Patent ID: 8591337

Claim:
A system for playing a game of chance providing networking opportunities for players playing the game, the system comprising: a game computer including a computer-readable medium having instructions to administer execution of rules of the game played, the rules including (i) requiring each player playing the game to partner up with at least two partners from among the players playing the game as a condition for each player to become an eligible winner of the game to win a prize, (ii) selecting a prize winner from among the players playing the game that have partnered up with the at least two partners, (iii) selecting only one prize partner from the at least two partners of the selected prize winner after selecting the prize winner, and (iv) requiring the selected prize winner to share with the selected prize partner a prize won by the selected prize winner as a condition for the selected prize winner to receive the prize; and a display operable by the game computer and adapted for displaying portions of the game.