Method and apparatus for conducting a game of chance
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1. A method for playing a game of chance comprising acts of:
- issuing a ticket to a player at a point of sale, the ticket being associated with the game of chance and including a code printed on a surface of the ticket;
defining, by a game operator via an outcome server, after the ticket is issued to the player, a correlation between the ticket and results of the game of chance;
transmitting, over a communication network to a computer-based game play server, the results of the game of chance, the computer-based game play server being adapted to provide at least one computer-based game provided by the game operator to the player;
providing for the player to play at least one computer-based game, wherein the code is used to gain security access to play the at least one computer-based game to obtain the results of the game of chance; and
revealing, responsive to play of the at least one computer-based game by the player, the results of the game of chance within an interface of the computer-based 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 game similar to the well-known game of COLLAPSE.
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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 at a point of sale, the ticket being associated with the game of chance and including a code printed on a surface of the ticket; defining, by a game operator via an outcome server, after the ticket is issued to the player, a correlation between the ticket and results of the game of chance; transmitting, over a communication network to a computer-based game play server, the results of the game of chance, the computer-based game play server being adapted to provide at least one computer-based game provided by the game operator to the player; providing for the player to play at least one computer-based game, wherein the code is used to gain security access to play the at least one computer-based game to obtain the results of the game of chance; and revealing, responsive to play of the at least one computer-based game by the player, the results of the game of chance within an interface of the computer-based 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, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48, 49, 50, 56, 57, 58)
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46. A method for playing a game of chance comprising acts of:
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issuing a ticket to a player at a point of sale, the ticket being associated with the game of chance and including a code printed on a surface of the ticket; receiving, over a communication network at a computer-based game play server, results of the game of chance, the computer-based game play server being adapted to provide at least one computer-based game provided by a game operator to the player, a correlation between the results of the game of chance and the ticket having been defined via an outcome server by the game operator after the ticket was issued to the player; providing of the player to play at least one computer-based game, wherein the code is used to gain security access to play the at least one computer-based game to obtain the results of the game of chance, and wherein the at least one computer-based game is a computer-based game involving a grid of elements, and wherein the player removes at least one group of elements by selecting the group within an interface of the computer-based game; and revealing, responsive to removal of the at least one group of elements, the results of the game of chance within the interface of the at least one computer-based game. - View Dependent Claims (51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 59)
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60. A method for playing a game of chance comprising acts of:
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issuing a ticket to a player at a point of sale, ticket being associated with the game of chance and including a code printed on a surface of the ticket; defining, by a game operator via an outcome server, after the ticket is issued to the player, a correlation between the ticket and results of the game of chance; transmitting, over a communication network to a computer-based game play server, the results of the game of chance, the computer-based game play server being adapted to provide at least one computer-based game to the player; providing for the player to play at least one computer-based game provided by the game operator, wherein the code is used to gain security access to play the at least one computer-based game to obtain the results of the game of chance; revealing, responsive to play of the at least one computer-based game by the player, the results of the game of chance within an interface of the computer-based game; and associating, with the issued ticket, additional opportunities to win. - View Dependent Claims (61, 62)
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63. A method for playing a game of chance, the method comprising the acts of:
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issuing a ticket to a player at a point of sale, the ticket being associated with the game of chance and including a code printed on a surface of the ticket; providing for the player to play a different game than the game of chance on different medium than the issued ticket, wherein the different game is a online computer-based game provided by a game operator; providing for the player to enter the printed code into an interface of the online computer-based game; providing for the player to play the online computer-based game; revealing to the player a result of the game of chance through game play of the online computer-based game, a correlation between the result of the game of chance and the ticket having been defined by the game operator via an outcome server after the ticket was issued to the player. - View Dependent Claims (64, 65, 66, 67)
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