System and method for managing a casino-style battleships game

A slot machine apparatus for facilitating a game of casino battleships between a virtual dealer and at least one player, comprising:

• a main housing;
• a display device;
• at least one processor configured to communicate with at least one computing device over a communication network;
• and
• a memory, in which the memory stores instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, direct the at least one processor to:
• retrieve at least one rule set for playing and winning the game;
• initiate and display as an output on the display device, a virtual dealer's game grid and at least one player's game grid, each of the game grids having a plurality of predefined game positions, each predefined game position being associated with a unique identifier game grid code;
• initiate and display as an output on the display device, a predefined number of virtual tokens to the virtual dealer and the at least one player;
• track and display as an output on the display device, selecting a predefined number of predefined game positions by the at least one player and placing one of the at least one player's tokens on each of the selected predefined game positions;
• initiate and display as an output on the display device, selecting a predefined number of predefined game positions by the virtual dealer according to a computer-generated rule using a computer-generated random number generator and placing one of the dealer's tokens on each of the selected predefined game positions;
• initiate and display as an output on the display device, drawing of game cards, each game card having a unique identifier game card code identical and corresponding to a game grid code for matching the drawn game card with a specific one of the predefined game positions;
• identify and display as an output on the display device, the game card code of each drawn game card;
• mark and display as an output on the display device, as destroyed, each predefined game position that matches with a drawn game card;
• determine and display as an output on the display device, when all the game cards have been drawn, which one of the dealer and the at least one player is winner of the game according to the at least one rule set.

A method of using a game apparatus to facilitate a game of casino battleships between a dealer and at least one player, the method comprising the steps of:

• providing a plurality of game grids, the game grids comprising a dealer's game grid and at least one player's game grid, each one of the game grids having a plurality of predefined game positions, each predefined game position being associated with a unique identifier game grid code, the game grids having grid sensors operable to detect data relating to placement of tokens at each of the predefined game positions;
• providing a predefined number of the tokens to the dealer and the at least one player, the dealer and the at least one player selecting predefined game positions upon which to place their respective tokens;
• retrieving at least one rule set for playing and winning the game;
• identifying, with the grid sensors, the predefined game positions upon which the tokens have been placed on the game grids;
• drawing game cards, each game card having a unique identifier game card code identical and corresponding to a game grid code for matching the drawn game card with a specific one of the predefined game positions;
• identifying, with a scanner operable to detect data relating to selection of the drawn game cards, the game card code of each of the drawn game cards;
• marking as destroyed each predefined game position that matches with a drawn game card and the token placed on the destroyed predefined game position;
• determining and identifying on an output device, when all game cards have been drawn, which one of the dealer and one or more of the at least one player is winner of the game according to the at least one rule set.