Patent ID: 8827790

Claim:
A multi-level game of chance for a plurality of players conducted via at least one computer, the game of chance comprising: a plurality of levels provided via the computer, the plurality of levels comprising a first level, at least one intermediate level, and a final level, each level above the first level comprising a plurality of winning tiers and at least one losing tier, wherein players in the winning tiers advance to a next level; and a plurality of games, wherein each level comprises one of the plurality of games provided via the computer, wherein at least two different games are provided throughout the plurality of levels via the computer, wherein the at least two different games are provided in separate levels of the plurality of levels and are not the same game, wherein for each of the games, the computer determines if the player obtains one of a plurality of winning outcomes, wherein if the player obtains one of the plurality of winning outcomes, the computer places the player into one of the winning tiers, wherein the computer determines which winning tier the player is placed into by segregating the player from the plurality of players based on at least one type of winning outcome, wherein once the player is placed in the winning tier, the player must play the next level; and wherein at least one of the plurality of levels includes more than one way to win the level as determined via the at least one computer.