Patent ID: 9033786
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A gaming device-enabled method for enabling tournament gaming, the gaming device-enabled method comprising: providing a tournament server that is connected to a physical game network; providing a plurality of gaming devices that are connected to the tournament server via the physical game network, each gaming device including a first display on which a base game is presented using a first processor and a secondary display on which a tournament game is presented using a second processor; incrementing, using the tournament server, tournament entry points based on a predetermined percentage of a player's wager for base game play on the first display of each gaming device; determining, using the tournament server, locations of active and eligible players for an on-demand tournament game; on an eligible gaming device of the plurality of gaining devices at which an active and eligible player is playing, presenting, using the tournament server, the player with two or more tournament games for play, wherein the player selects multiple tournament games from the two or more tournament games for immediate initiation of tournament game play on demand on the second display of the eligible gaming device, and wherein the tournament games are separate from the base game on the first display of the eligible gaming device; initiating the tournament games, using the second processor on the eligible gaming device, selected by the player on the secondary display of the eligible gaming device, the secondary display using the second processor that is separate and distinct from the first processor of the eligible gaming device; and receiving player input on the eligible gaming device to automatically play the tournament games on the secondary display of the eligible gaming device.