Patent ID: 8162743

Claim:
A method of providing an elimination game on one or more gaming machines, the method comprising: enrolling a plurality of entities for the elimination game wherein each entity includes one or more players; receiving a participation fee for the elimination game from at least one player; between a start of the elimination game and a finish of the elimination game, generating at least one elimination game round, the one elimination game round including: (a) providing a game that is played by a number of the plurality of entities; (b) based upon results of the game in which the input from all entities affects the game play in the elimination game, applying an elimination test to each entity of the number of plurality of entities; and (c) for each entity of the number of plurality of entities, when one or more conditions of the elimination test are met, removing the entity from the elimination game before the entity has reached the finish of the elimination game; and indicating a finishing award to the last remaining entity that has reached the finish of the elimination game.