Patent ID: 9424719
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: A63F,G07F

Claim Text:
1. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program for administering a wagering game for a plurality of players, said computer program comprising a set of instructions for administering said wagering game comprising the steps of: receiving, via an acceptor on a gaming machine and from a player of the plurality of players, a physical item that enables said player to pay for said wagering game at said gaming machine; updating an account balance of said player based on said physical item that enables said player to pay for said wagering game; receiving, from said player, a wager to play said wagering game; reducing, based on said wager, said account balance of said player; randomly generating a primary puzzle, wherein the primary puzzle includes a plurality of displayed indicia on a grid such that no two indicia are the same in at least one of a row, a column, or a diagonal of the grid; permuting the primary puzzle for each player of the plurality of players to thereby generate a respective different permuted puzzle for each respective player of the plurality of players, wherein each of the respective different permuted puzzles is the same in difficulty level to each other of said respective different permuted puzzle; administering said wagering game wherein each respective player of the plurality of players plays the respective different permuted puzzle in competition against each other player of the plurality of players, and wherein each respective different permuted puzzle designates one blank position identified out of a plurality of blank positions to be filled in by the respective player; further updating the account balance of said player based on a result of said wagering game; and providing, to said player, an output indicating a value that is based on the account balance.