Patent ID: 8708795

Claim:
A method of facilitating the play of an extended play competitive wagering game based on a base wagering game, comprising: receiving wagers from a plurality of players in the extended play wagering game; repeatedly determining an outcome of a round of the base wagering game for each of the plurality of players; responsive to determining the outcome of the round of the base wagering game, updating a player ranking of the plurality of players based on the determined outcome of the base wagering game, the ranking based on aggregate results of each player in the plurality of players over the rounds of the base wagering game that have occurred; displaying a ranking of the plurality of players based on the outcome of the rounds of the base wagering game that have already occurred; and at the conclusion of all of the rounds of play of the base wagering game, awarding one of the players a prize in the extended play game based on the player's ranking after the final round of the base wagering game; and conducting a bonus game in parallel with the plurality of base games and the extended play game, wherein the likelihood of a player winning the bonus game depends at least in part on the player's received outcomes in the base game and the extended play game.