Patent ID: 8727867
Filing Date: 2014-05-20
Classification: A63F,G07F

Abstract:
1. A method for playing a game of chance comprising acts of: issuing a ticket to a player, the ticket including a code printed on a surface of the ticket; accepting on a server a connection request; displaying in response to the connection request a web page; displaying within the web page a computer-based interface configured to permit a player to access a first level game, the first level game comprising a maze game involving a collection of items positioned in a maze; determining results of the game of chance after issuance of the ticket but prior to play of the game of chance; accepting, by the computer-based interface, the code printed on the surface of the issued ticket, wherein the act of accepting includes an act of permitting the user to enter the code printed on the surface of the ticket into the computer-based interface; providing security access to the web page in response to processing the code printed on the surface of the issued ticket; displaying the first level game in response to the act of providing security access to the web page, wherein access to the first level game is restricted until security access is granted; permitting the player to play the first level game; obtaining the results of the game of chance using the code printed on the surface of the ticket in response to the act of providing security access to the web page; determining an outcome of the first level game in response to the player initiating play of the first level game, wherein the first level game is configured to permit the skill of the player to determine the outcome of the first level game; permitting the player to collect items displayed within an interface of the first level game; permitting the player to play a second level game regardless of the outcome of the first level game; requiring that the player use at least one of any items collected during play of the first level game in the second level game; revealing one or more prizes during play of the second level game, wherein the act of revealing includes an act of accessing reveal elements in the second level game using the at least one of any items collected in the first level game, wherein the outcome of the first level game is independent of the act of revealing one or more prizes in the second level game; and providing the results of the game of chance through the act of revealing one or more prizes.