Patent ID: 7485043

Claim:
A method of providing an elimination game on one or more gaming machines, the method comprising: enrolling a plurality of entities for the elimination game wherein each entity comprises one or more players; receiving a participation fee for the elimination game from at least one player; between a start of the elimination game and a finish of the elimination game, generating at least one elimination game round, the one elimination game round comprising: (a) providing a game that is played by a number of the plurality entities; (b) based upon results of the game, applying an elimination test to each entity of the number of plurality of entities; and (c) for each entity of the number of plurality of entities, when one or more conditions of the elimination test are met, removing the entity from the elimination game before the entity has reached the finish of the elimination game; and indicating a finishing award to at least one of the entities that has reached the finish of the elimination game on a display of the one or more gaming machines; wherein the steps are executed by an elimination game controller, the elimination game controller housed within one of the one or more gaming machines displaying the elimination game, said controller designed or configured to control operation of the elimination game on said one gaming machine and on other gaming machines displaying the elimination game.