ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,437,614, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Brightstar Global Solutions Corp. (Providence, R.I.).
"Lottery gaming systems, methods of operating lottery gaming systems, and lottery tickets" was invented by Joseph Charest (Attleboro, Mass.) and Sarah Walker (Warwick, R.I.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lottery gaming system and method of operation thereof that provide a play of a draw lottery game and based on an amount of the award from the play of the draw lottery game an associated play of a secondary game. Based on the amount of the award, the play of the secondary game can be automatic, or optional, or not provided at all."
The paten...