Patent ID: 8702499
Filing Date: 2014-04-22
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a multi-site tournament including: (a) Enrolling two or more gaming facilities into the multi-site tournament; (b) Establishing a set of pre-qualifying events to generate a list of qualified players at each of the enrolled gaming facilities; (c) Scheduling one or more dates to conduct an in-casino championship tournament at each of the enrolled gaming facilities wherein the qualified players from the respective lists compete for one or more awards including an opportunity to advance to one or more multi-site tournaments; (d) Scheduling one or more dates and locations to conduct the one or more multi-site tournaments; and, (e) Establishing and maintaining a series of social media portals whereby information about the multi-site tournament, pre-qualifying events, enrolled facilities, and qualified players may be published and disseminated.