System and method for implementing internet-based games wherein a plurality of different games share a common prize structure

摘要

A system and computer implemented method for conducting play of Internet-based lottery games includes providing players with a plurality of different Internet-based lottery games playable on an Internet enabled device in communication with an Internet game site, wherein the games have different game themes and mechanics of play by the player. A selection is accepted from a player for play of a particular one of the Internet-based lottery games. The plurality of different Internet-based games are linked to a common predetermined prize structure associated with a defined set of data files loaded in a secure game outcome generator such that the data files determine the outcome and prize structure of a defined number of game plays regardless of the particular game selected for play by the player from the plurality of different games.

主权项

1. A gaming system for play of Internet-based lottery games, comprising:
a core platform having a hardware and software configuration to provide common functionalities to a plurality of Internet-based games made available for play on an Internet game site; a vertical extension functionality configured with said core platform, wherein core platform input/output data is transmitted through said vertical extension, said vertical extension comprising a first application programming interface; a plurality of game specific modules interfaced with said core platform and having a hardware and software configuration to conduct a plurality of different games with players via the Internet game site, wherein the games have different themes and mechanics of play by the player, each said game specific module including a dedicated second application programming interface, wherein input/output data between said core platform and said game specific modules occurs only through said first and second application programming interfaces in said vertical extension, and wherein said game specific modules operate on a physically separate server from said core platform; a secure game outcome generator interfaced with said core platform and having a hardware and software configuration to assign a predetermined game outcome for each game played via said system, said secure game outcome generator linked to said core platform via a secure interface with said vertical extension that is separate from said first and second application programming interfaces, wherein said secure game outcome generator is not accessible by said game specific module through said vertical extension; wherein said plurality of different games are linked to a common predetermined prize structure associated with a defined set of data files loaded in said secure game outcome generator such that said data files determine the outcome and prize structure of a defined number of game plays regardless of the particular game selected for play by a player from said plurality of different games; wherein said plurality of different games are linked to the common prize structure by a common identifier entered by the player on the Internet game site; and wherein each said game specific module is configured to implement a respective said plurality of different games linked to the single common prize structure, and wherein said plurality of different games varies between different said game specific modules.