Patent ID: 7976389
Filing Date: 2011-07-12
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A method of tournament gaming, comprising: providing a plurality of wagering gaming devices adapted for tournament play and configured to play at least one primary game of chance at variable rates of play; initiating a tournament game of chance in a multi-player tournament on a wagering gaming device of the plurality of wagering gaming devices in response to an occurrence of one or more qualifying outcome events of the at least one primary game of chance wherein a qualifying outcome event of the at least one primary game of chance is winning the at least one primary game of chance or is based on multiple wins of the at least one primary game of chance; and playing the tournament game of chance at a first permitted rate of play as permitted by gaming device circuitry, relative to which the actual rate of game play may vary, and changing the permitted rate of play of the tournament game of chance to a second permitted rate of play as permitted by gaming device circuitry, relative to which the actual rate of game play may vary, in response to an occurrence of a specific game outcome of a plurality of game outcomes that may result when the tournament game of chance is played matching a preselected game outcome from the plurality of game outcomes wherein a time interval between the display of a game outcome is reduced when the specific game outcome is a specific winning combination such that the second permitted rate of play is faster than the first permitted rate of play.