Game systems and related methods

A game system, comprising:

• a server operatively coupled with a database;
• an operator computer operatively coupled with the server, the operator computer comprising a display displaying one or more operator user interfaces, the one or more operator user interfaces configured to receive one or more inputs from an operator to associate, through the database, a prize identifier and a winning tap number for each of a plurality of prizes;
• a plurality of mobile computing devices (player devices) operatively coupled with the server through a telecommunication network, each player device displaying, on a touchscreen display, a plurality of player user interfaces (player interfaces), wherein each player device is configured to, in response to receiving a touch input from a user, switch between the plurality of player interfaces;
• wherein each player interface comprises a defined tapping area, the prize identifier associated with one of the prizes, and the winning tap number associated with that prize;
• wherein each player device is configured to, in response to receiving a tap within the defined tapping area of one of the player interfaces associated with one of the prizes (played prize), communicate a tap signal to the server through the telecommunication network, the tap signal comprising an indicator of the played prize and further comprising one of an identifier of a user (sending user) and an identifier of the player device sending the tap signal (sending device);
• wherein the server is configured to, in response to receiving the tap signal, generate an assigned tap number for the tap signal and associate, in the database, the assigned tap number with the played prize and with one of the sending user and the sending device;
• wherein the server is configured to determine whether the assigned tap number matches the winning tap number for the played prize;
• wherein the server is configured to, in response to determining that the assigned tap number matches the winning tap number for the played prize, send a winning signal to the sending device, and;
• wherein the sending device is configured to display a winning indicator on one of the player interfaces in response to receiving the winning signal, the winning indicator indicating that the sending user has won the played prize.

A method of playing a tapping game, comprising:

• operatively coupling a server with a database;
• operatively coupling an operator computer with the server;
• receiving at the operator computer, using one or more operator user interfaces displayed on a display of the operator computer, one or more inputs from an operator to associate, through the database, a prize identifier and a winning tap number for a prize;
• operatively coupling a plurality of mobile computing devices (player devices) with the server through a telecommunication network;
• displaying, on each player device, on a touchscreen display, a player user interface (player interface) comprising the prize identifier, the winning tap number, and a defined tapping area;
• receiving, at each player device, a tap within the defined tapping area of the player interface;
• communicating a tap signal to the server through the telecommunication network from each player device, each tap signal comprising one of an identifier of a user (sending user) and an identifier of the player device sending the tap signal (sending device);
• generating, through the server, in response to receiving each tap signal, an assigned tap number;
• associating, through the database, the assigned tap number with one of the sending user and the sending device;
• determining, using one of the server and the operator computer, whether the assigned tap number matches the winning tap number;
• in response to determining that the assigned tap number matches the winning tap number, sending, using one of the server and the operator computer, through the telecommunication network, a winning signal to the sending device, and;
• displaying, on the player interface of the sending device, in response to receiving the winning signal, a winning indicator, the winning indicator indicating that the sending user has won the prize.