Patent ID: 8616966

Claim:
A method of providing a (1) single player base game and (2) a multi-player feature game using at least one game controller, the method comprising: determining via the game controller a set of players eligible to play the multi-player feature game, the set of eligible players being selected from the players currently playing the single player base game; initiating the multi-player feature game when a triggering event occurs in one of the single player base games; assigning via a game controller a number of multi-player feature game turns to each eligible player, wherein the number of multi-player feature game turns assigned to an eligible player is based on a wager amount placed by the eligible player in the single player game prior to the triggering event; conducting the multi-player feature game turns with the eligible players, wherein the multi-player feature game turns are executed by the eligible players in a successive manner so that a multi-player feature game turn of a first eligible player is not executed concurrently with a multi-player feature game turn of a second eligible player; and determining multi-player game turn outcomes until a multi-player feature game end condition occurs.