| 摘要 |
A gaming system ( 10 ) comprising communications means ( 12 ) operated by a player ( 22 ), a games facilitator ( 20 ), and an invoicing means ( 18 ), independent of the games facilitator ( 20 ), for invoicing the player ( 22 ) for participating in the game. When the games facilitator ( 20 ) receives a first communication message ( 44 ) sent via the communications means ( 12 ) over a communications network ( 16 ) from the player ( 22 ), containing a set of game entry information, the invoicing means ( 18 ) is notified of the first communication message ( 44 ) by the communications network ( 16 ) or the games facilitator ( 20 ) and generates a game participation invoice having a unique invoice identifier ( 46 ) and communicates the unique invoice identifier ( 46 ) to the games facilitator ( 20 ) and the player ( 22 ). The games facilitator ( 20 ) enters the player ( 22 ) in the game, associates the player's game entry with the unique invoice identifier ( 46 ), compares the set of game entry information with a set of winning criteria to is determine a winner and sends a second communication message ( 58 ) containing winning information to a winner.
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