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Gaming system with location verification
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Inventors: Paravia, Joseph R.; Merati, Bruce;
Assignee: VirtGame Corp. (San Diego, CA)
Primary Examiner: Sager; Mark
Assistant Examiner: Ashburn; Steven
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch, LLP
A system and method for providing an automated gaming service to one or more players can be implemented in a computer-based environment allowing automated computation of wagers, payouts, and other gaming parameters. The automated gaming system can be implemented in an Internet or other network-type environment such that various players can access the automated gaming system from remote locations, thus establishing a virtual gaming environment. Player accounts can be established and players can be granted access to the system and to their accounts. The accounts can be set up as debit-type accounts, whereby a player funds or replenishes his or her account in advance of wagering, using a credit card or other payment technique. Various gaming environments or formats can be established to provide flexibility in implementing the system and handling various games or other events. The system can use a pari-mutuel or guaranteed-payout gaming formats, among others. Other embodiment of the present invention utilizes player location apparatus to evaluate the general location of the player to regulate access to players in authorized locations. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION The present invention is directed toward a system and method for providing an automated gaming service to one or more players.
According to one aspect of the invention, the automated gaming system can be implemented in a computer-based environment allowing automated computation of wagers, payouts, and other parameters to enhance the gaming experience.
According to yet another aspect of the invention, the automated gaming system can be implemented in an Internet or other network-type environment such that various players can access the automated gaming system from remote locations, thus establishing a virtual gaming environment.
In computer-based implementations, players can be granted access to the system via a sign-on process or other access technique.
According to one aspect of the invention, player accounts can be established and players can be granted access to the system and to their accounts using, for example, user name and password techniques, or other access techniques.
In one embodiment, player profiles or other data formats can be implemented to store and track player information at a variety of different levels, depending on the system implementation.
Furthermore, according to one aspect of the invention, one or more accounts can be set up for each player.
Preferably, in one embodiment, the accounts are set up as debit-type accounts, whereby a player funds or replenishes his or her account in advance of wagering, using a credit card or other payment technique.
In accessing the system and placing wagers, the funds for those wagers are drawn from the funds available in the user's account.
The player can access his or her account to replenish funds as desired or to withdraw funds and perhaps to even zero out or close the account.
The system can be implemented to accept various forms of payment including, for example, credit card payments and wire transfers.
To pay funds to a player from his or her account, the system can be set up to send the player a check or money order, to credit the player's credit card account, to wire transfer funds to a designated account, or pay the player using various other payment techniques
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