"how the way things are done" is grammar ok?
Is a below sentence grammar ok?

The phrase “the name of the game” means the most important thing in deciding how the way things are done.

I think "how things are done" or "the way things are done" is ok.

Question

"how the way things are done" is grammar ok?
Is a below sentence grammar ok?

The phrase “the name of the game” means the most important thing in deciding how the way things are done.

I think "how things are done" or "the way things are done" is ok.

Answer

The grammar is wrong. Both of your suggestions are correct.

Answer

name of the game
INFORMAL. the way things are; the way things can be expected to be.

The name of the game is money, money, money. I can't help it. That's the name of the game.

In http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/
INFORMAL The main purpose or most important aspect of a situation:

EXAMPLE SENTENCES:
Designs may then be further refined to optimize how much product can fit on a pallet, flat pack being the name of the game.

For the thrifty, there are smaller lanes branching off, where no goods carry price tags and bargaining is the name of the game.

If familiarity breeds contempt, and change is the name of the game, then how to turn the anti-incumbency in its face?