System and method for sports-based lottery game
CA 2373370 A1 · Owner: Dawson, Robin Derwent · Inventors: Dawson, Robin Derwent
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An on-line sports-based lottery which can be played over a wide area designed to enhance consumer familiarity with icons and details relating to a sport. The invention would thus attract individuals who had previously expressed no interest, in the sport, thereby increasing audience size and awareness of the sport. The game, comprising two stages: a lottery draw in which a predetermined number of , registered participants are drawn at random; and a winning stage in which an icon relating to a, particular sport is assigned to each draw winner. The game is played in association, with the dissemination of information including icons and any other desired sports, details or statistics, …
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- Filed February 26, 2002. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended February 26, 2022.
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