Managed on-line poker tournaments

A method of operating a gaming system, said method comprising:

• receiving, by a network interface and from a first computing device, a request to participate in a wagering game;
• determining, by at least one processor, location information of the first computing device;
• determining, by the at least one processor, whether any other computing devices have been enabled to participate in the wagering game;
• in response to determining that no other computing devices have been enabled to participate in the wagering game, enabling the first computing device to participate in the wagering game;
• in response to determining that one or more other computing devices have been enabled to participate in the wagering game:
• (1) determining, by the at least one processor, location information of each other computing device enabled to participate in the wagering game;
• (2) determining, by the at least one processor and based on the location information of the first computing device and the one or more other computing devices, whether to enable the first computing device to participate in the wagering game;
• (3) in response to determining to enable the first computing device to participate in the wagering game, enabling the first computing device to participate in the wagering game and transmitting, by the network interface, a message to the first computing device indicating the first computing device can participate in the first wagering game;
• and
• (4) in response to determining not to enable the first computing device to participate in the wagering game, transmitting, by the network interface, a message to the first computing device indicating that the first computing device cannot currently participate in the wagering game, and
• following initiation of the wagering game, making, by the at least one processor, at least one outcome-affecting random determination for the wagering game.