Game of Skill with Wagering Components
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1. An article of manufacture, comprising:
- a computer readable medium; and
computer-executable instructions carried on the computer readable medium, the instructions readable by a processor, the instructions, when read and executed, for causing the processor to;
present a game of skill in response to accepting a wager, the game of skill including at least one goal associated with a portion of the game;
provide interactive control of the game of skill to a user in response to the wager;
determine whether the goal has been successfully accomplished by the user;
determine a randomized prize in response to the wager;
provide the randomized prize to a user of the game if the goal has been successfully accomplished;
not provide some or all of the randomized prize to the user if the goal has not been successfully accomplished; and
deposit some or all of the portion of the randomized prize not provided to the user in an accumulator.
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Abstract
An article of manufacture includes a computer readable medium and computer-executable instructions carried on the computer readable medium. The instructions are readable by a processor. The instructions, when read and executed, cause the processor to present a game of skill including at least one goal associated with a portion of the game, accept a wager for a randomized prize, conduct a randomized selection process to determine the randomized prize, provide interactive control of the game of skill to a user in response to the wager, and determine whether the goals has been successfully accomplished by the user.
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45 Claims
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1. An article of manufacture, comprising:
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a computer readable medium; and computer-executable instructions carried on the computer readable medium, the instructions readable by a processor, the instructions, when read and executed, for causing the processor to; present a game of skill in response to accepting a wager, the game of skill including at least one goal associated with a portion of the game; provide interactive control of the game of skill to a user in response to the wager; determine whether the goal has been successfully accomplished by the user; determine a randomized prize in response to the wager; provide the randomized prize to a user of the game if the goal has been successfully accomplished; not provide some or all of the randomized prize to the user if the goal has not been successfully accomplished; and deposit some or all of the portion of the randomized prize not provided to the user in an accumulator. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An electronic device, comprising:
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a computer-readable medium; a processor coupled to the computer-readable medium; a display; one or more input/output controls; an accumulator stored in the computer-readable medium; instructions readable by the processor and stored on the computer-readable medium, the instructions, when read and executed, causing the processor to; accept a wager through the input/output controls; present a game of skill on the display in response to the wager, the game including a goal associated with a portion of the game; in response to the wager, provide interactive control of the game to a user through the display and input/output controls; determine whether the goal has been successfully accomplished; conduct a randomized selection process to determine a randomized prize; provide the randomized prize to the user if the goal has been successfully accomplished; not provide some or all of the randomized prize to the user if the goal has not been successfully accomplished; and add some or all of the portions of the randomized prize not awarded to the user to the accumulator. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A method for providing skill game play with wagering components, comprising:
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accepting a wager; presenting a game of skill on a display in response to the wager, the game including a goal associated with a portion of the game; in response to the wager, providing interactive control of the game to a user through the display and input/output controls; determining whether the goal has been successfully accomplished. conducting a randomized selection process to determine a randomized prize; providing the randomized prize to the user if the goal has been successfully accomplished; not awarding some or all of the randomized prize to the user if the goal has not been successfully accomplished; and adding some or all of the parts of the randomized prize not awarded to the user to an accumulator. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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