Computer-implemented systems and methods for secondary game creation and management

A computer-implemented method for secondary game management, comprising the following steps implemented with at least one processor:

• initiating, with a scheduler, a secondary game in response to a request from one of a plurality of players or a schedule defined by administrator, the secondary game comprising one or more games executed on a plurality of gaming machines associated with the plurality of players;
• validating, with a controller, one or more of the plurality of players to participate in the secondary game on respective ones of the plurality of gaming machines;
• enabling, with the controller, secondary game play by the validated players on the respective ones of the plurality of gaming machines;
• receiving, with a data analyzer, primary game player data and secondary game player data from the plurality of gaming machines;
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• determining, with the data analyzer, at least one of a progression, position, or score of a player of the secondary game.

A computer-implemented gaming system, comprising:

• a matchmaking server configured to initialize connections for communicating information between a plurality of administrator servers, and a plurality of gameplay clients and spectacle clients;
• the plurality of administrator servers connected to the matchmaking server and configured to receive information associated with a primary game being played on associated gameplay clients;
• the plurality of gameplay clients connected to the matchmaking server and configured to receive inputs from users of the plurality of gameplay clients associated with the primary game and send information associated with the primary game being played to an associated administrator server;
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• the plurality of spectacle clients connected to the matchmaking server and configured to receive information associated with a secondary game from an associated administrator server.