Patent ID: 9734664
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: G07F

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method of facilitating virtual item rewards based on a game of chance, the method being implemented on a computer system that includes one or more physical processors, the method comprising: executing, by the one or more processors, an instance of a game space and using the instance of the game space to generate game state information that is transmitted to client computing platforms associated with users over a network; implementing, by the one or more processors, the instance of the game space to facilitate presentation of views of the game space to the users via the client computing platforms associated with the users, wherein the game space is configured to facilitate interaction of the users with the game space and/or each other through operations performed in the instance of the game space in response to commands received over the network from the client computing platforms associated with the users, and wherein the users include a first user; effectuating presentation, by the one or more processors, of a secondary game interface to the first user to facilitate play by the first user of a secondary game, wherein an instance of the secondary game comprises: (a) determining, by the one or more physical processors, an outcome from a set of outcomes for the secondary game; (b) causing, by the one or more processors, the secondary game interface to present the determined outcome to the first user; (c) selecting, by the one or more processors, a virtual item award from a set of virtual item awards to present to the first through the secondary game interface, wherein the selection of the virtual item award is based on the determined outcome; wherein the selection of the virtual item award at step (c) further comprises providing the user with two or more choices, a first choice including acceptance and a second choice including rejection of an option displayed to the user, wherein the option is associated with the selected virtual item award, wherein providing the option to the user associated with the selected virtual item award is determined based on an associated user cost of the selected virtual item award, and (i) responsive to reception of acceptance of the option by the first user through the secondary game interface, providing the virtual item award to the first user and ending the secondary game, or (ii) responsive to reception of rejection of the option by the first user through the secondary game interface, performing step (d), and, (d) determining, by the one or more processors, whether to provide an additional instance of the secondary game to the user through the secondary game interface, wherein the determination of whether to provide the additional instance of the secondary game to the user is based on the determined outcome; wherein providing the additional instance of the secondary game to the user through the secondary game interface includes performing operations (a), (b), (c), and (d) for the additional instance of the secondary game.