Arrangements for awarding future prizes in an electronic game system
First Claim
1. A method including:
- (a) receiving a number of game play requests in a current game, the number of game play requests in the current game being received from one or more player stations;
(b) displaying a result in the current game for a first game play request included in the number of game play requests, the result in the current game being displayed at the respective player station from which the respective first game play request was received; and
(c) awarding a future result for each of one or more second game play requests included in the number of game play requests, each future result being associated with a play in a future game to be conducted at some designated time in the future and being communicated to a respective receiving player at a respective one of the player stations.
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Abstract
A method includes receiving a number of game play requests in a current game from one or more player stations. For some of the game play requests in the current game, a result in the current game is displayed at the respective player station from which the respective game play request was received. However, a respective future result is awarded for some game play requests. These future results may or may not have any present value, but are in any case associated with a play in a game to be conducted at some designated time in the future and thus represents at least some potential value. These future results are communicated to a respective receiving player at the player'"'"'s respective player station to advise the receiving player that they have won a chance to participate in a future game.
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21 Claims
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1. A method including:
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(a) receiving a number of game play requests in a current game, the number of game play requests in the current game being received from one or more player stations; (b) displaying a result in the current game for a first game play request included in the number of game play requests, the result in the current game being displayed at the respective player station from which the respective first game play request was received; and (c) awarding a future result for each of one or more second game play requests included in the number of game play requests, each future result being associated with a play in a future game to be conducted at some designated time in the future and being communicated to a respective receiving player at a respective one of the player stations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An apparatus including:
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(a) one or more player stations, each player station including a respective player input device and a respective result communication device; and (b) a result awarding arrangement for receiving a number of game play requests in a current game which have been entered at the one or more player stations, the result awarding arrangement also for awarding a current result for each of one or more first game play requests included in the number of game play requests and for awarding a future result for each of one or more second game play requests included in the number of game play requests, each future result being associated with a play in a future game to be conducted at some designated time in the future. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A program product stored on one or more computer readable devices, the program product including:
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(a) result program code executable for awarding either a current result or a future result for each of a number of game play requests in a current game, each future result being associated with a play in a future game to be conducted at some designated time in the future, the result program code also being executable for causing each respective current result and future result to be communicated to a respective player station associated with the game play request for which the respective result was awarded; and (b) player station program code executable for generating a respective game play request for a current game in response to a player input at a player station, for causing each respective current result and future result communicated to a respective player station executing the result program code to be received, and for causing the respective player station to provide a respective result presentation for each received result. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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