Patent ID: 8790185

Claim:
A system for facilitating incentivized task completion using chance-based awards, the system comprising: one or more processors configured to execute computer program modules, the computer program modules comprising: a game module configured to execute an instance of a game space, and to facilitate presentation of views of the game space to users, wherein the game space is configured to facilitate interaction of the users with the game space and/or each other by performing operations in the game space in response to commands received from the users, wherein the users include a first user, and wherein a game provided to the users within the game space includes a task to be performed by the users; a completion determination module configured to determine completion of the task by individual ones of the users; an item manager module configured to compose a plurality of virtual chance items, wherein individual ones of the virtual chance items are configured to be activated by the users in the game space to obtain virtual awards in the game space, the virtual awards including one or more primary awards and one or more secondary awards, wherein composing the virtual chance items includes determining probabilities that the individual virtual chance items will provide a primary award and/or a secondary award upon activation, and wherein the virtual chance items include a first virtual chance item; and an item distribution module configured to distribute the virtual chance items to inventories of virtual items usable in the online game associated with the individual users that complete the task responsive to these users completing the task such that, responsive to the first user completing the task, the first virtual chance item is distributed to a first inventory of virtual items usable in the online game by the first user, wherein the game module is configured to provide the virtual awards to the inventories of virtual items usable in the online game associated with the users in accordance with the probabilities assigned to the virtual chance items in response to the users activating the virtual chance items in the users' inventories such that, responsive to the first user selecting the first virtual chance item from among the virtual items in the first inventory to initiate activation of the first virtual chance item, a first award is determined for the first user in accordance with the probabilities assigned to the first virtual chance item and the first award is added to the first inventory of the first user for use in the online game at the discretion of the first user.