6. The method of claim 2 , wherein the fifth text message includes an option for the user to receive instructions for playing the selected SMS game.
2. A method for providing online short message service (SMS) games to a SMS equipped device, the method comprising: receiving, by a server, a first text message from the SMS equipped device; determining, by the server, a SMS service provider associated with the SMS equipped device; determining, by the server, whether the SMS service provider has a pay agreement with a provider of the online SMS games; responsive to the SMS service provider not having the pay agreement with the provider of the online SMS games, sending, by the server, a second text message to the SMS equipped device to indicate to a user of the SMS equipped device that the online SMS games are currently not available to consumers of the SMS service provider; responsive to the SMS service provider having the pay agreement with the provider of the online SMS games, sending a third text message that includes a list of available online SMS games to the SMS equipped device; receiving a fourth text message from the SMS equipped device that indicates a selected SMS game from the list of available online SMS games; sending a fifth text message to the SMS equipped device and rendering, by the SMS equipped device, the selected SMS game in response to the fifth text message; generating by the server a picture of a current state of the selected SMS game using keyboard characters; and sending a sixth text message to the SMS equipped device comprising an image, wherein the image includes the keyboard characters.