Patent ID: 8545317

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of allowing a user to play an electronic game on a terminal, said method comprising: a. receiving a request from a player to play a game at a terminal; b. at least partially in response to receiving the request, facilitating play of the game at the terminal; c. at least partially in response to receiving the request from the player, establishing a bonus time period for the player; d. receiving an indication that play of a second game occurs at a particular point in time; e. determining if the bonus time period runs coincident with the particular point in time; f. determining, while the player is playing the first game, whether play of the second game results in a prize; and g. if play of the second game results in a prize and the bonus time period runs coincident with the particular point in time, awarding at least a portion of the prize to the player, wherein once the second game is triggered to play, a server conducts all play of the second game without input from the player until play of the second game is terminated.