Patent ID: 9558632
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: G07F

Claim:
1. An electronic gaming device comprising: a credit device configured to accept an item associated with a monetary value; at least one input device configured to enable a first player to select a wager amount and initiate game play where the wager amount is subtracted from a first player credit balance and where the first player credit balance is funded at least in part via the credit device during a non-tournament game play mode, said input device further configured to receive input from said first player of said electronic gaming device of a selected power-up card selected from one or more power-up cards; a memory, the memory including one or more tournament game structures defining game play between said first player and at least one second player of at least one second gaming device comprising at least information regarding said power-up cards and at least one power-up card game action associated with each power-up card, wherein one or more of said power-up card game actions comprise at least one action implemented against at least one of said second players; and one or more processors configured to implement one or more of said plurality of tournament gaming structures comprising executing said power-up card game action associated with said selected power-up card selected by said first player, said action being a credit taking function which moves credits from a second player credit balance of a second player at one or more of said second gaming devices to said first player credit balance, thereby reducing said second player credit balance by a number of credits and increasing said first player credit balance by said number of credits.