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US 12,743,926 B2Granted
Wagering on events in a streaming environment
AssigneeIgt
InventorsDwayne R. Nelson, Kevin Higgins, Anthony Baerlocher
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Abstract
Systems and methods that enable a first user to place one or more wagers in association with a game being played by a second user and streamed by a live streaming platform.
Claims20
An electronic gaming machine comprising:
- a display device;
- an interface;
- a processor;
- and
- a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- receive a parameter of a multi-play session associated with a plurality of plays of a wagering game to be displayed by the display device,
- communicate, via the interface and to a live streaming platform, data associated with the multi-play session, and
- responsive to a receipt, via the interface and from the live streaming platform, of data associated with an acceptance of the multi-play session by a client device operating independent of the electronic gaming machine, initiate a play of the wagering game associated with the multi-play session, wherein the initiation, caused by the processor, of the play of the wagering game associated with the multi-play session occurs separate from each of the client device and the live streaming platform, and for each play of the wagering game of the accepted multi-play session, a wager is automatically placed for the client device to reduce timing delays between each of the plurality of plays of the wagering game of the accepted multi-play session initiated by the processor of the electronic gaming machine.
5 more elements
A live streaming platform server comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- receive, from a first device, data associated with a parameter of a multi-play session associated with a plurality of plays of a wagering game to be displayed by a display device associated with an electronic gaming machine operating separate from each of the first device and the live streaming platform server, and
- responsive to an acceptance of at least part of the multi-play session, communicate, to the electronic gaming machine, data authorizing an initiation of a play of the wagering game associated with the multi-play session, wherein for each play of the wagering game of the accepted at least part of the multi-play session, a wager is automatically placed in association with a client device to reduce timing delays between the plays of the wagering game of the accepted at least part of the multi-play session.
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A method of operating an electronic gaming machine, the method comprising:
- receiving a parameter of a multi-play session associated with a plurality of plays of a wagering game to be displayed by a display device of the electronic gaming machine,
- communicating, via an interface and to a live streaming platform, data associated with the multi-play session, and
- responsive to a receipt, via the interface and from the live streaming platform, of data associated with an acceptance of the multi-play session by a client device operating independent of the electronic gaming device, initiating, by a processor of the electronic gaming machine, a play of the wagering game associated with the multi-play session, wherein the initiation, by the processor of the electronic gaming machine, of the play of the wagering game associated with the multi-play session occurs separate from each of the client device and the live streaming platform, and for each play of the wagering game of the accepted multi-play session, a wager is automatically placed for the client device to reduce timing delays between each of the plurality of plays of the wagering game of the accepted multi-play session initiated by the processor of the electronic gaming machine.
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