Patent ID: 9070253
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: A63F,G07F

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method of updating a user account balance associated with a user based on outcomes of wagers placed on behalf of the user and revealing portions of the user account balance through interactive media applications, 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; obtaining, by the computer system, an outcome of the wager; updating, by the computer system, the user account balance based on the outcome; determining, by the computer system, a number of reveals in which to reveal at least a portion of the user account balance, wherein each reveal potentially reveals at least some of the portion of the user account balance; causing, by the computer system, information that specifies the number of reveals and the portion of the user account balance to be transmitted to the interactive media application via a network; receiving, by the computer system, back from the interactive media application, information relating to an amount of the portion of the user account balance that was revealed; and updating, by the computer system, the user account balance based on the information received back from the interactive media application.