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System and method for facilitating a secondary game

  • US 10,482,713 B1
  • Filed: 12/31/2013
  • Issued: 11/19/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for facilitating replacement of potential awards in an online game within a virtual space, the system comprising:

  • one or more processors configured to execute machine-readable instructions toexecute an instance of the online game within the virtual space, to implement the instance of the online game by receiving commands from players and executing the commands in the instance of the online game to facilitate player participation in the online game, and to facilitate presentation of the online game on client computing platforms, wherein the players control elements that move through and interact with the virtual space;

    selectively provide access to the players to a secondary game, wherein the access facilitates player participations in individual episodes of the secondary game, wherein for an episode provided to a first player, the secondary game is configured to;

    obtain a set of potential awards for the episode, and to provide a first turn to the first player, the individual potential awards including virtual items usable in the online game, wherein for the first turn, the secondary game component is configured to;

    prior to provision of the first turn to the first player, obtain a set of award probabilities for the set of potential awards;

    prior to provision of the first turn to the first player, effectuate presentation of an interface to the first player, the interface being configured to receive entry and/or selection by the first player of one or more of the potential awards in the set of potential awards to be replaced in the set of potential awards to create, upon replacement, an adjusted set of potential awards having an adjusted set of award probabilities;

    stochastically or quasi-stochastically, select a first potential award from the adjusted set of potential awards as an actual award for distribution upon conclusion of the first turn, wherein the selection of the actual award is based on the adjusted set of award probabilities; and

    distribute the actual award to the first player for use within the online game,wherein the interface further indicates user cost associated with entry and/or selection of the one or more potential awards in the set of potential awards to be replaced in the set of potential awards.

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