IPad mini retina battery life for games vs. standby?

I bought a new iPad mini retina with wifi a few days ago and the battery seems to be draining very fast. While playing a word game, the battery drained about 20% in 60 minutes (from 80% to 61%) . Is this normal for light gaming?
On my sister's original iPad mini, the same game doesn't seem to have the same affect.
Also, last night, after doing a full charge, I unplugged the unit and powered down at about 99% to 97%. This morning it was at 92%. Is this normal also?

Mine lost Almost ALL of its power overnight! So I turned off Bluetooth, and location services and it is Loosing less power overnight but still loosing 10 -30% overnight.

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I’d like to look into this further and see if we can help get this resolved for you, but I will need some additional information. If you can send me a Private Message with your full name and the store location that you visited, I would appreciate it. You can send me a Private Message by logging into the forum and clicking on the button across from my name on this post.
I believe the current set of coupons expires on 9/6, to the quicker you can send me that message, the quicker I can try to get a resolution.
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