Abstract: An online multiple player game payment system includes one or more game clients, master servers, game hosts, payment gateways and statistics monitors. A game client has software that displays visual game information on a remote computer and allows the computer to send and receive user data to and from the game host utilizing existing communications hardware located in the remote computer. A master server includes software that collects information on currently operating game hosts and receives requests from game clients for this information. A game host includes software that controls game client interaction in various contests of skill and utilizes existing communications hardware to send and receive user data to and from game clients, payment gateways and statistics monitors.