Slotmasters

An online electronic slot based gaming system that provides a game space operable on a computer system having an electronic display and at least one processor and a memory coupled to the at least one processor, the at least one processor configured to:

• generate a graphical user interface representing a slot based game on the electronic display, wherein the graphical user interface simultaneously shows an array of reels for a first player and an array of reels for a second player that is remote from the first player and an array of reels for a third player that is remote from the first and second players;
• define a game session that enables the first and second and third player players to simultaneously initiate spins within a period of time and simultaneously display the status of the spins via the arrays of reels for the first, second, and third players respectively on the graphical user interface, wherein the game session is operably communicable with a remote online lobby that manages communications between the first player, the second player, the third player, and the game session;
• receive a request from the first player to initiate a spin of the array of reels for the first player that result in a display in the graphical user interface of a combination of symbols when the spin ends that define and display a first numerical value associated with the combination of symbols for that first player;
• receive a request from the second player to initiate a spin of the array of reels for the second player that result in a display in the graphical user interface of a combination of symbols when the spin ends that define and display a second numerical value associated with the combination of symbols for that second player,
• receive a request from the third player to initiate a spin of the array of reels for the third player that result in a display in the graphical user interface of a combination of symbols when the spin ends that define and display a third numerical value associated with the combination of symbols for that third player;
• display and update the first and second and third numerical values in the graphical user interface after each spin initiated by the first and second and third players
• display an icon of an offensive weapon for the first player such that when clicked by the first player, the icon of the offensive weapon initiates a script that generates an animated graphical opaque overlay on top of the array of reels and freezes the array of reels from spinning for either the second player or the third player and reduces the numerical value associated with either the second player or the third player during the game session;
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• display an icon of a defensive weapon for the first player such that when clicked by the first player, the icon of the defensive weapon initiates a script that generates an animated graphical shield overlay on top of the array of reels for the first player and prevents another player from reducing the numerical value associated with the first player.