| CPC G07F 17/329 (2013.01) [G07F 17/3267 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
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1. A method, the method comprising:
instantiating a game play user interface, the game play user interface depicting an array of game pieces, each game piece of the array depicting an identifier corresponding to a game piece;
identifying a set of game pieces from the array of game pieces; and
executing a series of game instances, executing each game instance of the series comprising:
retrieving a set of outcome identifiers from an outcome pool, the set of outcome identifiers comprising one or more persistent identifiers and one or more non-persistent identifiers, the set of outcome identifiers retrieved using a weighted table that weights retrieval of the one or more persistent identifiers based on a number of the one or more persistent identifiers already retrieved in order to maintain a target return to player;
matching a set of game pieces comprising game pieces having identifiers that match an outcome identifier; and
displaying a win amount based on a number of game pieces in the set of matches; wherein:
each persistent identifier of the set of outcome identifiers is removed from the outcome pool for all subsequent game instances of the series; and
each game piece in the set of matches that corresponds to a persistent identifier of the set of outcome identifiers is maintained in the set of matches for all subsequent game instances of the series.
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