Patent ID: 8540577
Filing Date: 2013-09-24
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a computerized tournament game system comprising a computer operatively coupled to a registration interface, the method comprising: a) obtaining via the registration interface requests from a plurality of users for registration to a commenced tournament characterized by certain parameters thus giving rise to a pool of registration requests to the commenced tournament; b) testing, with the computer, if the pool of registration requests matches a predefined criterion related to the pool; c) upon matching the predefined criterion related to the pool, substantially concurrently initiating two or more active tournaments characterized by the same parameters as the commenced tournament; d) assigning, with the computer, the requests comprised in the pool of registration requests to the initiated active tournaments in a manner enabling distribution of assignments between all respective concurrently initiated active tournaments, the assigning provided in accordance with predefined assigning rules, thereby providing distribution of the requests for registration to the commenced tournament between the initiated active tournaments for actual gaming; and e) updating information related to status of the commenced tournament presented by the registration interface, the information including at least the number of players registered to the commenced tournament, wherein the information is provided as average data over the active tournaments corresponding to the commenced tournament.