Message driven gaming systems and processes

A process comprising:

• executing, by a processor in a first back-end server for an online gaming system, non-transient computer instructions which instantiate a first consumer engine, a second consumer engine, and a message process tracker;
• wherein the online gaming system includes:
• a front-end server coupled to the first back-end server;
• and
• a second back-end server, coupled to the first back-end server, instantiating a first worker and a second worker;
• and
• wherein the first consumer engine instructs the first back-end server to consume a first online gaming message, having first data fields, published onto a first message data stream by the front-end server, by performing consuming operations, within an acceptable delay period, comprising:
• periodically polling the first message data stream to determine whether the front-end server has published the first online gaming message onto the first message data stream;
• identifying a first classification, assigned by the message process tracker, for the first consumer engine;
• retrieving the first online gaming message from the first message data stream;
• calculating a hash value for the first online gaming message based on data provided in the first data fields;
• determining, based on the hash value, a second classification for the first online gaming message;
• determining whether the first classification matches the second classification;
• designating, when the first classification matches the second classification, the first online gaming message for processing by the first worker;
• and
• providing the first online gaming message to the first worker;
• wherein the second consumer engine performs one or more of the consuming operations with respect to a second online gaming message published on the first message data stream;
• and
• wherein the message process tracker coordinates processing, by the first worker, of the first online gaming message with a processing, by a second worker, of the second online gaming message.