Patent ID: 7470197
Filing Date: 2008-12-30
Classification: A63F,G07F

Abstract:
1. A method of operating an on-line gaming system comprising the steps of: a) receiving a fee from each of a plurality of players to play a game comprising a plurality of game rounds; b) establishing a prize fund for each player; c) allowing one or more additional players to join the game after the start of an earlier game round, the allowing comprising receiving a fee from each of the additional players and establishing a prize fund for each of the additional players; d) matching two players of the game together to play a game round for a winning prize fund provided from each player's prize fund, the matching being independent of a number of game rounds each player has won and independent of when each player joined the game; e) transferring the winning prize fund provided from each player's prize fund to the player winning the game round; f) eliminating at least one player who loses the game round from the game; g) repeating steps d), e), and f) for a plurality of game rounds until a player has won a predetermined number of consecutive game rounds; and h) awarding the player who has won the predetermined number of consecutive game rounds the amount of the awarded player's prize fund, wherein the awarded amount is at least a portion of the total of prize funds of each player that the awarded player has defeated within the predetermined number of consecutive games rounds and the awarded player's initial prize fund.