Patent ID: 9607474
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: G07F

Claim:
1. A method of operating a zone-based gaming activity, comprising: receiving, at a controller, a zone request to reconfigure an existing gaming zone within a gaming establishment supporting a plurality of existing eligible participants; defining, by the controller, a reconfigured gaming zone based on the zone request within the gaming establishment; reconfiguring the existing gaming zone to the defined reconfigured gaming zone within the gaming establishment; determining whether there are one or more new eligible participants based on at least the reconfigured gaming zone; determining whether there are non-eligible participants based on at least the reconfigured gaming zone; modifying the existing gaming zone to change the number of existing eligible participants to include the one or more new eligible participants such that the one or more new eligible participants are able to participate in the zone-based gaming activity if it is determined that there are one or more new eligible participants; and modifying the existing gaming zone to remove the non-eligible participants if it is determined that there are non-eligible participants.