Patent ID: 9384636
Filing Date: 2016-07-05
CPC Classification: G07F

Claim Text:
1. A method of operating a gaming system, said method comprising: (a) causing at least one processor to execute a plurality of instructions stored in at least one memory device to enroll a plurality of players of a plurality of gaming devices for an occurrence of a multiplayer wagering game, wherein said occurrence of the multiplayer wagering game includes a predetermined total number of game arrays and each game array includes a different combination of indicia of a set of game indicia; (b) for each enrolled real player, providing said enrolled real player with one or more of the game arrays for said occurrence of the multiplayer wagering game; (c) causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to randomly select game indicia from the set of game indicia; (d) for each randomly selected game indicium, for each enrolled player, causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to determine whether said randomly selected game indicium matches any of the game indicia of the game arrays of said enrolled player and cause at least one display device of the gaming device of said enrolled player to display any said matches; and (e) for each enrolled player, causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to: