Patent ID: 8469789

Claim:
A system for use by a plurality of players, the system comprising: a set of physical game tickets for playing a first game by a plurality of players, wherein each physical game ticket of the set of physical game tickets includes a substrate having printed thereon, in one or more areas, game data covered by a covering which can be removed to expose said game data, the first game being played by one of the plurality of players to remove the covering and reveal a status of the ticket, according to the game data, which is either a losing status or a winning status associated with a monetary prize; a website, associated with the set of physical game tickets, configured to present at least one second game associated with the set of physical game tickets; and a programmed computer system, the programmed computer system including at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, having instructions stored thereon, executable by at least one processor, the instructions comprising: a first computer program configured to confirm, for each physical game ticket, whether an associated player is a winner of the monetary prize of the first game and configured to provide a prize redemption arrangement by which the associated player can select to receive the monetary prize; a second computer program configured to allow communication with at least one of the plurality of players to enter the website through a remote terminal; and a third computer program configured to provide entry of at least one player of the plurality of players associated with a physical game ticket of the plurality of physical game tickets having said winning status associated with said monetary prize into said at least one second game, wherein the monetary prize is used by the player as at least part of a stake for wagering in the at least one second game; wherein, a player associated with each of the physical game tickets of the plurality of physical game tickets having a winning status associated with a monetary prize is provided the option of either (i) using said first computer program to accept the monetary prize through said prize redemption arrangement, or (ii) using said third computer program to enter the website to use said monetary prize for wagering in said at least one second game.