发明名称 Systems and methods for managing money from multiple players
摘要 Various embodiments that may generally relate to one or more games at one or more venues. Gaming at a venue may qualify a player for a bonus game. A pool from which awards are paid for winning the bonus game may be funded through gaming activity that is not at the one or more venues.
申请公布号 US9123202(B2) 申请公布日期 2015.09.01
申请号 US201313790325 申请日期 2013.03.08
申请人 CFPH, LLC 发明人 Lipka Craig;Miller Kenneth L
分类号 G07F17/32 主分类号 G07F17/32
代理机构 代理人 Miller Mark
主权项 1. A method comprising: receiving, by a computing device, information about a first set of games that are based on one or more events, in which the one or more events are held at a venue, in which the first set of games are played by first players that are not located at the venue; based on the first players not being located at the venue, allocating, by the computing device, a portion of first money used to play the first set of games to a bonus pool to which players located at the venue may gain access; receiving, by the computing device, information about a second set of games that are based on the one or more events, in which the second set of games are played by second players that are located at the venue, in which no portion of second money used to play the second set of games is allocated to the bonus pool; based on the second players being located at the venue, allocating, by the computing device, bonus currency to the second players, in which the bonus currency may be used by the second players to play a bonus games that may win at least part of the bonus pool; receiving, by the computing device, a request to play a bonus game using the bonus currency from one of the second players, in which the request identifies a winning condition of a second event held at the venue; and determining, by the computing device, an outcome of the bonus game, in which the one of the second players wins money from the bonus pool if the winning condition occurs in the second event; in which a respective amount of bonus currency allocated to each second player is proportional to an amount risked by each respective second game that is a winning game played by the second player, in which the bonus currency is not exchangeable for a monetary value, and in which the bonus game may not be played without using bonus currency.
地址 New York NY US