Influential LOTTERY NOW, INC. Blockchain Patent – Distributed ledger based gaming system – US11107321

U.S. Patent 11107321 was awarded to LOTTERY NOW, INC. on August 31, 2021 and is entitled “Distributed ledger based gaming system.” The first named inventor is Gregory Ovalle of San Francisco, CA. The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

A system is provided for securely issuing a ticket for a draw of a game via smart contracts of a blockchain. The system records in the blockchain a game smart contract. The game smart contract records a draw smart contract for issuing tickets for a draw of the game. The game smart contract receives a game place order message indicating placement of an order for a ticket for the draw of the game. The game smart contract sends to the draw smart contract a draw place order message indicating the placement of the order for the ticket for the draw of the game. The game smart contact receives from the draw smart contract a confirmation that the ticket for the draw of the game has been issued. The game smart contract coordinates generation of winning drawlines and directs the draw smart contract to identify winning tickets. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on June 11, 2019  as U.S. Patent Application 16/437196 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 11107321. The primary examiner was Paul A D’Agostino.

LOTTERY NOW, INC., who is the original assignee of this patent, has at least 2 total granted patents in the United States as of the date of this article. This blockchain patent has been cited 0 times by other U.S. patents according to our law firm research, and can be considered an innovative patent in the field of cryptocurrency and blockchain.

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