Patent ID: 8747206

Claim:
A method for facilitating cooperative group play of an online casino game, comprising: initiating a group session of the online casino game over the Internet, the online casino game being provided by a website of an online casino, the group session defined to include a plurality of players; defining at least one group objective for the group session; combining outcomes from gameplay of the online casino game of each of the plurality of players during the group session; and comparing the combined outcomes against the group objective, and if the combined outcomes meet the group objective, then administering a prize associated with the group objective; wherein the group objective defines a requirement of two or more of the plurality of players achieving winning outcomes that are simultaneous or temporally proximate, the group objective further defining a requirement that the winning outcomes result from initiation of player decisions occurring simultaneously or temporally proximately, the completion of the player decisions resulting in the winning outcomes; wherein the method is executed by a processor.