Pre-paid game cards and lottery tickets providing access to online electronic games

Gaming apparatus comprising a memory storing data for processing by a gaming terminal, the improvement comprising:

• the memory storing an electronic file containing data representing a pay table for an electronic wager game for display on the display of the gaming terminal, wherein the pay table includes outcomes for each turn of play of the game of at least three types:
• 1) a first type of outcome in which the player loses their wager on that instance of the game;
• 2) a second type of outcome in which the player wins non-cashable resources with which to play additional turns of the electronic wager game in a normal mode of play of the game;
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• 3) a third type of outcome in which the player wins a credit which is redeemable for money, either directly or through a second pay table.

A system for administering a lottery, comprising, in combination:

• one or more facilities for issuing a ticket to a player in exchange for value, the ticket containing information for use in providing the player with access to an electronic wager game using an electronic gaming terminal over a computer network, wherein the ticket is further associated with non-cashable resources with which the player may play one or more instances of the electronic wager game;
• a web server receiving a datagram from the electronic gaming terminal containing the information contained on the ticket and thereby providing access to the electronic wager game;
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• a gaming server in communication over a computer network with the web server and the electronic gaming terminal generating datagrams associated with results of play of turns of the electronic wager game and sending the datagrams to the electronic gaming terminals.

A gaming system comprising:

• one or more electronic gaming devices for play of an electronic wager game, the wager game having a pay table,
• a facility for issuing a ticket to a player containing an amount of non-cashable resources for use in playing the wager game in exchange for value;
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• wherein the wager game is associated with a pay table which includes outcomes for each turn of play of the game of at least three types, the turns of play comprising turns of play using the non-cashable resources:
• 1) a first type of outcome in which the player loses their wager on that turn of the game;
• 2) a second type of outcome in which the player wins additional non-cashable resources with which to play additional turns of the electronic wager game;
• and
• 3) a third type of outcome in which the player wins a credit which is redeemable for money either directly or through use of a second pay table.