Patent ID: 7878900
Filing Date: 2011-02-01
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A method including: (a) receiving a reveal request initiated by a user through a reveal station, the reveal request being correlated to a first game presentation produced through the reveal station, the first game presentation being associated with a set of game characteristics including a number of prize levels, each respective prize level corresponding to a respective prize value and a respective win frequency; (b) selecting one or more sweepstakes entries that have, prior to receipt of the reveal request, been assigned in an assignment order to a user account for the user and have each, prior to receipt of the reveal request, been associated with a respective result for a sweepstakes game, the one or more sweepstakes entries being selected under control of a data processing device in an order different from the assignment order so that a cumulative value of the one or more sweepstakes entries represents at least a portion of a selected one of the prize values included in the set of game characteristics associated with the first game presentation; and (c) displaying a game presentation result to the user in response to the reveal request, the game presentation result comprising a result at the prize level that corresponds to the selected one of the prize values included in the set of game characteristics associated with the first game presentation.