Patent ID: 8597117

Claim:
A computer implemented method for generating a game comprising the steps of: receiving, by a computer system, a request from a participant terminal to participate in a game; in response to receiving the request, enabling game play at the participant terminal; providing, by the computer system to a participant, a game outcome at the conclusion of the game; revealing at the participant terminal whether the game outcome is a winning game outcome, wherein if the outcome is a winning outcome, the act of revealing includes: providing, by the computer system, the participant a notification indicating an offered prize associated with the winning outcome, providing, by the computer system, the participant a choice to accept the offered prize, triggering, by the computer system, a temporal lock out associated with the participant in response to the choice of the participant to accept the prize; and preventing game play or an offer of a prize award in at least one subsequent game based on the temporal lock out associated with the participant.