Patent ID: 7867091

Claim:
A multiplayer gaming system facilitating a number of participating players to play a multiplayer wager game, each participating player associated with a player station, each player station being usable by a respective participating player to play a separate instance of a same single-player game having a plurality of possible results, the player station enabling the participating player to place a wager on an outcome of the multiplayer wager game; comprising: a gaming server and an administration facility communicable with each one of the plurality of player stations, wherein the gaming server is operable to group the plurality of player stations into a single instance of the multiplayer wager game in which each player plays an instance of the single player game, and wherein the administration facility is operable to determine an outcome of the multiplayer wager game as a function of the combined results of the separate instances of the single-player game played at the plurality of player stations, the outcome of the multiplayer wager game being either a favourable outcome if at least one participating player is determined by the administration facility as being a winner of the multiplayer wager game, or an unfavourable outcome in which none of the participating players is determined as being a winner; and wherein a single turn of the multiplayer wager game comprises at least one turn of the single-player game in each separate instance of the single-player game played at a player station in use by a participating player.