Patent ID: 6514144
Filing Date: 2003-02-04
Classification: A63F,G07F

Abstract:
An online game of chance that is played by at least one participant, the game comprising:a first game phase using a virtual game substrate, having a grid, which includes a plurality of playing squares arrayed thereon in a plurality of rows and columns; and a second game phase using a matrix, said matrix comprising a plurality of movable virtual game substrates from the first game phase disposed in an array; wherein said at least one participant can win a prize during said first game phase if at least three matching game pieces, which are disposed in the playing squares of the grid, are arrayed contiguously in at least one of a row, a column, and a diagonal in the grid; andwherein said at least one participant can win a prize during said second game phase if a combination of game pieces, when arrayed in said matrix, match a predetermined winning array of game pieces.