Patent ID: 8676640
Filing Date: 2014-03-18
Classification: A63F,G07F

Abstract:
1. A method for managing a contest with a processing device, the method comprising: a) receiving information related to a user associated with a user computing device via a communications network, the information including user location information; b) determining whether the user has won a game of chance; c) in response to determining that the user failed to win the game of chance, determining whether the user location information indicates a proximity to a predetermined location; d) in response to the determining that the user has won a game of chance, sending information to the user computing device via the communication network indicating an award of a prize, and e) in response to the determining that the user location information indicates a proximity to the predetermined location, sending at least one of gaming information or a code to unlock gaming information to the user computing device via the communication network, the gaming information including additional game content for the user to play on the users computing device, wherein at least steps b) and c) are performed using the processing device.