Method and system for facilitating extended play of a wagering game

An article of manufacture comprising a computer readable medium having stored there on a non-transitory set of computer-readable instructions configured, when executed by a processor, to cause the processor to control the performance of a method of facilitating the play of an extended play competitive wagering game based on a base wagering game, comprising:

• receiving wagers from a plurality of players in the extended play wagering game;
• repeatedly
• determining an outcome of a round of the base wagering game for each of the plurality of players;
• responsive to determining the outcome of the round of the base wagering game, updating a player ranking of the plurality of players based on the determined outcome of the base wagering game, the ranking based on aggregate results of each player in the plurality of players over the rounds of the base wagering game that have occurred;
• displaying a ranking of the plurality of players based on the outcome of the rounds of the base wagering game that have already occurred;
• and
• at the conclusion of all of the rounds of play of the base wagering game, awarding one of the players a prize in the extended play game based on the player's ranking after the final round of the base wagering game;
• and
• conducting a bonus game in parallel with the plurality of base games and the extended play game, wherein the likelihood of a player winning the bonus game depends at least in part on the player's received outcomes in the base game and the extended play game.

A system for facilitating the play of a base game and extended play game, comprising:

• an input device configured to receive entries from a player for the base wagering game, and to also receive an entry from the player for the extended play game;
• an entry module configured to record and process the entries received from the player in the base wagering game;
• a random result generator configured to determine base game results;
• a base game outcome determining module configured to determine prizes awarded to the player based on the base game results and on the player's entries in the base wagering game;
• a multiple player game outcome determining module configured to determine the ranking of a group of players in the extended play game, the ranking being dependent on the results of the individual players in the group across a predetermined number of base games that the group of players complete, and to award a prize to a winning player in the group based on the ranking after the predetermined number of base games have been completed, and
• a bonus game module configured to conduct a bonus game in parallel with the base game and the extended play game, wherein the likelihood of a player winning the bonus game depends at least in part on the player's received outcomes in the base game and the extended play game.