Method and apparatus for conducting a game of chance
First Claim
1. A method for playing a game of chance comprising acts of:
- issuing a ticket to a player, the ticket including a code printed on a surface of the ticket;
providing for the player to play a poker game on a different medium than the issued ticket wherein the poker game includes a hand including a plurality of cards dealt to the player and play of a first hand and a second hand;
providing for the player to arrange the plurality of cards dealt into the first hand and the second hand; and
revealing results of the game of chance to the player, wherein the code is used to gain security access to the results of the game of chance, and wherein the code is used to gain security access to play the poker game.
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Abstract
A system and method are provided for playing a game of chance. The game of chance may include, for example, a lottery-type game. A result of the game of chance is revealed to a player in another medium. In one example, the result is revealed during multiple game instances of one or more online games. In one example, the online game includes a poker game, such as, for example, a pai gow poker game. In a version of this embodiment, the poker game provides for a player to arrange a plurality of cards dealt to the player into a first hand and a second hand. In another example, the poker game is coupled with a second level game in which the result is revealed. In a specific example, the second level game is a slot machine game.
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83 Claims
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1. A method for playing a game of chance comprising acts of:
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issuing a ticket to a player, the ticket including a code printed on a surface of the ticket;
providing for the player to play a poker game on a different medium than the issued ticket wherein the poker game includes a hand including a plurality of cards dealt to the player and play of a first hand and a second hand;
providing for the player to arrange the plurality of cards dealt into the first hand and the second hand; and
revealing results of the game of chance to the player, wherein the code is used to gain security access to the results of the game of chance, and wherein the code is used to gain security access to play the poker game. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A method for playing a game of chance comprising acts of:
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issuing a ticket to a player, the ticket including a code printed on a surface of the ticket;
providing for the player to play a computer-based poker game on a different medium than the issued ticket;
allowing the player to arrange a hand of the computer-based poker game into a first hand and a second hand within an interface of the computer-based poker game;
obtaining results of the game of chance by using the code to gain security access to obtain the results, the results comprising at least one result; and
displaying a reveal element to reveal the at least one result of the game of chance within the interface. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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53. A method for playing a game of chance comprising a game, the method comprising acts of:
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issuing a ticket to a player, the ticket including a code printed on a surface of the ticket; and
providing for the player to play the game on different medium than the issued ticket; and
providing the player with an additional opportunity to reveal results of the game of chance outside of the game, wherein the code is used to gain security access to obtain the results of the game of chance. - View Dependent Claims (54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83)
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