Patent ID: 9076294
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: A63F,G07F

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method of updating a user account balance based on outcomes of wagers placed on behalf of a user through a real currency wager system and revealing at least portions of the user account balance through an interactive media application, the method being implemented in a computer system having one or more physical processors programmed with computer program instructions that, when executed by the one or more physical processors, cause the computer system to perform the method, the method comprising: causing, by the computer system, a wager to be placed on behalf of the user through the real currency wager system; obtaining, by the computer system, an outcome of the wager; incrementing, by the computer system, the user account balance based on the outcome; determining, by the computer system, at least a portion of the user account balance to be potentially revealed to the user, wherein the portion is associated with an expiration after which the portion is to be reduced by a reduction amount if not revealed on or before the expiration even though the user remains entitled to the reduction amount; transmitting, by the computer system, to the interactive media application, information that specifies the portion and an indication of the expiration; receiving, by the computer system, back from the interactive media application, information relating to one or more reveals made through the interactive media application; determining, by the computer system, based on the information received back from the interactive media application, an amount of the portion revealed by the interactive media application; and responsive to a determination that the amount is non-zero, decrementing, by the computer system, the amount from the user account balance.