Gaming System with Wager Location
AssigneeWaterleaf Limited
InventorJohn Hillel Moshal
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Abstract
A gaming system (1) comprises a gaming server (2), one or more player stations (3) and a communication network (4) capable of providing communication between the gaming server (2) and each player station (3). Each player station (3) is located remotely from the gaming server (2) and is capable of rendering to a player a simulation one or more games and of enabling the player to place a wager on a turn of any one of the games of chance.
Claims34
A gaming system, comprising:
- a gaming server;
- a plurality of player stations remote from the gaming server, each player station being capable of rendering to a player a simulation of at least one game of chance and enabling the player to place a wager on a turn of the at least one game of chance;
- and
- a communication network capable of providing communication between the gaming server and the plurality of player stations characterised in that
- the gaming server records transaction data relating to each wager placed by any player on each turn of the at least one game of chance, the transaction data including at least the size of the wager, the time and date of the wager, an outcome of the turn of the game of chance, a geographic location of the player station on which the wager was placed by the player, and a status of the wager, the status being successful if the outcome of the turn of the game is a favourable outcome, and the status being unsuccessful if the outcome of the turn of the game is not a favourable outcome.
A gaming system as claimed in any one of the preceding claims in which the gaming server maintains a register of all players who utilise the gaming system to play the at least one game of chance.
A gaming system as claimed in any one of the preceding claims in which any player station accepts wagers in one of a number of different standard wager denominations, each one of the number of different standard wager denominations being a predetermined integral or fractional number of units of credit.
A gaming system as claimed in any one of the preceding claims in which each player station has a processor and a display monitor on which the simulation of the at least one game of chance is rendered to the player.
A gaming system as claimed in any one of the preceding claims in which the communication network is the Internet.
A method of operation of a gaming system, comprising the steps of:
- providing a gaming server, a plurality of player stations remote from the gaming server, and a communication network capable of providing communication between the gaming server and the plurality of player stations;
- rendering to a player, on a player station, a simulation of at least one game of chance;
- enabling the player to place a wager on the turn of the at least one game of chance at the player station;
- determining an outcome of the turn of the at least one game of chance;
- and
- recording transaction data relating to each wager placed by the player on the turn of the at least one game of chance, the transaction data including at least the size of the wager, the time and date of the wager, an outcome of the turn of the game of chance, a geographic location of the player station on which the wager was placed by the player, and a status of the wager, the status being successful if the outcome of the turn of the game is a favourable outcome, and the status being unsuccessful if the outcome of the turn of the game is not a favourable outcome.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.