Detecting excluded players and related systems and methods
AssigneeIgt
InventorsFei Ma, Haipeng Wang, Naibin Song, Yang Liu, Sarina Bao, Xuan Wei
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Abstract
A gaming system, computer-implemented method and gaming device are operable to determine player identification data corresponding to a player in a property corresponding to a selected one of multiple gaming operator nodes, compare the player identification data with each of multiple data blocks in a block chain to determine a match between the player identification data and one of the data blocks, and responsive determining that the player identification data matches one of the data blocks, send an alarm signal to a gaming operator that corresponds to the selected one of the gaming operator nodes.
Claims19
A system comprising:
- a communication interface;
- a processor circuit;
- and
- a memory coupled to the processor circuit, the memory comprising machine readable instructions that, when executed by the processor circuit, cause the processor circuit to:
- determine player identification data corresponding to a player in a property corresponding to a selected one of a plurality of gaming operator nodes;
- compare the player identification data with each of a plurality of data blocks in a block chain to determine a match between the player identification data and one of the plurality of data blocks;
- and
- responsive determining that the player identification data matches one of the plurality of data blocks, send an alarm signal to a gaming operator that corresponds to the selected one of the plurality of gaming operator nodes,
- wherein the plurality of gaming operator nodes comprises a consortium that accesses the block chain,
- wherein the processor circuit further:
- receives a request corresponding to a non-member of the consortium;
- detects whether the non-member satisfies a multi-party block chain agreement;
- responsive to the non-member satisfying the multi-party block chain agreement, adds the non-member to the consortium;
- and
- responsive to the non-member not satisfying the multi-party block chain agreement, denies the non-member access to the block chain.
A method comprising:
- receiving, by a gaming operator node of a plurality of gaming operator nodes, player identification data corresponding to a player in a property corresponding to the gaming operator node;
- generating hashed player identification data using a given hash code that is applied to the player identification data;
- determining if the hashed player identification data matches any of a plurality of data blocks in a block chain that is stored by all of the plurality of gaming operator nodes, wherein each of the plurality of data blocks corresponds to a person on an excluded person list;
- and
- executing a multi-party block chain agreement to be a member of a consortium that comprises the plurality of gaming operator nodes.
A system comprising:
- a plurality of gaming operator nodes that each access a block chain of excluded players,
- wherein the block chain comprises a plurality of data blocks that each corresponds to an excluded player, and
- wherein each of the plurality of gaming operator nodes comprises:
- a communication interface;
- a processor circuit;
- and
- a memory coupled to the processor circuit, the memory comprising machine readable instructions that, when executed by the processor circuit, cause the processor circuit to:
- submit new excluded player data for inclusion into the block chain as a new data block, and responsive to the new excluded player data satisfying a consensus mechanism, upload the new excluded player data to the block chain,
- wherein the plurality of gaming operator nodes comprises a consortium of gaming operators that accesses the block chain.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.