Game-operating computer systems for games having community prize(s) and computer-implemented methods of use thereof

摘要

In some embodiments, the present invention provides for a game-operating computer game system, that includes at least one server and software stored on a non-transient computer readable medium accessible by the at least one server, where the software is at least configured to: (a) conduct the game drawing; (b) determine at least one winning ticket based on the game drawing; (c) identify at least one winning purchase location of the at least one winning ticket; (d) identify at least one pool of non-winning players based on the at least one winning purchase location; (e) calculate a community prize; (f) divide the community prize to determine a plurality of non-winning prizes; (g) award the plurality of non-winning prizes to the at least one pool of non-winning players; and (h) display a notification about each of the plurality of non-winning prizes to each non-winning player of the pool of non-winning players.