Tracking and utilizing data and information across a plurality of technological paradigms

A method for operating a gaming system, the method comprising:

• providing, by one or more controllers, a wagering game including a plurality of tasks, the plurality of tasks including a first task, a second task, and a third task, wherein the first task must be performed via a wagering game machine in a land-based casino, the wagering game machine including a random-number generator, wherein the second task must be performed online, and wherein the third task must be performed via a ticket;
• establishing a player account in at least one memory device;
• generating, by the random-number generator of the wagering game machine, one or more random numbers to determine an outcome of a game conducted at the wagering game machine;
• determining, by at least one of the one or more controllers, the first task is completed based at least in part on the outcome;
• causing, by at least one of the one or more controllers via an application installed on a player mobile device, the player mobile device to capture an image of at least a portion of the ticket;
• in response to receiving the captured image, processing, by at least one of the one or more controllers, the captured image to extract a visible unique identifier associated with the ticket from the captured image, the visible unique identifier indicating the third task is completed;
• determining, by at least one of the one or more controllers, that one or more of the plurality of tasks have been completed by a player associated with the player account;
• in response to the determination that one or more of the plurality of tasks have been completed, generating, by at least one of the one or more controllers, a code to be transmitted to the player mobile device, wherein the one or more controllers are configured to unlock a subsequent task of the plurality of tasks in response to a device associated with the subsequent task receiving the transmitted code;
• and
• assigning, in response to the determining and by at least one of the one or more controllers, an award to the player account, wherein the award varies according to a sequence in which the plurality of tasks is completed.