Pre-paid game cards and lottery tickets providing access to online electronic games
First Claim
1. A method for managing access to a wager game, comprising:
- providing a facility for issuing a ticket to a player in exchange for value, the ticket containing information for use in providing the player with access to an electronic wager game using a computing device functioning as a gaming terminal,wherein the ticket is further associated with non-cashable resources with which the player may play one or more turns of play of the electronic wager game.
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Abstract
A ticket or game card contains information such as a number, code or password by which a player accesses an electronic wager game on a web site using a computer. The ticket is associated with some quantum of credit (non-cashable or cashable) which the player uses to play turns of the game. The game has a pay table that includes losing results, intermediate results in which the player wins additional non-cashable resources (such as additional spins or additional non-cashable credit) and winning results in which the player wins credit redeemable for cash. The winning results can be directly converted to cash on a one to one basis, or converted to cash value by means of a second pay table. The systems and methods can be used to implement a lottery in which case the ticket is a lottery ticket. Alternatively, a player purchases the card and then proceeds to play at a land-based or online casino.
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52 Claims
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1. A method for managing access to a wager game, comprising:
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providing a facility for issuing a ticket to a player in exchange for value, the ticket containing information for use in providing the player with access to an electronic wager game using a computing device functioning as a gaming terminal, wherein the ticket is further associated with non-cashable resources with which the player may play one or more turns of play of the electronic wager game. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for managing access to a wager game, comprising:
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providing a facility for issuing a ticket to a player in exchange for value, the ticket containing information for use in providing the player with access to an electronic wager game using a computing device functioning as a gaming terminal, wherein the ticket is further associated with cashable resources with which the player may play one or more instances of the electronic wager game. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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19. Gaming apparatus comprising a memory storing data for processing by a gaming terminal, the improvement comprising:
the memory storing an electronic file containing data representing a pay table for an electronic wager game for display on the display of the gaming terminal, wherein the pay table includes outcomes for each turn of play of the game of at least three types; 1) a first type of outcome in which the player loses their wager on that instance of the game; 2) a second type of outcome in which the player wins non-cashable resources with which to play additional turns of the electronic wager game in a normal mode of play of the game; and 3) a third type of outcome in which the player wins a credit which is redeemable for money, either directly or through a second pay table. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A system for administering a lottery, comprising, in combination:
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one or more facilities for issuing a ticket to a player in exchange for value, the ticket containing information for use in providing the player with access to an electronic wager game using an electronic gaming terminal over a computer network, wherein the ticket is further associated with non-cashable resources with which the player may play one or more instances of the electronic wager game; a web server receiving a datagram from the electronic gaming terminal containing the information contained on the ticket and thereby providing access to the electronic wager game; and a gaming server in communication over a computer network with the web server and the electronic gaming terminal generating datagrams associated with results of play of turns of the electronic wager game and sending the datagrams to the electronic gaming terminals. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 50, 51, 52)
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37. A gaming system comprising:
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one or more electronic gaming devices for play of an electronic wager game, the wager game having a pay table, a facility for issuing a ticket to a player containing an amount of non-cashable resources for use in playing the wager game in exchange for value; and wherein the wager game is associated with a pay table which includes outcomes for each turn of play of the game of at least three types, the turns of play comprising turns of play using the non-cashable resources; 1) a first type of outcome in which the player loses their wager on that turn of the game; 2) a second type of outcome in which the player wins additional non-cashable resources with which to play additional turns of the electronic wager game; and 3) a third type of outcome in which the player wins a credit which is redeemable for money either directly or through use of a second pay table. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. A gaming ticket, comprising:
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a field on the ticket containing information for use in providing the player with access to an electronic wager game using a computing device functioning as a gaming terminal, wherein the ticket is further associated with resources with which the player may play one or more turns of play of the electronic wager game. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49)
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