SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TOURNAMENT GAMING USING SOCIAL NETWORK BASED TEAM FORMATION
First Claim
1. A method of enabling a player to use remote home terminals or mobile devices via a network to enroll in a casino tournament gaming system, in addition to winning prizes offered as an outcome of a primary game on underlying gaming machines located in a casino, the method comprising:
- enabling enrollment in the casino tournament gaming system using an existing internet-based social network to form tournament teams via remote home terminals or mobile devices, wherein the system uses existing social networks to leverage pre-existing relationships between players that are members of the social network to form tournament teams;
enabling play of a game of chance on the underlying gaming machines that award game credits that are redeemable for a payout and are controlled by overall payout percentages relating to the game of chance;
facilitating entry into one or more skill-based tournament games in the player'"'"'s tournament team against other tournament teams, wherein the one or more skill-based tournament games are a bonus round of the primary games;
wherein the tournament team with a highest score at the end of a tournament period wins the tournament.
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Abstract
A method is disclosed of enabling a player to use remote home terminals or mobile devices via a network to enroll in a casino tournament gaming system, in addition to winning prizes offered as an outcome of a primary game on underlying gaming machines located in a casino. The method includes enabling enrollment in the casino tournament gaming system to form tournament teams via remote home terminals or mobile devices, wherein the system uses existing social networks to leverage pre-existing relationships between players that are members of the social network to form tournament teams; enabling play of a game of chance on the underlying gaming machines that award game credits that are redeemable for a payout and are controlled by overall payout percentages relating to the game of chance; and facilitating entry into one or more skill-based tournament games in the player'"'"'s tournament team against other tournament teams.
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23 Claims
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1. A method of enabling a player to use remote home terminals or mobile devices via a network to enroll in a casino tournament gaming system, in addition to winning prizes offered as an outcome of a primary game on underlying gaming machines located in a casino, the method comprising:
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enabling enrollment in the casino tournament gaming system using an existing internet-based social network to form tournament teams via remote home terminals or mobile devices, wherein the system uses existing social networks to leverage pre-existing relationships between players that are members of the social network to form tournament teams; enabling play of a game of chance on the underlying gaming machines that award game credits that are redeemable for a payout and are controlled by overall payout percentages relating to the game of chance; facilitating entry into one or more skill-based tournament games in the player'"'"'s tournament team against other tournament teams, wherein the one or more skill-based tournament games are a bonus round of the primary games; wherein the tournament team with a highest score at the end of a tournament period wins the tournament. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method of enabling a player to enroll in a casino tournament gaming system, in addition to winning prizes offered as an outcome of a primary game on underlying gaming machines located in a casino, the method comprising:
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enabling enrollment in the casino tournament gaming system using an existing internet-based social network to form tournament teams via remote home terminals or mobile devices, wherein the system uses existing social networks to leverage pre-existing relationships between players that are members of the social network to form tournament teams; enabling game play on the underlying gaming machines that present pseudo-skill games which award game credits and game points, wherein the game credits are redeemable for a payout and are controlled by overall payout percentages relating to the game of chance, and wherein game points are not redeemable for a payout, game points are not controlled by overall payout percentages relating to the game of chance, and a number of game points awarded is increased according to player skill and performance during game play of the pseudo-skill games on the underlying gaming machines located in the casino; and using the game points from the primary games on the underlying gaming machines located in the casino to facilitate entry into one or more skill-based tournament games in the player'"'"'s tournament team against other tournament teams; wherein the tournament team with a highest score at the end of a tournament period wins the tournament.
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23. A system for enabling a player to enroll in a casino tournament gaming system, in addition to winning prizes offered as an outcome of a primary game on underlying gaming machines located in a casino, the system comprising:
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an internet-based social network server; a plurality of internet terminals connected to the social network server, wherein the plurality of internet terminals include remote home terminals or mobile devices, and wherein the casino tournament gaming system using an existing internet-based social network to form tournament teams via remote home terminals or mobile devices, wherein the system uses existing social networks to leverage pre-existing relationships between players that are members of the social network to form tournament teams; and a plurality of gaming machines that enable play of a game of chance and award game credits which are redeemable for a payout and are controlled by overall payout percentages relating to the game of chance, wherein the plurality of gaming machines include a bonus round in addition to the primary game; a tournament server for controlling one or more skill-based tournament games that are a bonus round of the primary game, wherein the tournament server facilitates entry into one or more skill-based tournament games in the player'"'"'s tournament team against other tournament teams.
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