Patent ID: 9704346
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: A63F,G07F,H04L

Claim:
1. A system for executing an online video game, the system comprising: at least one computer server communicable with at least one client computing device over a network, the server having a processor and a memory; a gaming unit stored on the memory and executable by the processor, the gaming unit having program code that when executed, generates an interactive game play instance playable on the client computing device, the interactive game play instance rendering an environment of a virtual world; and a news network engine stored on the memory and executable by the processor, the news network engine having program code that when executed, generates a game news feed to be broadcast inside the environment of the virtual world; wherein the game news feed comprises virtual world news relating to the interactive game play instance and real world news received from outside of the interactive game play instance, wherein the gaming unit comprises program code of a lottery services engine executable by the processor for conducting a lottery transaction within the interactive game play instance and program code of a wagering engine executable by the processor for staking at least one wager within the virtual world, and real time information about winnings via the lottery services engine and about the at least one wager are provided to the news network engine for incorporation into at least one of the game news feed and an outside world news feed, and wherein the games news feed is provided on a virtual output device in the environment of the virtual world.