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Method and apparatus for conducting a game of chance

  • US 8,038,529 B2
  • Filed: 11/30/2004
  • Issued: 10/18/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/07/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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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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