GAME PROCESS AND SYSTEM WITH ADDITIONAL PRIZES IN INTEGRATED INFORMATION-AND-PRIZE NETWORK Russian patent published in 2003 - IPC

FIELD: information-and-prize networks. SUBSTANCE: game process involves random generation of one and/or more values of additional progressive prizes and/or random generation of value of one or more additional progressive prizes within preset range of values of one or more additional progressive prizes, and/or random determination of winning game and/or other event or events set by game organizers, determination of winning situation recognized by moment when one or more additional progressive prizes have reached accumulated sum corresponding to preset value for one or more additional progressive prizes, and/or by moment of occurrence of winning prize and/or any other event or events set by game organizers. System for playing with additional progressive prizes in information-and-prize network designed to implement above-described process has game-playing machine, data display, data-computing center, and data signal transmission means. Integrated information-and-prize network provides for increasing number of players irrespective of their distance from network and design of hardware and networks, and functioning of game-playing machines, for winning one or more different additional progressive prizes at different winning conditions according to additional progressive prize winning organization including use of game- playing machines for additional accumulation of one or more additional progressive prizes by appropriate stake allocations on game-playing machines involved in drawing one or more additional progressive prizes in information-and-prize network. EFFECT: enlarged functional capabilities. 16 cl, 6 dwg