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Originally Posted by wblynch
Fewer leaks.
I don't see why. Still need a cover over the front of the engine, and a shaft seal. And if there is any leak, and it reaches the belt, that's it. Belt fails. And it might not be enough to show outside the cover.
Come to think of it, another reason I dislike belts.
I do use a digital device in my photographic pursuits when necessary.
When someone rags on me for using film, I use a middle digit, upraised.
Originally Posted by wblynch
Belts need no oil bath lubrication. Fewer leaks.
I once heard they don't make cameras in England because they couldn't figure out how to make them leak oil.
Q: Why do the English drink warm beer?
A: Lucas refrigerators.
I photograph things to see what things look like photographed.
- Garry Winogrand
Originally Posted by Diapositivo
But I prefer film, and the market prefers digital. People has wrong priorities it seems.
Chains are film, belts are digital.
Back on topic, sort of.
Maybe belt-based distributions are easier to put "in phase".
I don't know. Three people I know had a shop put them together out of phase, off by a tooth or two. No damaged engines, fortunately. Though the belt can't really be blamed for that. Just that oil change places and tune-up shops think that it's so much easier to change a belt, that even they are competent to do it.
Having had experience with both timing belts and timing chains, a few observations: chain failure, especially double row chains, is usually gradual and signaled by the clatter of disintegrating links. My guess that single row chains would furnish only seconds of warning. A double row chain is akin to two bicycle chains side by side with three rather than four rows of link plates. A single row chain is just like a bicycle chain.
Belt failure is usually silent and sudden. I doubt that oil on a belt would cause more rapid failure; synthetic rubbers are pretty robust. Whether or not failure of either belt or chain "destroys" the engine is independent of the method of cam drive, but rather the design of the engine, i.e., whether the rising piston would contact a valve left open by the cam drive failure. That is to say, is it an "interference" engine, or not. As examples, my friend had a Fiat 1600 DOHC belt driven engine on which the timing belt broke while he was starting the engine. The result: 4 of the 8 valves bent. My Datsun 510 1600 SOHC engine suffered the cam drive cog falling off the cam shaft while the engine was running. No damage. The former had an interference engine, the latter, not.
AFAIK many modern engines are "interference" since that offers better power and economy. Whether they have cam belt or chain drives follow the manufacturers' recommendations for replacement/maintenance.
Re LXDude's post, after the problem with my Datsun, the car had no power after my mechanic massaged it. I determined that the VALVE TIMING was off by a tooth or two and fixed it. Back to proper engine response. Valve timing rarely has to be adjusted unless the belt/chain has to be replaced, or the chain stretches a bit. Engines commonly have a provision for compensating for this stretch, which usually occurs only in high mileage examples.
BTW, ignition timing was/is set in distributor engines by rotating the distributor a few degrees while observing with a strobe light a mark on the crank pulley. Setting the points gap makes a VERY small difference in ignition timing; that adustment is referred to as setting the dwell.
What this digression has to do with film I don't know, but its been fun!
Originally Posted by GRHazelton
Having had experience with both timing belts and timing chains, a few observations: chain failure, especially double row chains, is usually gradual and signaled by the clatter of disintegrating links. My guess that single row chains would furnish only seconds of warning.
Depends. Usually chains fail from being worn out. The adjuster reaches the end of its travel and the chain starts to whip, making noise. The whip accelerates the wear, noise increases, etc. The only time I saw a silent chain failure, it was actually a plastic-center-with-metal-tooth-ring cam sprocket on a big old Buick V6 (the derived-from-a-V8 one). High mileage, the plastic got brittle, sprocket collapsed.
I doubt that oil on a belt would cause more rapid failure; synthetic rubbers are pretty robust.
Oh, it does. It weakens the rubber and the highest stress point at the tooth root shears. Very few belts break; they shear some teeth. If the belt breaks it's usually from the abrupt stop when the valves and pistons crash, or from riding off the sprocket after the teeth shear and tangling.
To quote an article by Terry Kuny entitled A Digital Dark Ages?: Challenges in the Preservation of Electronic Information:
Digital collections facilitate access, but do not facilitate preservation. Being digital means being ephemeral. Digital places greater emphasis on the here-and-now rather than the long-term, just-in-time information rather than just-in-case.
And that's from someone in the digital field.
We'll see whose pictures are still here in 100 years (barring fires and natural disasters that could destroy the houses of those who keep negatives and slides, and movie reels).
It seems that in this era of the digital rush that people are just eager to forget the past or think that digital technology is mature and infallible and to save a dime here and there (though there's nothing wrong with that, I like to spend money where it counts).
"Oh, It'll stay in the Cloud! This hard drive is brand new!, etc., etc.!"
I only hope that someone by then will have had the good graces to preserve what remains of analog means of recording. I hope to one day get an analog photography project started, documenting the basics of the mechanics of famous brands of film cameras and what makes them tick, etc. and all that. I still have that in mind. All I need to do is get better at managing my time.
In the meantime, I will go only into a fully digital means of color photography kicking and screaming if E6 (and later, C41, but I really would be hesitant to adapt it, due to the greater instability of the color) goes extinct, grudgingly shooting digital (with a lot of B&W film).
I used to be a 100% digital zombie, but then I came to realize how important film is in preserving the past, while staying in the present.
Typical digital zombies say: "Adapt or die!" "The world is changing, change with it!" "Analog is old and nasty! EEEEEEEWWWWWW!" "Why should I pay money for getting my pictures when I can have everything NOW?" "Why shoot manual when you can have the camera do everything automatically?"
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Originally Posted by lxdude
Great link! A friend of mine once owned a Lotus Elite. Lovely little coupe! When he went to buy parts for it he had to specify not only the make, year and model, but also the VIN. Seems that Lotus bought parts where they could, thus some cars would have Lucas, The Prince of Darkness, electrics and others would have...whatever was on sale that week. I once asked him whether the engine was sourced from Briggs or from Tecumseh; he was not amused.
If you want to annoy a Lotus fan you tell them it's an acronym....Lots Of Trouble Usually Serious....
Having said that I'd love to own an original Elite with the Coventry Climax motor....or even an early Elan.
I too went fully digital but then realised that if I wanted something important to stay I should go back to film.
So snapshots and web pics and the like are on a point and shoot (albeit a rather nice one in the shape of an X10...) and the real shots I want forever are on a solid medium.
Just as an exposed frame undeveloped is only a latent image, it does not exist in reality but only in potential, so is a digital image. And just like an undeveloped film it shares the inherent instability of a latent image.
So I shoot my good stuff on film then I scan it so I can email/cheap prints for family/etc.
But I've always got my originals...
Originally Posted by GRHazelton
I once asked him whether the engine was sourced from Briggs or from Tecumseh; he was not amused.
Of course he wasn't! Everybody knows it's a Kohler.
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"I love you, mom."
"All boys dream of traveling. It said so on TV."
There are good parts. Meeting new friends for the first time. Raising them to their true potential. It's the first time for them, and their enthusiasm is infectious. And some things, like watching all that hard work pay off when they evolve, never get old. I can be happy. Sometimes I laugh. Sometimes I forget that it's this way.
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Following the January 7 massacre at the offices of Charlie Hebdo in Paris, where Islamic gunmen killed a dozen people because the satirical magazine had mocked the prophet of Islam, one thing has become clear: the amount of atrocities committed in the name of Islam all around the world have become so frequent, so ubiquitous, that other, lesser hostilities by Muslims, which might once have been newsworthy, are now completely falling by the wayside, seen as minor and insignificant—commonplace, almost expected.
Thus, while Islamic gunmen were massacring "infidels" in Paris (and elsewhere), "everyday Muslims" in Europe were engaging in less dramatic, but no less significant behavior.
On Friday, January 9—Friday being when Muslims get most riled during mosque sermons and when non-Muslims are frequently attacked—"foreigners" in Italy, believed to be Muslims, attacked a man kneeling in prayer before the statue of the Virgin Mary, tore the photo of a loved one from his hand, and then broke and urinated on the Virgin Mary statue. By the time police arrived at the chapel the attackers had already fled. more >>
On January 17th Sound Vision Foundation, a Chicago-based 501 (C) 3 organization held a "Stand with the Prophet" event in Garland, Texas, a suburb outside of Dallas, at the Curtis Culwell Center on Independent School District property. The event, permitted by the Superintendent of Public Schools, launched a Strategic Communication Center for Muslims to advocate censoring and criminalizing non-Muslim speech.
Sound Vision asks: "Frustrated with Islamophobes defaming the Prophet? Remember the Danish cartoons defaming the Prophet? Or the anti-Islam film, "Innocence of Muslims"?" After Muslim "defenders of Muhammad" recently murdered 16 people in Paris, and continue to persecute millions of Christians and non-Muslims worldwide, Sound Vision expressed its commitment to "defending Muhammad."
They claim: "This is not an event. It is the beginning of a movement. A movement to defend the Prophet Muhammad, his person, and his message." They assert "attacks" against Muslims stem from "media defamation" of their religion and that "Islamophobia is causing problems all around the world." more >>
Eddie Ray Routh, the Marine Corps veteran accused of killing real life "American Sniper" Chris Kyle, will plead "not guilty" in the upcoming trial his lawyer said.
Kyle, a former Navy SEAL, and his friend Chad Littlefield were gunned down at point blank range at a Texas shooting range while trying to help Routh overcome PTSD back in Feb. 2013. Routh's trial is scheduled to begin next month pending jury selection and his attorney said recently that he will plead "not guilty" to both shooting deaths.
"My client will plead not guilty by reason of insanity," Routh's attorney, J. Warren St. John, told People Magazine in a report last week. He was also quoted by Reuters as saying, "Our guy is not evil." more >>
Director Michael Moore has said that Jesus Christ wouldn't have shot people or sent soldiers into war, in comments criticizing U.S. military operations in Iraq. The remarks also referred to his criticism of snipers, whom he previously called "cowards," and was in turn rebuked by a medal of honor recipient.
Moore made a series of posts on Twitter over the weekend, where he said: "What Would Jesus Do? Oh, I know what he'd do — hide on top of a roof and shoot people in the back!"
"But What Would Jesus Do if he could be a sniper & save soldiers lives by shooting 'savages' in the back?" he continued. "ANSWER: Jesus wouldn't put any soldiers lives in harm's way in the first place because he wouldn't have sent them 2 Iraq." more >>
Terror group ISIS has reportedly been defeated and driven out from the Syrian border town of Kobane following a near four-months-long battle, a monitoring group has said. Kurdish forces backed by other rebel groups have not allowed the city to the fall, with the offenses causing the deaths of at least 1,313 fighters, mostly from ISIS.
"IS organization raised its first banner at the outskirts of ayn al-Arab 'Kobane' in Oct. 6, 2014," the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported on Monday.
"The shelling and clashes between YPG, backed by rebel battalions and other fighters from several brigades, and IS militants resulted in death of 1,313 fighters; 979 fighters from IS organization, including 38 fighters blew themselves up using booby-trapped vehicles and explosive belts, 324 fighters from YPG and 12 fighters from the rebel battalions." more >>
The leader of Pakistani politico-religious party Jamaat-e Islami is claiming that the Western "extremist standpoint" on the freedom of news organizations to publish "blasphemous caricatures" of Islam's prophet Muhammad will ultimately lead to World War III.
In addressing the thousands in attendance at a Friday protest over the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, which publicized cartoons portraying Muhammad, the influential chief of the Jamaat-e Islami party, Sirajul Haq, demanded that the United Nations make laws designed to prevent the media and others from mocking religious personalities.
Haq explained that the West's leniency and tolerance in dealing with those who mock Islam by publishing Muhammad's image could lead to yet another Great War, The Express Tribune reports. more >>


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Received the media scarf in 'moss' from Antwerp. They even included the lookbook and a handwritten thank you note. So nice. The scarf is great. The wool is pretty thin, but it's big so you can wrap it a few times. Just hope it holds up well. The Album scarves are amazing and all, but I think they are too big and bulky for me, whereas this is perfect.


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The Essential Guide to Making Handmade Books
Gabrielle Fox
This book will teach readers how to make books by hand. Through eleven projects, crafters learn how to indulge their self-expressive creativity. Starting with the basics and moving to more challenging bindings and formats, each project will include complete step-by-step instructions, a visual materials list, and ideas for uses and variations. Includes information on how to find and use new and unusual materials such as handmade paper, corrugated cardboard, gift wrap, foil, leather and more. Tips for personalizing their books along with a bit of the history, culture and the lore of book and paper making are also included.
Publisher: Cincinnati, OH : North Light Books, c2000
Branch Call Number: 686.3 F791e 2000
Characteristics: 122 p. :,col. ill. ;,28 cm
Alternate Title: Handmade books
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Audit shows $100,000 increase in New London- Spicer's general fund
NEW LONDON -- The New London-Spicer School Board has approved a fiscal 2008 audit that shows the district gained more than $100,000 in its general fund since last year.
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Wisconsin ED May Go Public-Private
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, who took office this week, wants to abolish the state Department of Commerce and replace it with a public-private economic development agency, according to a report in the Superior Telegram. The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation would be run by a 12-person board chaired by Walker and filled with his appointees. "Think about this corporation kind of like being the local ...Read more ›


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Vine Borer in Acorn Squash
I have lost more plants to vine borers than anything else. I hate these guys with a passion. Today I went out to check on my acorn squash and they weren't just in the vine, but they had started eating through the fruit as well. I picked about 4 almost ripe acorn squash and had to cut out 1-2 vine borer larvae out of each one. No question here, I just hate these little guys.
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We had 6 or 7 great winter squash/pumpkin years here at our place before the SVBs found us. Since they found us and our garden, I tend to mostly plant C. moschata types of squash because the SVBs don't bother them much, if at all. Otherwise, if I plant C. pepo or other types, I am compelled to grow them under floating row cover to protect them. Unfortunately that adds one more chore to the 'to do' list in the garden, because you have to lift the cover and hand-pollinate the flowers since the row cover also excludes the pollinators.
My dream garden would include a high tunnel/hoophouse type structure that was covered with window screen type material instead of greenhouse plastic so I could grow all the pumpkins and winter squash I want without having to watch the SVBs get them virtually every year. We are not likely to ever build such a structure, but I can dream about it!


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Black Republican says GOP best reflects her values
Longview, TX — Karen Watson considered calling her book, 'Ten Things You Don't Know About Black Republicans.'
"And the first one was going to be that we exist," the mortgage company owner and new author told a tea party audience Monday.
The daughter of a Dallas public school teacher who was enamored by Ronald Reagan at the 1984 Republican National Convention, Watson really called her self-published book, "Being Black and Republican in the Age of Obama: A Psychographic Study of Black Conservatives," (Platypress, 2012, retail $20).
"It is a book to change the world," Watson told some 80 members of We The People-Longview. "What I will be known for is the woman that is one of the ones that set the captives free."
Watson said she initially thought black voters traditionally choose the Democratic party because they simply don't see that conservative values best mirror their culture.
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A tiered game scheme for incentivising users to visit web sites by participating in a free lottery game and subsequent video games at a sponsor's site. Participants as part of teams play a free remote lottery system without wagering any money or purchasing tickets. Participants of a team are issued individual numbers, which in combination comprise a lottery entry. Full or partially matching numbers receive a prize or eligibility to participate in secondary games of chance. In the event of not winning the lottery, eligible participants are invited to a sponsors web site to take part in secondary video games with improved chances of winning additional prizes. Participants must select and play one or more video games at the sponsor's site to entitled them to subsequent free lottery entries. At the sponsor's site, the game player is influenced by site offers for products/services.
1. A method of maintaining user participation in an event occurring periodically at a site on a computer network, in which a user registers at the site to participate in a first tier event having a user successful or a user unsuccessful outcome, wherein on a user unsuccessful outcome the user is automatically entered for participation in the next first tier event, and on a user successful outcome an automatic invitation is issued from the site for the user to participate in a second tier event.
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11. A method as claimed in any preceding claim in which if the automatic invitation is not accepted a predetermined number of times then the user is removed from participation in the next first tier event.
12. A method as claimed in any preceding claim in which the second tier event comprises one or more games having a plurality of user participants in which points are allocated to a user.
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14. A method as claimed in any preceding claim in which participants in the second tier event are automatically entered for participation in the next first tier event.
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16. A user participation event system comprising a user terminal and an event host, in which a user registers at the host via the terminal to participate in a first tier event having a user successful or a user unsuccessful outcome, wherein on a user unsuccessful outcome the user is automatically entered by the host for participation in the next first tier event, and on a user successful outcome an automatic invitation is issued by the host for the user to participate in a second tier event.
17. A host for a user participation event arranged to receive a user registration, provide a first tier event having a user successful or a user unsuccessful outcome, automatically enter the user for participation in the next first tier event on a user unsuccessful outcome and automatically issue an invitation for the user to participate in a second tier event on a user successful outcome.
18. A computer network site for a user participation event arranged to receive a user registration, provide a first tier event having a user successful or a user unsuccessful outcome, automatically enter the user for participation in the next first tier event on a user unsuccessful outcome and automatically issue an invitation for the user to participate in a second tier event on a user successful outcome.
19. A computer or server programmed to support a site as claimed in
20. A game system in which a user registers to participate in a periodically repeated first game, is invited to participate in a second game if the first game outcome is successful, and is re-entered for participation in the next first game if the first game outcome is unsuccessful.
21. A method of enhancing user participation in an event occurring periodically at a site on a computer network, in which a user registers at the site to participate as one of a group of users in a first tier event having a user successful or a user unsuccessful outcome, and on a user successful outcome for any user in the group an automatic invitation is issued from the site for the user to participate in a second tier event.
22. A game system in which a user registers to participate as one of a group of users in a periodically repeated first game, and is invited to participate in a second game if the first game outcome is successful for any user in the group.
[0001] The invention relates to a method of maintaining user participation in an event occurring periodically at a site on the computer network, for example a lottery.
[0002] Lotteries, both private and state operated, are popular games with many people. The simplicity and convenience of being able to purchase one or more lottery tickets for a state game, encourages many persons to play who might not otherwise gamble. Nonetheless, conventional lotteries have their drawbacks, which can be discouraging to some players.
[0003] Conventional state-run lotteries or casinos generally assign a set of numbers to an individual for a fixed fee. The game is played by picking generally six numbers of a selected set such as from 1 to 49. The numbers may be assigned randomly or the players may have the ability to choose numbers or sets of numbers, which are then printed on a lottery ticket. Once ticket sales have ended, winning numbers are selected randomly, either by computer or a mechanical device such as a hopper filled with numbered balls. The balls are mixed and pulled at random from the hopper to select the winning numbers and generally with long odds of winning on the game, no particular order of numbers is required. This activity provides the player a very brief interval of involvement. Should more than one player have chosen all or a predetermined part of the winning numbers, then the winning pool is shared by these players. If no one wins, the prize pool can accumulate (roll over), wholly or partly, thereby increasing interest in the lottery due to the increased potential prize.
[0004] A typical state-run lottery has numerous widely dispersed terminals. Communication between the terminals and the central processor is needed for recording and verifying transactions. Each user selects data, and each transaction is verified and recorded. The winning numbers for the lottery are chosen daily, weekly, etc., usually at a publicized event. Frequently, such lottery systems for each play entry require the user to mark a card with several selections (e.g., three to six selections) from a set of possible numbers which numbers are not repeated. By means of communication between a data entry terminal and a central computer, the player entry data is recorded and validated well before the winning number is selected, whereby it is not possible to alter a play entry record to cover a winning number. Furthermore, all data being centralized, the number of winners and the prize amounts, as well as the entry location, can be readily determined.
[0005] New Internet lotteries have appeared recently with the advent of the Internet which offer free lottery entries to consumers in exchange for visiting (clicking through) to sponsor's sites. The draws tend to be held daily and offer for example a $1 million jackpot�a possibility they insure against with a prize indemnity policy. These lotteries are administrated and managed in similar ways to the state run lotteries described above.
[0006] These Internet free lotteries are commercial (private) companies supported by advertising revenues. Internet users (consumers) are invited to the lottery sites to select their lottery numbers for a day's draw. The sites usually offer a number of options�the choice of selecting the user's own numbers, or the option of a �quick pick�, where the computer randomly selects the numbers for the user, and a facility to save/store these same numbers for future draws. In exchange for the free lottery entry, the participant must click on one of a plurality of advertising banners presented to validate the entry on the site's database. At a predetermined time of day an independent and verifiable draw is held to produce the winning number combination from the set of numbers. However, unlike most lottery games there is only one prize�the publicized jackpot. There are usually no intermediate or small prizes.
[0007] The disadvantage of these kinds of gaming rules stem from the fact that the chances of winning the jackpot prize is very small and with no chances to win other prizes in the draw�with no intermediate or small prizes to enhance the game. The players do not have much incentive to return after the novelty has worn off. Therefore, such games are not able to hold the attention of most potential participants for long while at the same time the winning chances are not satisfactorily good to attract more people to participate.
[0008] While State lotteries have been very successful, over the last decade the public's interest has decreased. Many states have turned to televising draws in an effort to generate additional interest in the lottery with varying results. The number selection shows, however, possess little excitement or suspense since they have relatively little spectator appeal.
[0009] A good majority of the people who participate in lotteries do not check their numbers on the day of the draw and pay little attention to the draw itself�checking their numbers a day or two later. It is understood that for most these people there is no excitement in actively following the results since the likelihood of winning is very small. But contrary to this state of mind, most play because someone always wins. A nominal dollar wager is accepted as fair price for the opportunity and fantasy of winning the jackpot.
[0010] In one known system set out in U.S. Pat. No. 5,628,684 assigned to La Francaise des Jeux, a card or ticket based system is described in which a user scratches off an obscured portion. If a win symbol is revealed the user inserts the card into a reader on a game console allowing the user to participate in games via the console with a central computer allowing further or enhanced winnings. This system, however, has various disadvantages. First of all it is paper based and involves the user both purchasing a ticket and accessing a games console. In addition the system is entirely dependent upon the user deciding to purchase a further ticket if he wishes to repeat his participation.
[0011] Accordingly a problem with known systems is that on completion of a first event user participation is terminated and repeat user participation can only be initiated upon re-registration, or re-entry by the user, in some cases prompted by repeat reminders issued by the site. As a result the site requires configuration for issuing reminders after the event in all instances except where the user instantly re-enters or re-registers, introducing a significant additional memory and processing burden at the site.
[0012] Known systems have specific disadvantages therefore. The very high odds in most lotteries (in particular free internet lotteries) leads to disillusionment in which case users may not participate repeatedly over any long period of time. Similarly the �all or nothing� typical system under which the user either wins a large jackpot or no prize at all is discouraging. Once again, therefore, the incentive to enter is mitigated by the low probability of a successful outcome. Generally speaking, the incentives to the user to participate, or continue to participate, are not high.
[0013] It is an object of the invention to overcome or mitigate disadvantages with known systems.
[0014] According to the invention there is provided a method of maintaining user participation in an event occurring periodically at a site on a computer network, in which a user registers at the site to participate in a first tier event having a user successful or a user unsuccessful outcome, which on a user unsuccessful outcome the user is automatically entered for participation in the next tier event, and on a user successful outcome an automatic invitation is issued from the site for the user to participate in a second tier event.
[0015] As a result user participation is maintained without the need for repeated reminders being issued from the site. At the same time user support and participation is enhanced.
[0016] Embodiments of the inventions will now be described, by way of example, with reference of the drawings, of which:
[0017]FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a typical computer network for support in the present invention;
[0018]FIG. 2a is a flow diagram showing operation of the present invention;
[0019]FIG. 2b shows pool membership according to the present invention;
[0020]FIG. 3 is a further representation of pool membership according to the present invention;
[0021]FIG. 4 shows operation of the present invention when there are less than six members;
[0022]FIG. 5 is a flow diagram showing second tier participation;
[0023]FIG. 6 is a representation of a roulette-based second tier game; and
[0024]FIG. 7 is a representation of a slot-machine second tier game.
[0025] Referring to FIG. 1 typical computer network representing the type of system in which the present invention can be operated is shown. One particular type of network that would be appropriate, for example, is the Internet. A plurality of user nodes or terminals 10 are provided which can, for example, be a user's PC at home. The physical location of the terminals is limited only by the physical extent of the network such that the terminals, for example, could be in different countries or even different continents. The terminals 10 are connected to one another and the remainder of the computer network via known communication lines such as telephone lines, wireless communication means or fibre optic cables 12. The lines 12 can be connected by a network of intermediate servers or nodes 14 which, inter alia, provide a communication path to a host server 16 on which the site hosting an event is supported. It will be apparent to the skilled person that FIG. 1 is enormously simplified and that the interconnection of host and intermediate servers, and terminals can be provided in an almost infinite number of variations.
[0026] Discussion of the specific embodiments will be particularly directed to event-based systems based on games of skill and chance, for example a lottery draw, as a first tier event, allowing participation in a range of second tier events such as roulette games, slot machine games and so forth as discussed in more detail below. However it is contemplated that alternative types of event that require repeat user participation can also form the basis of the system.
[0027]FIGS. 2a and 2 b provide an overview of the present invention from the point of view of a single user. Referring to FIG. 2a at step 20 the user registers by accessing the site at which the event takes place, for example the web site. At step 22 the user is assigned (or can select) a pool number with a corresponding pool serial number. The serial number is assigned specific to the pool user falls in, is assigned sequentially. If the user changes pool a new serial number issues. Assuming a lottery based on six draws of numbers between one and forty nine, the pool numbers similarly range from one to forty nine and can therefore also be viewed as the user's draw number, such that if the pool number is drawn in the lottery draw then all the users in the pool having the corresponding number will be eligible for the second tier as discussed in more detail below. The serial number assigned is unique to each user and is principally used for identification purposes. FIG. 2b shows allotment of pool numbers in more detail. For each lottery number 1 to 49 a separate pool 40 is set up. Each pool includes a number of users, each user being assigned a unique, sequential, numerical serial number. In the embodiment shown three digit serial numbers are shown but this is purely for convenience of representation�for example six digit serial numbers may be assigned
[0028] Reverting to FIG. 2a, at step 24 the user forms or joins a group of users termed a �micro-community (MC)�. Up to six players can join a micro-community, no two players from the same pool being allowed in a common micro-community. As a result each micro-community represents a selection of six numbers between one and forty-nine which can be matched against the numbers drawn in the lottery itself. Each of the six numbers effectively �belongs� to a respective user who had been assigned that number as a pool number. For the time being it is assumed that a micro-community of six members is formed�the steps that are taken if less than six numbers are in the group are discussed in more detail below. It will be noted that micro-communities could indeed form more than six players whilst retaining the lottery draw at six numbers. This would increase the chances of winning the jackpot and hence enhance user interest yet further. In one embodiment, for example, eight people could be members of the micro-community against a lottery draw of six numbers, thus increasing the chances of winning but dividing the winnings amongst more players.
[0029] At step 26 the lottery draw is made and the micro-community set of numbers is compared with the drawn numbers at step 28. If all six numbers match then at step 30 the micro-community is notified for example by email, of a jackpot win and the process ends at step 32. Otherwise at step 34 the micro-community is checked to see if any of the drawn numbers are found in it�if so then the micro-community holding that number is notified at step 36, preferably by email, and can participate in the second tier games, for example one or more video or casino games. This is one possible default allowing entry into the second tier games, of course, more than one number would be required or indeed second tier participation might be allowed only for micro-communities having none of their numbers drawn. The members of the micro-community participate in the second tier games at step 38. Exemplary games are discussed in more detail below.
[0030] In the present embodiment, if at step 34 no draw numbers are found in the micro-community then the micro-community is automatically re-entered for the next draw at step 26. In addition, on completion of the second tier games the micro-community is automatically re-entered for the next draw (the first tier) and it effectively returns to step 26. The system is most preferably used in the context of a promotions internet web site with banner advertising and/or supported by commercial sponsors. The first and second tier games are introduced as an incentive to visit the web site, and maintain continued visits to the web site, in particular because of the greater prospects of a win. As discussed in more detail below, in addition to the possibility of winning the jackpot in the first tier game, there are lesser prizes to be won, as well as the prospect of the entertainment of participating, in the second tier games. As a result repeat use is more likely to occur, not least because of the realistic prospect of winning a prize with no outlay. Because the micro-community is automatically re-entered into the first tier game in the event that none of the micro-community numbers are drawn, it is not necessary to issue continued reminders or requests for the users to re-enter each time the first tier game is carried out. Yet further, because of the provision of micro-communities, a team spirit is engendered as well as, as discussed in more detail, the odds of success being enhanced.
[0031] The system has yet further advantages that users are only contacted when they have either won the jackpot or when they are invited to enter the second tier games, again rendering the system more attractive than when repeated reminders are received simply to re-enter. Preferably, if the user enters the second tier game, they are automatically re-entered for the first tier game as well, increasing the prospects of winning over the long term. At the same time, each time the user enters a second tier game they are once again exposed to the promotional material effectively underwriting the system.
[0032] Micro-communities are discussed in more detail with reference to FIG. 3. A micro-community generally designated 50 is formed from six cells 52 each representing one user pool number. As a result the micro-community 50 comprises six numbers, which can be compared with the six numbers drawn from the lottery. There are two possible ways of entering a micro-community. The first of those is that a user, having been assigned a pool number and a serial number, then seeks five further users (or potential users) to join his or her micro-community. The second possibility is that the user is an invitee, registers with the system and requests entry into the relevant micro-community.
[0033] The person compiling the micro-community is termed the owner�the remainder, are termed members. As demonstrated in FIG. 3, a single user can be involved in more than one micro-community. For example where user A is owner of a first micro-community 50 a together with users B to F, he can also be a member of up to five further micro-communities 50 b to 50 f. Each user is assigned an arbitrary limit of one ownership and five memberships.
[0034] In a preferred embodiment the treatment of micro-community owners and members differs somewhat. In particular, the micro-community owner receives fifty per cent of all prize money, with the remaining fifty per cent being shared equally amongst the other five members. In addition, when a lottery draw number matches one of the numbers is the micro-community, the micro-community owner is notified, for example by email. The onus is then on the micro-community owner to notify the remainder of the micro-community to participate in the second tier games; thereby reducing the number of emails to issue.
[0035] It is possible that a micro-community can be formed with less than six members as shown in FIG. 4. Accordingly an additional check routine can be added into the flow chart of FIG. 2a. At step 60 the number of users in the micro-community is checked. If there are six members then the micro-community is forwarded to participate in the main draw at step 62. If however there are less than six members then at step 64, if there are three or more members then they are notified that they are eligible but only for the second tier games (that is, if one of the less than six micro-community numbers comes up in the lottery draw) at step 66. Otherwise, at step 68 the micro-community is notified that they are eligible neither for the first nor the second tier. The micro-community and multiple entry systems allow much-improved odds in the system, increasing the incentive for users. In effect, each user has up to six opportunities to participate in the first tier game based on a single registration, that is, by being owner of one micro-community and member of five others. It will be appreciated that throughout this discussion, the embodiment is based on a lottery having numbers from one to forty nine, and six numbers drawn�any other permutations can of course be used, with resizing of the micro-communities as appropriate.
[0036] Based on the present embodiment, however, the odds of winning the jackpot are 13,983,816 to 1. However the odds of being entered for the second tier games are considerably better. For a micro-community owner, the odds of participating in a second tier are 6 out of 49 (six numbers in the micro-community of which the user is owner out of forty nine possible numbers) or roughly one in eight. If the lottery is drawn weekly then the micro-community owner is likely to participate in a contest roughly once every other month.
[0037] It will be appreciated that each of the six numbers drawn in the lottery represents a pool and as in the second tier there will be one micro-community winner for each pool then the odds of winning at the second tier games are much improved since these are linked to the number of participants in each pool. For example where 500,000 users take part in the entire system, there are roughly 10,000 participates per pool giving the micro-community owner odds of 1 in 10,000 of winning.
[0038] The odds of being entered for the second tier games are even shorter for a micro-community member assuming that that member is involved in the maximum five pools as a member with no repeat numbers. In that case the odds of participating are 30 to 49 or 1 in 1.6, roughly once every other week. However, the odds of winning the second tier game remain the same as the member wins as part of their micro-community, that is, 1 in 10,000.
[0039] It will be noted that a user can participate both as owner and member in the same draw, improving the odds yet further. Membership in the maximum number of micro-communities offers the highest prospect of winning the jackpot and participating in the most pool games. The prospects of winning the first tier jackpot are of course increased if each micro-community comprises a different range of numbers and it is also possible that a member, by virtue of membership of different micro-communities, will have more than one opportunity to participate in the second tier games. Furthermore a user can control frequency of participation in second tier games from a maximum of once every other week to as little as once every five weeks by selecting the maximum numbers of possible repeat numbers on all micro-community memberships. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, if the micro-community wins the jackpot then their participation ends but alternatively they could also be entered for the second tier games six times, as all six numbers had come up.
[0040] An overview of the second tier games is shown in FIG. 5. It will be noted that specific examples only of second tier games are presented here and that any appropriate second tier games can be contemplated; their basic purpose is to provide a more entertaining and exciting approach to games most people get easily bored with and thus maintain interest in the game system generally, as well as pay out to a winning micro-community.
[0041] As discussed above, in the first instance the micro-community owner is notified that the number their micro-community was drawn in the first tier draw. This is preferably by email formatted such that the micro-community owner can forward the email to the remaining members of the micro-community with a single click. Preferably micro-community owners have two days to notify micro-community members of the second tier game and four days in which to complete the games although this will be determined by the frequency of the first tier draw. In order to remove from the system people who abuse it, owners must participate every time their number comes up for the second tier whilst members must participate in two out of every three opportunities to enter the second tier, or they are not re-entered for the first tier game. Again these are only exemplary figures, but ensure that the system remains open to those who intend to use it and does not simply permit people to maintain a free-running entry for the main lottery draw. Furthermore, prize money is awarded on identity verification�where an individual cannot corroborate his identity or found to be playing under various aliases, their whole micro community will forgo their winnings. It is therefore self-promoting, self-realising and self-regulating. In addition a blacklist can be maintained if required.
[0042] The second tier games can be thought of as pool games, one specific game being assigned to each of the six pool numbers that were drawn in the lottery draw. Each pool game can be played by every micro-community which entered the second tier games and which has that pool number as one of its numbers. A fixed amount of prize money (equivalent for each pool game) is won by one of the micro-communities. This can be done, for example, by making each pool game points based, the winning micro-community being the community which obtains the most points in playing the game. Appropriate tie-breakers can be selected, for example one or more high card/low card draws between micro-community owners in tied micro-communities. It will be seen, therefore, that a micro-community may be entered for one or more of the pool games dependent on how many numbers in the micro-community were drawn in the lottery draw.
[0043] It will also be appreciated that each pool game comprises a separate competition although the same game type may be played for each pool number. In other words each of the six pool games may in fact comprise roulette, as discussed in more detail below, but with different numbers coming up, and different winners, for each of the six games of roulette. Alternatively an entirely different game type may be played for each pool, or any variation or combination between these extremes. Furthermore, as discussed below, a selection of games can be offered to the user for each pool. In the event that a winning micro-community has less than six members (which is possible in the embodiment as shown in FIG. 4) the unassigned prize money can be allotted to a charity chosen by the micro-community. Alternatively, irrespective of the size of the micro-community, the micro-community owner receives fifty per cent of the allocated winnings, the remainder of the allocated winnings being shared amongst the other members.
[0044] The pool games are preferably games of chance and in particular preferably casino games modified to enable users to influence their outcome. The games may comprise lottery draws, slot machines/fruit machines/one-arm bandits and dice-based games. In one embodiment the user's objective is to generate a specific series of numbers that make up their micro-community owner's serial number (as allotted when assigned to a pool). This may not be appropriate for all games, however; for example where roulette is the pool game, the micro-community chooses a number and bets with existing points. Dependent on the game, different numbers of points can be allotted dependent on the relevant odds, and participants may wager their accumulated points to increase their winnings. Where the game is based on the micro-community owner's serial number, if that number is not generated then the games points can be assigned to the micro-community whose number was produced. As a result each micro-community has the possibility of being awarded points based on the activities of another micro-community.
[0045] Referring now to FIG. 5 in more detail, the player first logs on at step 80 and the target number to be played for, for example the user's registration number is identified at step 82. The pool game details are then displayed at step 84. In one preferred embodiment, the player can select from a number of games offered for each pool, allowing a player to increase his or her prospects of accumulating points by selecting a game he is particularly familiar with or skilled at, or at the appropriate odds level for the player's preferred risk strategy. At step 86 the game is selected and played and the points won are recorded at step 88. At step 90 the player is offered the opportunity to play again and/or wager the existing points and if the player accepts then the process returns to step 84, where the selection of games is displayed. Otherwise the game terminates at step 92, the micro-community accumulated points are stored and compared against the remaining micro-communities' points in that pool game once the pool game is finished. As discussed above, the highest points winner wins the pool prize. All micro-communities participate in the second tier games, whether they win or lose, are automatically re-entered for the next first tier lottery draws.
[0046] Table 1 below shows an example of how points may be allotted according to a selection of pool games including a lucky dip, a lottery draw, slot machines, roulette and dice.
[0047] It will be noted that the player can be a single member of an eligible micro-community or can be a representative of the entire micro-community in conference, sharing the play action. Preferably each number of the MC plays, maximising exposure to the site and increasing the prospects of accumulating the most points for the MC Running totals can keep the players informed of their progress. The winning micro-communities are informed, for example, by email, and as with the main prize, winners can be posted at the site. The points can be allotted in a more sophisticated manner than that shown in Table 1. For example higher points can be awarded when the micro-community consists of new users recruited to the system as opposed to existing users of the system. It will be noted in Table 1 that higher points are awarded to full micro-communities.
[0048] As mentioned above, and as will be apparent to the skilled reader, a very wide variety of games can be used including casino games or modified casino games, games of skill, board games, video arcade games, or alternatively puzzles. In addition any combination of the above games can also be used. Two embodiments comprising the best mode of the invention as currently contemplated by the inventor are now discussed.
[0049] Referring to FIG. 6 a video roulette game can be one of the games to be played, the rules and wagering being the same or similar to conventional casino games�however, the wagering currency being points instead of money, points being assigned equally to each micro-community (MC) at the outset. The representation preferably corresponds to a standard roulette arrangement including a wheel 100 and table 102. A points tally 104 is shown as well as advertising banners 108, a message field for messages from the central computer 110 and a logo, for example of the company hosting the site, 112. The placing of bets is carried out simply by clicking on the relevant number or fields of the table 102 and the wheel can be spun by clicking on icon 106. An alternative may be roulette with 49 numbers instead of the standard 38.
[0050] As represented by FIG. 7 the familiar slot machine game found in casinos can be used alternatively or in addition, but with modified rules such that unlike most casino games where the objective is to match pre-set winning conditions three indicia of a kind, three bars, or three 7s, etc.�the objective in this game is to reproduce a sequence of numbers (digits) that represent the serial number of a MC�for example that of the MC owner.
[0051] The game is in effect controlled by player made choices with respect to selecting numbers that make up the aforementioned MC registration number.
[0052] The preferred embodiment of the slot machine has three reels 120, with the indicia on these preferably numeric�single digits from 0 to 9 which may either be sequentially or randomly placed on the reel. Operation of the game is simply achieved by clicking in the conventional manner. The game may be started by depressing a button or pulling from a priming arm 122, the spin coming to a stop of its own accord. The user is given, for example, nudges 124 of the reels which may be up or down and a �hold� option 126. The nudges are applied as the player sees fit, all on one reel or otherwise. Three spin cycles are allowed for each game excluding any bonus spin/s awarded during play.
[0053] The game is started by spinning the reels in unison�players then wait for these to stop. Players are given various options on how to produce/select their desired numbers, for example select any of the outcome numbers to complete the serial number (bearing in mind that the serial number preferably has more digits than the number of reels) and nudge the remaining number/s to produce other desirable numbers; nudge one or all the outcome numbers into a bonus winning sequence thus producing three numbers to be allocated towards the serial number plus having an additional spin (as detailed below); or have the option to hold a reel number while spinning the remainder. On completion of the available spins the player will either have successfully re-produced the stipulated serial number displayed at 128 for which full points are awarded, or in the event that the serial number is not completed as shown at 130, the outstanding numbers will be randomly filled-in (completed) by the game and the game's points awarded to the corresponding MC.
[0054] A bonus win situation�reproducing any set of three consecutive numbers with respect to the serial number will award a bonus, for example an additional spin cycle.
[0055] A version of the reels may include Joker indicia and or a Jackpot indicia to vary the rules of number selection, or indeed sponsor's logos associated for example, with the numeric indicia which can also give rise to further prizes if appearing in predetermined sequences.
[0056] It will be appreciated that various modifications can be made without departing from the inventive concept. For example, instead of a micro-community owner having to seek out friends/family to join the micro-community, a listing of members within complete micro-community memberships can be posted at the site. In addition micro-community owners may change their members, for example removing previous ones and recruiting new ones, in particular where it is clear that a particular member is no longer interested in the game. Changes preferably become effective from the next draw.
[0057] In order that the lottery if both public and verifiable, the results of a national lottery for example the US or UK national lottery can be used to define the drawn numbers in the first tier game. Of course a lottery having the appropriate format will be required. In the embodiments discussed here it is contemplated that the draw will take place on a weekly basis although it may be held less frequently if it is initially desired to build up a user base, weekly draws only being performed once the user base reaches a pre-select number. In addition the prize money can be increased as participation increases.
[0058] Preferably, various levels of registration are offered on entry to the game, which is only required the first time the user logs on. The more information provided in the registration, the more advertisements and promotions at the web site can be targeted to the profile of the user. In a preferred embodiment three profiling registration levels are offered: entry, intermediate and comprehensive level, each level requiring more detailed presentation information about the user. In addition the prize payout can be associated to the profile level, for example registration at entry level will pay out one third of prize money, at intermediate level two thirds, at comprehensive level the full prize. Entry-level players may upgrade their registration level when they become comfortable with the game and company and releasing more information on themselves. However, the targeting can be made optional, for example by registering at entry level and paying a yearly subscription fee to be eligible for the full prize money. On registration, the user is assigned a unique registration number�different from their pool specific serial number and independent of their pool or MC membership�for identification and administrative purposes. The user's registration is only validated once they have joined a micro-community. As a result, the user must participate as a member of a micro-community to be eligible for the rewards available.
[0059] Implementation of the system according to the invention will be apparent to the skilled person. Preferably the game software is incorporated as part of an Internet browser (i.e. a Java applet or Java script etc). This can be dynamically downloadable from the server at the time of play, or operated from a PC resident program and linked to a central controlling server. As discussed above the pool games may be user selectable and/or randomly assigned by the central game processor, and the games may be played individually or in teams, for example jointly over the Internet.
[0060] The skilled reader will further appreciate that any alternative type of random draw can form the first tier event, and that any appropriate second tier game can be incorporated. In addition winnings can be apportioned amongst micro-community members in any appropriate manner, and indeed the micro-community itself may be optional�instead users will enter the first and second tiers individually. Furthermore, although the preferred embodiment is discussed in terms of an online event system, a ticket based or manual system can be established according to the same principles.
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