linked to a common predetermined prize structure associated with a defined set of data files loaded in a secure game outcome generator such that the data files determine the outcome and prize structure of a defined number of game plays regardless of the particular game selected for play by the player from the plurality of different games.

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SCIENTIFIC GAMES LLC1500 BLUEGRASS LAKES PARKWAY ALPHARETTA GA 30004

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Beason, Steven Wayne Atlanta, US 4 143
Brandsma, Michael Jeffrey Marietta, US 2 40
Irwin,, Jr Kenneth Earl Dawsonville, US 33 434
Mound, Andrew Jonathan Atlanta, US 11 35
Szendel, James Allan Bethlehem, US 2 8

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