Patent ID: 8221241

Claim:
A gaming server comprising: memory; and one or more processors configured to: send one or more invitation indications to one or more devices associated with one or more entities, wherein said one or more invitation indications indicates that said one or more entities may be eligible to participate in a game managed by a gaming entity, wherein said sending includes sending said one or more invitation indications to one or more devices associated with one or more entities that are located outside a gaming domain and wherein said gaming domain defines a location of an operation of said gaming entity; receive a response indication from a first device of said one or more devices in response to said one or more invitation indications, wherein said first device is associated with a first entity of said one or more entities, and wherein said response indication indicates that said first entity is willing to participate in said game managed by said gaming entity; determine whether to allow said first entity to participate in said game after sending said one or more invitation indications to said first device, wherein the determination includes determining whether allowing said first entity to participate in said game would exceed a total number of entities located outside a said gaming domain of said gaming entity that are allowed to participate in said game; allow said first entity to participate in said game when it is determined that said first entity can participate in said game; and send said first device an outcome indication indicative of an outcome of said game when said first entity is allowed to participate in said game.