Method and apparatus for conducting a game of chance including a ticket

• US 9,087,436 B2
• Filed: 04/23/2013
• Issued: 07/21/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/07/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Scientific Games Corporation
• Original Assignee: Scientific Games Corporation
• Inventors: Kane, Steven N., Hardy, Dow, Herrmann, Mark E., LaRocca, Paul, Sabet, Bijan, Yanowitz, Jason
• Primary Examiner(s): Kim, Kevin Y
• Application Number:
  US13/868,531
• Publication Number:
  US 20130310131A1
• Time in Patent Office: 819 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 15/005 with dispensing of lottery tickets
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3223 Architectural aspects of a gaming system, e.g. internal configuration, master/slave, wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/329 Regular and instant lottery, e.g. electronic scratch cards
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3293 Card games, e.g. poker, canasta, black jack

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.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for playing a game of chance comprising acts of:

issuing a ticket to a player, the ticket including a ticket-based game of chance;

subsequent to issuing the ticket but prior to play, determining results of the ticket-based game of chance by an outcome generating server;

providing for the player to play a computer-based game on a different medium than the issued ticket, wherein the computer-based game comprises a game of skill and chance;

revealing to the player, by an interface, the results of the ticket-based game of chance during play of a first level of the computer-based game, wherein the player begins play of the first level computer-based game with at least one item awarded to ensure that the player proceeds to a second level of the computer-based game;

revealing to the player, by the interface, a result of the computer-based game during play of the second level of the computer-based game, wherein the result of the computer-based game does not influence the results of the ticket-based game of chance, and wherein the ticket-based game of chance producing a winning or losing ticket occurs regardless of the result in the computer-based game.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the act of issuing a ticket includes issuing at least one of a lottery ticket, a scratch ticket, or a pull-tab ticket.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the act of providing further comprises an act of providing a computer-based game which the player plays to reveal the results of the game of chance.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the act of providing the computer-based game further comprises an act of permitting access to the results of the ticket-based game of chance by using a code as a decryption key to obtain the results.

5. The method according to claim 4, further comprising storing, in a database of a computer system, a portion of the decryption key, the portion being used along with the code by the computer system to obtain the results.

6. The method according to claim 5, further comprising an act of obtaining, from the database of the computer system, the portion of the decryption key based on an identifier printed on the ticket.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the computer-based game includes an associated second level game.

8. The method according to claim 1, further comprising an act of associating, with the ticket, additional opportunities to win.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the player must wait until a specific event has been completed before gaining access to obtain results associated with the ticket.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein a prize total for the ticket is determined after the ticket is issued to the player.

11. A system for playing a game of chance, the system comprising:

at least one processor operatively connected to a memory for executing instructions, wherein the system in response to executing the instructions is configured to;

issue a ticket to a player, the ticket including a ticket-based game of chance;

subsequent to issuing but prior to play, determining results of the ticket-based game of chance;

provide for the player to play a computer-based game a different medium than the issued ticket, wherein the computer-based game comprises a game of skill and chance;

reveal to the player, by an interface, the results of the ticket-based game of chance during play of a first level of the computer-based game, wherein the player begins play of the first level computer-based game with at least one item awarded to ensure that the player proceeds to a second level of the computer-based game; and

reveal to the player, by the interface, a result of the computer-based game during play of the second level of the computer-based game, wherein the result of the computer-based game does not influence the results of the ticket-based game of chance.

12. The system according to claim 11, wherein the ticket includes at least one of a lottery ticket, a scratch ticket, or a pull-tab ticket.

13. The system according to claim 11, wherein the computer-based game which the player plays reveals the results of the ticket-based game of chance.

14. The system according to claim 13, wherein the act of providing a computer-based game further comprises an act of permitting access to the results of the game of chance by using a code as a decryption key to obtain the results.

15. The system according to claim 14, further comprising storing, in a database of a computer system, a portion of the decryption key, the portion being used along with the code by the computer system to obtain the results.

16. The system according to claim 15, further comprising obtaining, from a database of a computer system, the portion of the decryption key based on an identifier printed on the ticket.

17. The system according to claim 11, wherein the computer-based game includes an associated second level game.

18. The system according to claim 11, further comprising an act of associating, with the ticket, additional opportunities to win.

19. The system according to claim 11, wherein the player must wait until a specific event has been completed before gaining access to obtain results associated with the ticket.

20. The system according to claim 11, wherein a prize total for the ticket is determined after the ticket is issued to the player.