Patent ID: 8715051
Filing Date: 2014-05-06
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A system for simulating a gaming tournament with a quasi-tournament utilizing a plurality of electronic game machines wherein a plurality of human each play a machine-implement game on an electronic game machine, the system including: a plurality of electronic game machines configured with a machine-implemented game whereby a plurality of human users may play the game using the electronic game machines to participate in the quasi-tournament, each of the electronic game machines including (i) a display device for displaying indicia representative of a game state, (ii) means for receiving an input from the user in response to a display of indicia representing a game state game, wherein the human user may select, as input, after the machine-implemented game is initiated and value received from the human user, from one of at least two different available potentially winning actions at a single stage in each game played by the human user; (iii) a storage device for storing a game algorithm and (iv) a processor operative with the storage device to implement the game algorithm and operative with the display device to display indicia representative of a game state and to receive input from a human user of the machine, wherein the human user input may be selected from at least two different available potentially winning actions; a central processor connected to each of the electronic game machines, the central processor operative to receive an input from each of the electronic game machines corresponding to the outcome of games played on the electronic game machines by the human users and to determine one or more winners of the quasi-tournament based upon the outcome of games played by the human users on the electronic game machines; wherein the system is operative to enable a human user to enter the quasi-tournament after the quasi-tournament begins by providing value and wherein the system is operative to enable a human user entering the quasi tournament to provide differing amounts of value corresponding to prize pots of differing value whereby the human user is eligible to receive a payout from multiple prize pots by providing value a single time in one selected amount and wherein each human user entering the quasi-tournament is provided with the same number of wagering units independent of the amount of value provided by the human user; and wherein the system is operative to provide a human user winning the quasi tournament with a payout from one or more prize pots upon winning the quasi tournament.