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

Claim 1:
2. The method of claim 1, wherein join request response comprises an 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 further comprising:
receiving, by the network interface of the gaming system, game play information for a game in the gaming session;
determining, by the processor of the gaming system, that the game play information comprises a winning outcome corresponding to an award;
in response to the processor determining that the game play information comprises the winning outcome, allocating, by the processor of the gaming system, the winning outcome among the player members of the multi-player group;
notifying, by the network 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; and
incrementing, by the processor of the gaming system, 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.