Patent ID: 8591335

Claim:
A computer program product including a non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions for causing a computer, for playing a game of chance providing networking opportunities for players playing the game, to execute a method, the method comprising: requiring each of the players playing the game to partner up with at least two partners each selected from the other players playing the game as a condition for each player playing the game to become an eligible winner of the game to win a prize; selecting a potential prize winner from among the players playing the game and determining that the selected potential prize winner is an eligible prize winner of the prize by confirming that the selected potential prize winner has met the condition of partnering up with the at least two players; requiring the selection of only one of the at least two partners as a prize partner after the selection of a prize winner; and requiring the selected prize winner to share the prize won with the selected prize partner as conditions for the eligible prize winner to receive the prize.