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

Claim 13:
14. The electronic gaming system of claim 10, wherein one of the player members in the multi-player group plays a game independent of games played by other player members of the multi-player group, wherein the user device comprises a virtual gaming machine and wherein the processor:
Initiates the allocating and notifying operations after at least a predetermined amount of money is received by the electronic gaming system to fund games played by the player members of the multi-player group;
when an award sharing message is opened by a player member of the multi-player group, increments a value of an electronic record associated with an account of the player member to reflect the player member's allocable share of the winning outcome, wherein each of the player members share equally in the winning outcome; and
terminates the multi-player group upon occurrence of a predetermined event.