Electronic Fund Transfer for Mobile Gaming

A method of managing play of a game on a vessel in a gaming system having a plurality of mobile devices operable to send a request to play the game, and a server, operable to be coupled to the plurality of mobile devices, comprising at least one processor and memory storing instructions, which, when executed, cause the at least one processor to initiate the game, the method comprising:

• stamping the request received from a first mobile device among the plurality of mobile devices to play the game in the vessel with a time-stamp;
• determining a global position of the vessel with respect to earth based on the request received;
• determining a local position of the first mobile device in the vessel based on the request received;
• determining if the request includes a fund request, and if the fund request is received from the first mobile device;
• and
• transmitting the game requested to the first mobile device, responsive to determining that the fund request is received from the first mobile device, whether funds for play of the game are available to the first mobile device based at least in part on the global position of the vessel and the local position of the first mobile device relative to the vessel, based on the time-stamp received.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions for managing play of a game on a vessel in a gaming system having a moveable vessel, a plurality of mobile devices operable to send a request to play the game in the moveable vessel, and a location server, operable to be coupled to the plurality of mobile devices, comprising at least one processor, the instructions, which, when executed, cause at least one processor to perform the steps of:

• determining if the request having a time-stamp to play the game in the moveable vessel is received from a first mobile device among the plurality of mobile devices,
• determining with the location server a global position of the moveable vessel relative to earth;
• determining with the location server a local position of the first mobile device relative to the moveable vessel;
• receiving a fund transfer request associated with the request from the first mobile device, the fund transfer request including a fund amount for used to play the game;
• determining whether the fund amount for play of the game is available to the first mobile device based at least in part on the global position of the moveable vessel and the local position of the first mobile device relative to the moveable vessel;
• and
• transferring electronically the fund amount available to the first mobile device, responsive to determining that funds for play of the game are available to the first mobile device based at least in part on the global position of the vessel and the local position of the first mobile device relative to the vessel, based on the time-stamp received.