Symbol Match Apparatus And Method For Game

摘要

A method and apparatus of aggregating a randomly distributed number of symbol images to a population of consumers using mobile communication devices to scan consumer products or promotional messages. The virtual game card puzzles on the communication devices are populated by the symbols in an order to complete a card and earn a prize or an entry for a drawing to win a prize.

主权项

1. A second opportunity random draw game apparatus, comprising:
a game provider offering at least one random draw game having a plurality of game tickets for play by game players, each game ticket having a unique identifier and a status of either a winning game ticket or a non-winning game ticket determined upon completion f the play of the random draw game; a second opportunity game offered by the game provider to the game players, each game player associated with at least one second opportunity game ticket, each second opportunity game ticket having a predetermined number of unfilled spots each designated by a respective one of a plurality of symbols and to be filled upon receiving a game piece having a matching one of the symbols, and the second opportunity game ticket, upon completion of filling the symbol spots, being released for play in the second opportunity game; a controller configured for receiving the identifier of the non-winning game ticket, selecting a game piece having one of the game symbols from a pool of game pieces, determining whether the selected game piece symbol matches an unfilled symbol spot of the second opportunity game ticket associated with the game player, and releasing a completed second opportunity game ticket for play in the second opportunity game; a database of second opportunity game tickets accessible by the controller, each second opportunity game ticket associated with a respective one of the game players by a game player identifier; and a communicator operated by the game player to communicate the identifier of the non-winning game ticket to the controller and to receive from the controller second opportunity game status for the game player, whereby the second opportunity game ticket, being completed upon filling each symbol spot thereof, is released for play of the second opportunity game, and the controller, upon selection of a winning released game ticket during play of the second opportunity game, communicates the second opportunity game status to the communicator associated with the winning released game ticket.