Electronic wagering

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2017236366-A1
Application number	US-201715586676-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	May 4, 2017
Priority date	Sep 17, 2012
Publication date	Aug 17, 2017
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present system incorporates mobile computing devices to play games, such as electronic pull-tabs, in a plurality of venues, each having a local wireless network. Each network communicates with a central system that generates decks of game outcomes and associated awards. All wagers and awards for each game are tracked on the central system, which also provides each game award and associated outcome from a deck stored on the central system.

First claim

1 . A method of implementing a wagering game on a mobile computing device of the type having a screen and a camera, the method comprising:
installing an application on the computing device for reading an optical machine-readable code; installing a wagering-game application on the computing device; accounting for a money deposit; generating an optical machine-readable code that includes data related to the amount of the deposit; providing such a mobile computing device and the generated code to a person; receiving an image of the generated code via the camera; applying a credit to the wagering game related to the generated code; and permitting play of the wagering game on the computing device responsive to wagers made using the applied credit.

2 . The method of claim 1 further comprising deducting wagers that resulted in a loss from the applied credit to produce a credit balance.

3 . The method of claim 2 further comprising applying prizes that resulted from a win to the applied credit thereby augmenting the credit balance.

4 . The method of claim 3 further comprising tracking the credit balance at a location remote from the mobile computing device.

5 . The method of claim 4 further comprising accounting for a withdrawal of the credit balance.

6 . The method of claim 5 wherein accounting for a withdrawal of the credit balance comprises receiving an image of the generated code.

7 . A method of implementing a wagering game on a mobile computing device having a touch-sensitive screen for receiving inputs to the game, the method comprising:
preparing a plurality of symbol combinations each of which reflects either a winning or a losing game outcome; displaying an image from the game on the screen; indicating at least two areas of the game image; detecting a substantially continuous swipe of a finger on the screen from at least a portion of one area to at least a portion of another area; and displaying at least one symbol in each of the areas.

8 . The method of claim 7 wherein displaying at least one symbol in each of the areas comprises concluding a first game and wherein the method further comprises playing a second game comprising:
indicating at least two areas of the game image;
detecting a finger touch in one of the areas; and
displaying at least one symbol in the touched area.

9 . The method of claim 8 further comprising:
detecting a finger touch in a second one of the areas; and
displaying at one symbol in the second area.

Assignees

• Patent Invest & Licensing Co

Inventors

• Acres John F
• White Warren
• Dailey Mark N
• Hermansen William Dale
• Morelli Anthony
• White Alex
• Luciano Cyrus A
• Schmitz John G
• King Andrew
• Ferguson Patrick B

Classifications

• G07F17/3234

  about the performance of a gaming system, e.g. revenue, diagnosis of the gaming system · CPC title

• G07F17/329 Primary

  Regular and instant lottery, e.g. electronic scratch cards · CPC title

• G07F17/3227

  Configuring a gaming machine, e.g. downloading personal settings, selecting working parameters · CPC title

• G07F17/3225

  Data transfer within a gaming system, e.g. data sent between gaming machines and users · CPC title

• G07F17/3288

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