Financial gaming management system and method
OwnerBruce Meratiinventor
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Abstract
A system, apparatus, and method for providing accounting between and among different gaming platforms, comprising a first gaming platform for allowing an individual to participate in a game being played on a second gaming platform, and for receiving a wager from the individual via the first gaming platform for use in the game, and a server coupled to the first gaming platform and the second gaming platform for determining an amount owed to the first gaming platform by the second gaming platform depending on an outcome of the wager.
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A system for providing accounting between and among different gaming platforms, comprising:
- a first gaming platform for allowing an individual to participate in a game being played on a second gaming platform, and for receiving a wager from the individual via the first gaming platform for use in the game;
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- a server coupled to the first gaming platform and the second gaming platform for determining an amount owed to the first gaming platform by the second gaming platform depending on an outcome of the wager.
An apparatus for providing accounting between and among different gaming platforms, comprising:
- a communication interface for sending and receiving wagering and game outcome information between a first gaming platform and a second gaming platform;
- a memory for storing account information related to the wagering and game outcome information between the first gaming platform and the second gaming platform;
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- a processor configured to:
- determine an amount owed to the first gaming platform by the second gaming platform, or by the second gaming platform to the first gaming platform, based on wagering and game outcome results.
A method for accounting for cross-platform wagering, comprising:
- receiving an indication of a wager placed by an individual using a first gaming platform over a network interface, the wager for use in a game being conducted on a second gaming platform;
- adjusting an account balance stored in a memory, the account balance associated with an amount owed between the first gaming platform and the second gaming platform;
- receiving an indication from an electronic device associated with the second gaming platform whether the wager was successful or unsuccessful over the network interface;
- adjusting the account balance in accordance with whether the wager was successful or unsuccessful;
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- determining an amount owed from the first gaming platform to the second gaming platform, or vice-versa, depending on the account balance.
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