Patent ID: 7690989

Claim:
A game system for providing a local edition of an online game, the game system comprising: a game device; a game server in communication with the game device, the game server comprising: a processor, and a storage device in communication with the processor, the storage device storing instructions adapted to be executed by the processor for: receiving from the game device an indication of a geographic location; determining geographic data about a prize sponsor; determining game content based on the geographic location and the geographic data about the prize sponsor; transmitting the game content to the game device; determining at least one prize to offer a player based on the geographic location, in which determining the at least one prize to offer the player includes not selecting any prize of a category of which the player has accepted a prize within a predetermined preceding period of time; prior to initiating play of a local edition of an online game including the game content, displaying to the player the at least one prize; prior to initiating play of the local edition of the online game, receiving an indication of a selection by the player of a prize, from the at least one displayed prize, that the player will play for; and initiating play of the local edition of the online game, in which play comprises providing the player a first question about the prize selected by the player that the player will play for.