Patent ID: 8398479

Claim:
A method for providing a gaming experience over a plurality of individual game sessions, the method comprises the acts of: providing for a player to obtain entries to the plurality of individual game sessions; providing the gaming experience, wherein the gaming experience is rendered over at least two of the plurality of individual game sessions such that the player must meet criteria for each individual game session and progress through the plurality of individual game sessions in order to complete the gaming experience, wherein the gaming experience is distinct from the results of the individual game sessions, and wherein the act of providing the gaming experience includes acts of: associating an identifier with at least one of the player, the gaming experience, any entries, or the at least two of the plurality of individual game sessions; storing state information for the at least one of the player, the gaming experience, any entries, or the at least the portion of the plurality of individual game sessions; establishing state associated criteria; and permitting the player to play at least one individual game session in a graphical user interface of a computer system, wherein the play of the individual game session displays at least a portion of the gaming experience.