Patent ID: 7854653
Filing Date: 2010-12-21
Classification: A63F,G07F

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method of conducting a role playing game using one or more computer systems having a plurality of players comprising acts of: providing for an entry of at least one of the plurality of players into at least one session of the role playing game; accepting monetary payment of an entry fee from the at least one of the plurality of players, the entry fee being associated with the at least one session of the role playing game; determining a player who wins a monetary prize among the plurality of players playing in the at least one game session of the role playing game; accepting, by a game engine, at least one monetary wager placed on the at least one of the plurality of players, the at least one monetary wager being a winning wager if the at least one of the plurality of players wins the at least one game session; determining a plurality of simultaneous winners; selectively displaying information about a first of the plurality of simultaneous winners only in a first geographic location; and selectively displaying information about a second of the plurality of simultaneous winners only in a second geographic location, wherein the first geographic location and the second geographic location are different geographic locations.