Reconfigurable gaming zone
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1. A method of operating a zone-based gaming activity, comprising:
- receiving, at a controller, a zone request to reconfigure an existing gaming zone within a gaming establishment supporting a plurality of existing eligible participants;
defining, by the controller, a reconfigured gaming zone based on the zone request within the gaming establishment;
reconfiguring the existing gaming zone to the defined reconfigured gaming zone within the gaming establishment;
determining whether there are one or more new eligible participants based on at least the reconfigured gaming zone;
determining whether there are non-eligible participants based on at least the reconfigured gaming zone;
modifying the existing gaming zone to change the number of existing eligible participants to include the one or more new eligible participants such that the one or more new eligible participants are able to participate in the zone-based gaming activity if it is determined that there are one or more new eligible participants; and
modifying the existing gaming zone to remove the non-eligible participants if it is determined that there are non-eligible participants.
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Abstract
In one embodiment, method of operating a zone-based gaming activity, includes generating, in response to a request, a reconfigurable zone; determining one or more eligible participants; and modifying said zone to change the number of eligible participants.
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1. A method of operating a zone-based gaming activity, comprising:
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receiving, at a controller, a zone request to reconfigure an existing gaming zone within a gaming establishment supporting a plurality of existing eligible participants; defining, by the controller, a reconfigured gaming zone based on the zone request within the gaming establishment; reconfiguring the existing gaming zone to the defined reconfigured gaming zone within the gaming establishment; determining whether there are one or more new eligible participants based on at least the reconfigured gaming zone; determining whether there are non-eligible participants based on at least the reconfigured gaming zone; modifying the existing gaming zone to change the number of existing eligible participants to include the one or more new eligible participants such that the one or more new eligible participants are able to participate in the zone-based gaming activity if it is determined that there are one or more new eligible participants; and modifying the existing gaming zone to remove the non-eligible participants if it is determined that there are non-eligible participants. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for configuring the operating constraints of a zone-based gaming activity, the method comprising:
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selecting, by a user, a location within a gaming establishment for deploying a zone; defining, at a server, a location of the zone based on the selected location within the gaming establishment; defining, at the server, one or more criteria for selecting eligible participants able to play at least one game of chance via at least one gaming device configured to receive a wager to play the at least one game of chance; defining one or more criteria to modify the zone; periodically determining if the one or more criteria have been met; remodifying the zone if it is determined that the one or more criteria have been met; determining new eligible participants; and changing the number of eligible participants to include the new eligible participants. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method of operating a zone-based gaming activity, comprising:
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randomly generating, at a server, in response to a zone modification request received by a user, a location of a reconfigurable zone, the reconfigurable zone modifying an existing gaming zone located within a gaming establishment; randomly determining, at the server, one or more eligible participants within the reconfigurable zone; determining one or more non-eligible participants; and modifying said reconfigurable zone to change the number of eligible participants to include the one or more eligible participants or remove the one or more non-eligible participants. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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