A system and method for operating one or more games for a plurality of players including identifying at least two players participating in a selected one of the games at the expiration of a predetermined time period, and establishing a wager pool corresponding to a total of wager amounts from each of the identified players. The mixing DAC includes a radio frequency transconductance section and a switching section. If hermetic, a layer of glass or metal is formed in the surface of the die, and the cap has a layer of glass or metal at a peripheral area so that, when heated, the layers form a hermetic seal. 0 to 20% by weight of MOx, where LnxOy represents at least one compound selected from the group consisting of lanthanoid metal oxides, Y2O3, Nb2O5, and Ta2O5. A stopper is configured at an edge of the cutout proximate to the circuit to hold the magnetic core at a predefined distance relative to the circuit, thereby meeting a safety distance requirement between the core and the circuit. The switches are sequentially activated by a series of delay elements.