Patent ID: 11935364
Assignee: IGT
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 9:
10. The electronic gaming system of claim 9, wherein the processor terminates the multi-player group upon occurrence of a predetermined event, wherein the join request response comprises and agreement by the selected potential player member to the predetermined rule set, wherein the predetermined event is expiration of a predetermined time, and wherein the multiple games are played substantially simultaneously by the player members of the multi-player group and wherein the processor;
receives, by the communication interface, game play information for a game in the gaming session;
determines, by the communication interface, that the game play information comprises a winning outcome corresponding to an award;
in response to determining that the game play information comprises the winning outcome, allocates the winning outcome among the player members of the multi-player group;
notifies, by the communication interface, a user device corresponding to each player member of the multi-player group of a share of the winning outcome allocated to the respective player member;
increments a value of an electronic record associated with an account of each of the player members of the multi-player group to reflect an allocable share of the winning outcome; and
terminates the multi-player group upon occurrence of a predetermined event.