Patent ID: 8708815

Claim:
A method of operating a gaming machine for playing of a game by a player via a controller and a display in conjunction with another player playing a second gaming machine, the method comprising: (a) displaying at a display a number of objects and a number of prizes, each of the number of objects being associated with a respective one of the number of prizes and each of the respective one of the number of prizes being hidden by its respective associated object; (b) receiving at a controller an object selection indicative of a selected one of said objects, every received object selection resulting in the prize associated with the received object selection being revealed and becoming unavailable, and displaying said one of the prizes associated with said selected one of said objects; (c) displaying at said display an award for ending the game, and allowing said award to be accepted or rejected by the player, said displaying at said display an award for ending the game comprising displaying said award for ending the game offered by another player; (d) (i) if said displayed award has been accepted at said controller by the player, granting the player the displayed award and adjusting a second award for said another player based on the granted displayed award, or (ii) if said displayed award has been rejected at said controller, each further object selection resulting in a further one of said prizes becoming unavailable; and (e) repeating steps (c) and (d) until either (i) an award has been accepted or (ii) a last one of said number of objects remains, wherein the prize associated with the last one of said number of objects is awarded.