Patent ID: 8702501

Claim:
A computing system for allowing two or more entities to participate as partners in one or more games provided in a gaming environment, wherein said computing system is configured to: receive a partnership identifier in connection with at least one game of a number of different types of games to be played on behalf of a partnership of said two or more entities, wherein said partnership identifier identifies said partnership of said two or more entities, and wherein said at least one game has an outcome that can be determined when said at least one game is played on behalf of said partnership of said two or more entities; receive partnership data associated with said partnership; determine whether to authorize playing of said at least one game on behalf of said partnership based, at least in part, on: (a) said partnership data, and (b) whether said at least one game is a type of game that qualifies for play on behalf of said partnership; authorize said at least one game to be played on behalf of said partnership when it is determined that said at least one game qualifies for play on behalf of said partnership by a partnership member; track said at least one game if said at least one game qualifies for play on behalf of said partnership; obtain at least verification data for verification of said outcome of said at least one game after receiving said partnership identifier, wherein said verification data can be used to verify said outcome of said at least one game when said at least one game is played on behalf of said partnership; store said verification data for subsequent verification of said outcome, thereby allowing said two or more entities to verify the outcome of said at least one game played on behalf of said partnership of said two or more entities; and change the type of game that qualifies for play on behalf of said partnership by a partnership member.