Game delivery system

A distributed computer system for delivering a requested game experience at any venue of a plurality of distributed venues, the distributed computer system comprising:

• at each venue:
• a plurality of local units serving respective gameplay areas of the venue, each local unit coupled to a set of multimedia gaming equipment for delivering a game experience in its gameplay area, and a venue central unit configured to connect to each of the local units of that venue;
• a booking system for managing game bookings across the plurality of distributed venues, the booking system configured to receive, from a user device via a public network, a booking request denoting a requested venue of the plurality of distributed venues, and create a booking in response;
• and
• a master central server configured to connect to the booking system and the venue central unit of each venue;
• wherein the master central server is configured to generate a game session based on the booking, and automatically communicate the game session to the venue central unit of the requested venue, wherein the game session comprises details required by the local unit to load and execute the game at the venue, wherein the venue central unit receiving the game session is configured to render accessible, to the local unit serving one of the gameplay areas, game details of the game session, and wherein that local unit is configured to deliver the requested game experience within that gameplay area, using its set of multimedia gaming equipment, based on the game details of the game session;
• wherein the venue central unit is configured to store the game session in a venue session database of the requested venue, and wherein the master central server is configured to duplicate the game session in a master session database.