System for computerized multiplayer tournament gaming and a method thereof

A computerized tournament game system comprising a computer operatively coupled to a registration interface, wherein:

• a) the registration interface is configured to obtain requests from a plurality of users for registration to a commenced tournament characterized by certain parameters, the requests constituting a pool of registration requests to the commenced tournament;
• b) the computer is configured
• i) to test if the pool of registration requests matches a predefined related to the pool,
• ii) upon matching the predefined criterion related to the pool, substantially concurrently initiate two or more active tournaments characterized by the same parameters as the commenced tournament;
• iii) to assign the requests comprised in the pool of registration requests to the initiated active tournaments in a manner enabling distribution of assignments between all concurrently initiated active tournaments, the assigning provided in accordance with predefined assigning rules, thereby providing distribution of the requests for registration to the commenced tournament between the initiated active tournaments for actual gaming;
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• iv) updating information related to status of the commenced tournament presented by the registration interface, the information including at least the number of players registered to the commenced tournament, wherein the information is provided as average data over the active tournaments corresponding to the commenced tournament.

A non-transitory program storage device readable by machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform a method of operating a computerized tournament game system, the method comprising:

• a) obtaining requests from a plurality of users for registration to a commenced tournament characterized by certain parameters thus giving rise to a pool of registration requests to the commenced tournament;
• b) testing if the pool of registration requests matches a predefined criterion,
• c) upon matching the predefined criterion related to the pool, substantially concurrently initiating two or more active tournaments characterized by the same parameters as the commenced tournament;
• d) assigning the requests comprised in the pool of registration requests to the initiated active tournaments in a manner enabling distribution of assignments between all concurrently initiated active tournaments, the assigning provided in accordance with predefined assigning rules, thereby providing distribution of the requests for registration to the commenced tournament between the initiated active tournaments for actual gaming;
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• e) updating information related to status of the commenced tournament presented by the registration interface, the information including at least the number of players registered to the commenced tournament, wherein the information is provided as average data over the active tournaments corresponding to the commenced tournament.

A computer program product comprising a computer useable non-transitory physical medium having computer readable program code embodied therein of operating a computerized tournament game system, the computer program product comprising:

• a) computer readable program code for causing the computer to obtain requests from a plurality of users for registration to a commenced tournament characterized by certain parameters thus giving rise to a pool of registration requests to the commenced tournament;
• b) computer readable program code for causing the computer to test if the pool of registration requests matches a predefined criterion related to the pool,
• c) computer readable program code for causing the computer to substantially concurrently initiate, upon matching the predefined criterion related to the pool, two or more active tournaments characterized by the same parameters as the commenced tournament;
• d) computer readable program code for causing the computer to assign the requests comprised in the pool of registration requests to the initiated active tournaments in a manner enabling distribution of assignments between all concurrently initiated active tournaments, the assigning provided in accordance with predefined assigning rules, thereby providing distribution of the requests for registration to the commenced tournament between the initiated active tournaments for actual gaming;
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• e) updating information related to status of the commenced tournament presented by the registration interface, the information including at least the number of players registered to the commenced tournament, wherein the information is provided as average data over the active tournaments corresponding to the commenced tournament.