Game Apparatus for Enhanced Play Including Web Site Play

Abstract

A game for a plurality of players includes a set of instant win tickets and a programmed computer system creating a web site associated with the tickets to be accessed by the player. The system provides additional game data elements arranged to cooperate with at least one game data element on the ticket such that the game played is dependent on both the data element on the ticket and the additional game data elements on the web site. This arrangement allows the ticket to be played as a probability ticket where the player can play the game using the game data on the ticket and by selecting one of a plurality of game data elements on the site where the selection is part of the determination as to whether the ticket is a winner.

Description

[0001]This application claims the benefit of priority under 35 USC 119 of Provisional Application 61 / 437,444 filed Jan. 28, 2011 and Provisional Application 61 / 451,392 filed Mar. 10, 2011 and Provisional Application 61 / 451,403 filed Mar. 10, 2011 and Provisional Application 61 / 512,262 filed Jul. 27, 2011 by the same Assignee as herein, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference.[0002]This application relates to or is a continuation in part of application Ser. No. 12 / 783,791 filed May 20 2010 which corresponds to Canadian Application 2,704,075 filed May 20, 2010.[0003]This application claims the benefit of priority under 35 USC 119 of Provisional Application 61 / 180,968 filed May 26, 2009.[0004]The present invention relates to a lottery game apparatus which provides a lottery ticket game which is enhanced by entry by the player on to a web site type game to complete the game.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0005]The present invention is concerned with a game apparatus wh...

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Benefits of technology

[0021]It is one object of the invention to provide a game apparatus which provides a ticket game which is enhanced by entry by the player on to a web site type game to complete the game.

[0088]Increase in winnings on internet-extended play games may be restricted to winning tickets only so that players who have lost on the traditional game(s) and who have chosen not to extend play on the internet do not destroy a ticket which is an actual winner. This approach reduces the potential attraction for a player to enter the website once it is known that only winners are being affected. The system should provide for the ability of a loser on the traditional game to upgrade to a winner and yet to address the concern of a loser on the traditional game who decides to not enter the internet.

Problems solved by technology

While there is a high demand for probability type games where the result is not pre-determined up to now the attempts to provide such games have been defeated by the security issues which arise when each ticket can now be a winning ticket with the amount of the prize determined by a selection made by the player.

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