Fairness in gaming

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11463249-B2
Application number	US-201916440132-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 13, 2019
Priority date	Jun 13, 2019
Publication date	Oct 4, 2022
Grant date	Oct 4, 2022

Abstract

Embodiments are disclosed for fairness in gaming. The techniques include generating a public-private key pair for a bet with a gaming application. The techniques further include encrypting the bet using the generated public-private key pair. Additionally, the techniques include providing the encrypted bet to the gaming application. The techniques also include providing a private key of the public-private key pair in response to a notice from the gaming application indicating whether the bet is won.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
providing a user interface that:
enables a player to play a gaming application that is hosted by a gaming server;
enables a selection of a bet during a game of the gaming application; and
prevents the gaming application from predetermining a game result that favors a specific player by:
generating a public private key pair for a betting transaction comprising the bet;
encrypting the betting transaction using the generated public-private key pair; and
providing the encrypted betting transaction to the gaming application before a game play of the gaming application;

receiving a result of a game play for the betting transaction;
determining that the bet of the betting transaction wins based on the result; and
providing a private key of the generated public-private key pair to the gaming application in response to the determination.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising presenting a user interface of the gaming application that accepts the bet.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the public-private key pair is generated in accordance with a Public Key Infrastructure.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
generating a plurality of public-private key pairs for a corresponding plurality of betting transactions with the gaming application;
encrypting the corresponding plurality of betting transactions using the generated plurality of public-private key pairs; and
providing the corresponding plurality of encrypted betting transactions to the gaming application.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising providing a corresponding private key of the plurality of public-private key pairs in response to a notice from the gaming application indicating whether one of the corresponding plurality of betting transactions is won.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the gaming application comprises a random number generator that is associated with the bet.

7. A computer program product comprising program instructions stored on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to perform a method comprising:
providing a user interface that:
enables a player to play a gaming application that is hosted by a gaming server;
enables a selection of a bet during a game of the gaming application; and
prevents the gaming application from predetermining a game result that favors a specific player by:
generating a public-private key pair for a betting transaction comprising the bet;
encrypting the betting transaction using the generated public-private key pair; and
providing the encrypted betting transaction to the gaming application before a game play of the gaming application;

receiving a result of a game play for the betting transaction;
determining that the bet of the betting transaction wins based on the result; and
providing a private key of the generated public-private key pair to the gaming application in response to the determination.

8. The computer program product of claim 7 , the method further comprising presenting a user interface of the gaming application that accepts the bet.

9. The computer program product of claim 7 , wherein the public-private key pair is generated in accordance with a Public Key Infrastructure.

10. The computer program product of claim 7 , the method further comprising:
generating a plurality of public-private key pairs for a corresponding plurality of betting transactions with the gaming application;
encrypting the corresponding plurality of betting transactions using the generated plurality of public-private key pairs; and
providing the corresponding plurality of encrypted betting transactions to the gaming application.

11. The computer program product of claim 10 , the method further comprising providing a corresponding private key of the plurality of public-private key pairs in response to a notice from the gaming application indicating whether one of the corresponding plurality of betting transactions is won.

12. The computer program product of claim 7 , wherein the gaming application comprises a random number generator that is associated with the bet.

13. A system comprising:
a computer processing circuit; and
a computer-readable storage medium storing instructions, which, when executed by the computer processing circuit, are configured to cause the computer processing circuit to:
provide a user interface that:
enables a player to play a gaming application that is hosted by a gaming server;
enables a selection of a bet during a game of the gaming application; and
prevents the gaming application from predetermining a game result that favors a specific player by:
generating a public-private key pair for a betting transaction comprising the bet;
encrypting the betting transaction using the generated public-private key pair; and
providing the encrypted betting transaction to the gaming application before a game play of the gaming application;

receive a result of a game play for the betting transaction;
determine that the bet of the betting transaction wins based on the result; and
provide a private key of the generated public-private key pair to the gaming application in response to the determination.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the computer processing circuit, are configured to cause the computer processing circuit to present a user interface of the gaming application that accepts the bet.

15. The system of claim 13 , wherein the public-private key pair is generated in accordance with a Public Key Infrastructure.

16. The system of claim 13 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the computer processing circuit, are configured to cause the computer processing circuit to:
generate a plurality of public-private key pairs for a corresponding plurality of betting transactions with the gaming application;
encrypt the corresponding plurality of bets using the generated plurality of public-private key pairs; and
provide the corresponding plurality of encrypted bets to the gaming application.

17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the computer processing circuit, are configured to cause the computer processing circuit to provide a corresponding private hey of the plurality of public-private key pairs in response to a notice from the gaming application indicating whether one of the corresponding plurality of betting transactions is won.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Santhar Sathya
• Rakshit Sarbajit K
• Sundararajan Mukundan
• Sivaramalingam Balamurugaramanathan
• Jawaharlal Samuel Mathew

Classifications

• G07F17/3223 Primary

  Architectural aspects of a gaming system, e.g. internal configuration, leader-follower, wireless communication · CPC title

• G07F17/3288

  Betting, e.g. on live events, bookmaking · CPC title

• H04L9/0662

  with particular pseudorandom sequence generator · CPC title

• H04L9/30

  Public key, i.e. encryption algorithm being computationally infeasible to invert or user's encryption keys not requiring secrecy · CPC title

• G06F7/586

  using an integer algorithm, e.g. using linear congruential method · CPC title