Abstract: An improved micro-financing platform to fund principally new ideas, startups, and/or SMEs using a new type of instant game of chance ticket or on-line game is described. In accordance with an exemplary embodiment, the instant game of chance ticket or an on-line game token will comprise a gaming component and an investment component. In one scenario, the gaming component is the traditional game feature offered by an instant game of chance ticket or on-line game. The investment component of a ticket is the investment value of a ticket or on-line game as a function of the face value paid for the ticket. This investment value is a sort of micro-financing investment made by the purchaser in return for which the purchaser is given a share interest in an investment pool of companies very similar to traditional share ownership in a company, or the purchase of a corporate bond exercisable at a future date in exchange for, hopefully, greater value than what was given to acquire in the first place.

Abstract: An improved micro-financing platform to fund principally new ideas, startups, and/or SMEs using a new type of instant game of chance ticket or on-line game is described. In accordance with an exemplary embodiment, the instant game of chance ticket or an on-line game token will comprise a gaming component and an investment component. In one scenario, the gaming component is the traditional game feature offered by an instant game of chance ticket or on-line game. The investment component of a ticket is the investment value of a ticket or on-line game as a function of the face value paid for the ticket. This investment value is a sort of micro-financing investment made by the purchaser in return for which the purchaser is given a share interest in an investment pool of companies very similar to traditional share ownership in a company, or the purchase of a corporate bond exercisable at a future date in exchange for, hopefully, greater value than what was given to acquire in the first place.