ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,424,062, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to SCA PROMOTIONS (Dallas).

"Method and system for providing a double chance lottery game with a trifecta option" was invented by Robert D. Hamman (Dallas) and Jay B. Ross (Delran, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A central lottery system and method, incorporating a non-transitory computer-readable medium which facilitates providing a public lottery game. A lottery retailer communicates a player's lottery selections via an internet connection to a central lottery system. The central lottery system incorporates a database and database management subsystem. The system and method will produce a ...