System for a Massive Multi-player Game of Skill

A method of gaming by a set of players, the method comprising:

• randomly selecting a set of community symbols from a digital representation of a symbol space;
• on a display associated with each player, requesting a first wager within a time period;
• after the time period expires, for each player that made the first wager within the time period:
• adding the first wager to a pot and adding each player to a set of active players;
• for each player in the set of active players, randomly selecting player symbols from the symbol space;
• for each player in the set of active players, displaying the set of community symbols and a subset of the player symbols for that player on the display associated with that player;
• concurrently requesting a next wager from each player that is in the set of active players and starting a next time period;
• until all player symbols are revealed, after the next time period expires, removing each player that failed to make the next wager from the set of active players, then for each player that remains in the set of active players:
• adding the next wager to the pot, displaying a next subset of the player symbols for that player on the display associated with that player and concurrently displaying a request that the next wager be made within the next time period by each player on the display associated with each player in the set of active players;
• and resetting the next time period;
• and
• after all of the player symbols are revealed to each player that is in the set of active players, for each player in the set of active players:
• generating a score for each player using a combination of the player symbols for that player and the set of community symbols, and declaring a plurality of winners based upon a ranking of the score for each player.

Program instructions tangibly embodied in a non-transitory storage medium comprising at least one instruction configured to implement a system for gaming between a set of players, wherein the at least one instruction comprises:

• computer readable instructions executed by a processor causing the system for gaming to randomly select a set of community symbols from a symbol space;
• the computer readable instructions executed by the processor causing the system for gaming to request a wager concurrently from each player of the set of players and to start a time period;
• after the time period ends, the computer readable instructions executed by the processor causing the system for gaming to remove each player that fails to make the wager within the time period from the set of players and for each player in the set of players:
• the computer readable instructions executed by the processor causing the system for gaming to add the wager to a pot, the computer readable instructions executed by the processor causing the system for gaming to randomly select a set of player symbols from the symbol space for each player in the set of players, the computer readable instructions executed by the processor causing the system for gaming to display the set of community symbols to all players in the set of players, and for each player in the set of players, the computer readable instructions executed by the processor causing the system for gaming to randomly select player symbols from the symbol space, to display a first subset of the player symbols for that player, and to concurrently request a wager from each player that is in the set of players;
• and the computer readable instructions executed by the processor causing the system for gaming to start the time period;
• until all player symbols are revealed:
• after the time period expires, removing players that fail to make the wager from the set of players and, for each player remaining in the set of players:
• the computer readable instructions executed by the processor causing the system for gaming to add the wager to the pot and for each player in the set of players, the computer readable instructions executed by the processor causing the system for gaming to display a next subset of the player symbols for that player;
• and the computer readable instructions executed by the processor causing the system for gaming to reset the time period;
• and
• after all player symbols are revealed, the computer readable instructions executed by the processor causing the system for gaming to generate a score for each player in the set of players, and to declare a plurality of winners based upon the score of each player in the set of players.