JPH07255950A - Remote game device, game computer, game method and game device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To obtain a remote game to enable player to play a game to a game facility or a lottery from a remote place using a personal computer, etc., when on-line connection to a host computer relating the game facility is not required. CONSTITUTION: A player 12 accesses a game computer 14 with an image display device 18 and a keyboard 18. Then the game computer 14 actuates a software 22 comprising a bank program 26 and a auditory program 27. On the other hand, a game software 33 containing a bank program 35 and an auditory program 37 is mounted on a computer 30 on a game facility 16. The computer 30 contains a dedicated device or software to perform coding and decoding algorithm known only by the game facility 16 and communicates with those device or software. Further, a player 12 and an agent 36 communicate with each other through telephones 36, 40.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

FIELD OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to remote gaming devices, and more particularly to the outcome and / or future of uncertain outcomes offered at casinos, government lottery organizations, or other play facilities. Future pub
lic event) relates to a remote game device that allows a player to play a game.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Traditionally, a player who wants to play a game of luck, such as those offered at uncertain public events of consequences such as casinos and sporting events, has some limited choice. . . In order to play games in casino games such as roulette, blackjack, poker, etc., players use play equipment that is specifically engaged in such activities or stand-alone play equipment such as video poker terminals or slot machines. You have to physically move to where you can. Although public events such as horse racing may be able to play the game by telephone communication with an authorized "outside horse betting" game facility or its agent, the method using such telephone communication is a typical casino game. Is not acceptable to.

As a result of advances in computer technology and telecommunications, remote gaming devices have been devised that allow players to participate in multiple fortune games provided by play facilities that should not be physically located in the building. It was
One example is found in both US Pat. Nos. 4,339,798 and 4,467,424 by Hedges et al. The Hedges patent includes a live game indicator that allows a player to engage in a game of real luck, as if the player were playing in real-time at a Cropyer station consisting of one or more game consoles in a casino. A remote gaming device is disclosed in which a player initiates a game to a casino at a remote player station. The player station displays a selected one of the plurality of game possibilities corresponding to the selected one of the plurality of games being played and a result of the game being played. Includes a changeable keyboard for communicating with microprocessors. Players become involved in the game as if they were actually appearing on the gaming table in the casino. To provide a secure communication link, the remote gaming station communicates with the croppy station and credit control station via encryption and decryption devices to prevent uncertain streak measures.

[0004]

While such a device comprises means by which a player can play a game from a remote location, it is actually played in a play facility and monitored through a real time closed circuit video. It has the serious drawback that it is only possible to play the game by relating to it. Moreover, such a device is of limited utility because it only allows players to play games at dedicated game stations that must be electronically linked to the casino. Therefore, at a remote location where the player is at his convenience, betting on a gaming computer where the casino is considering purchasing and repurchasing casino credits despite the absence of any electronic communication link between the gaming computer and the casino. It is highly desirable to provide a remote gaming device capable of playing.

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to play a game at any one of the multiple luck-winning battles typically provided by a play facility (eg, a casino) at the player's convenience. It is to provide a remote game device capable of playing.

Another object of the present invention is for a player to play a game against any one of a plurality of game opportunities, such as a lucrative game played by the computer software of any personal computer. It is to provide a remote game device capable of playing.

Further, it is an object of the present invention that a player plays a game on a play facility with a conventional multimedia device (eg, a Nintendo device coupled to a television set) through a compatible plug-in type data storage medium. It is to provide a remote game device capable of playing.

Yet another object of the present invention is to allow a player to purchase and redeem play credits from a remote location without the need for an electronic communication link established between the player's game computer and play equipment. It is to provide a remote game device capable.

Still another object of the present invention includes a small portable device for riding in the palm of the hand, which can be provided to a player for the purchase and repurchase of play and play credits, but still in play facilities. Providing a remote gaming device that allows a player to play a game at a play facility with any one of a number of fortunes generated by a dedicated gaming computer that does not need to be electronically linked It is to be.

Further, another object of the present invention is online (including wireless electronic communication hardware) or offline (when it is not necessary to connect between the game computer and the play equipment), but electronic by an agent or telephone. The encryption and decryption code transferred between the remote gaming computer and the amusement equipment (either dictated by means of communications) to an unauthorized person against fraudulently acquiring or redeeming the amusement credit. It is to provide a remote game device which is not accessed.

Further, another object of the present invention is an illegal means from a game facility including a data storage medium for exclusive game software, which can be linked to any personal computer, but can further prevent operation of unapproved software. It is an object of the present invention to provide a remote game device that allows a player to receive a read / write device that is not likely to be moved by.

Yet another object of the present invention is to play a game on a computer disc in which the unique magnetic characteristics of the disc can be read by a disc drive in the game computer for encryption to cause a discernible unauthorized duplication of the disc. And / or to provide a remote gaming device in which bank software is embodied.

Another object of the present invention is to connect a game computer and an amusement facility offline, or
The player's ability to generate an encrypted registration card (this card is known only to the lottery agency) that represents the player's choice of game elements (eg, numbers) for a given lottery event (sometime in the future). Playing the game, but via any of the offline stamped
It is an object of the invention to provide a remote gaming device that allows players to play games in public events with uncertain outcomes such as lottery tickets.

Another object of the present invention is a remote game capable of acquiring and repurchasing play credits from a play facility embodied in a physical data storage medium which is not feared to be operated by illegal means interfacing with a remote game computer. It is to provide a device.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a remote game device capable of obtaining a completely self-contained dedicated game personal digital assistant with a preprogrammed and predetermined amount of non-reproducible credits. That is.

Yet another object of the present invention is a skilled game (eg, crossword puzzle) that is available in a dedicated game personal digital aid that is pre-programmed and has a predetermined amount of non-reproducible credits. ) Is to provide a remote game device to which a player can join.

Another object of the present invention is to determine a player, who purchases a product such as software on a computer or a data storage medium, from the output of a game program embedded in the product when applying for a prize. It is to provide a remote game device that can take something like that.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a remote game device in which a player playing a game at a remote place is subject to a predetermined limit on the winning money by the play facility.

[0019]

According to the above-mentioned object and other objects which will become apparent from the following, the present invention provides a remote control system that allows a player to play a game on a game facility that uses a game computer at a remote location. Provide a game device. The game computer is electronically linked (eg, to the computer of the play facility while playing the game).
It may or may not be "online". The game computer may be any personal computer, palmtop computer device (eg, personal digital assistant), or game computer (eg,
It may be a multimedia device functioning as a Nintendo device or similar device) and may or may not be an amusement computer provided at an amusement facility. If provided with play equipment, the game computer is preloaded with game software. If the game computer is a conventional personal computer, the game software is pre-installed with a secure data storage device (eg, hard disk, CD-ROM, etc.) or a module provided in the amusement facility,
Alternatively, it is directly attached by a computer by a player.

The game software includes a game program and a bank program. A game program may be a public game where multiple lucks typically offered at play facilities may cause a formidable game (eg, blackjack, roulette, craps, poker, slots, etc.) or results are uncertain. It can be used to play games in events (eg lottery). The banking program prepares for the purchase or loading of credits, which causes a player to play a game and to increase or decrease the deposit balance of the player in order to allow the player to win a prize for any game without cash. The gaming software may also include an audit program that records the outcome of each game and the handling between the player and the play equipment as input to and output from the gaming computer for credit purchases and redemptions.

The play facility computer is a banking program that allows players to purchase and buy back play credits at remote locations, even if online communication with the game computer is not established, and an audit program for recording such handling. including. This is by oral communication between the player and the casino agent, or by communication between the player and the casino automated answering business (eg using a push-button phone), or for installation on a conventional personal computer. Multiple encryptions that occur between the player and the casino by providing credits that are built in or preloaded on the module that cannot be moved by the illegal means of It is achieved through code conversion. In the off-line embodiment, the automated "agent" is coupled to the play facility computer, but there is no direct electronic connection between the game computer and the play facility computer.
Cryptography provides a means to make such exchanges strong so as not to gain unauthorized access to third parties or fraudulently acquire or redeem such credits.

[0022]

If the gaming computer is meshed with the play equipment computer, a connection for coordinating or controlling the gaming software simulation of the casino game on the gaming computer may be useful, Maybe not. For example, a connection to have a play equipment computer that keeps a record of all or selected activity that occurs on the gaming computer for additional verification or protection is useful. Also, the connection for changing the merits or demerits of a given play based on any of various factors such as play duration or progressively increasing combinations (eg in slot machine simulations) is a controlled property. In such an online embodiment, protection and player verification can be obtained by utilizing a stand-alone encoder such as is commonly used in wireless currency transfers. The device generates an encoded verification code based on the user's personal identification code and a second code provided to the user by the casino or stored in a standalone encoding device,
Preventing unauthorized users from gaining online access if your personal identification code is stolen.

As always, each game played by a player was encoded on the gaming computer and / or any networked computer by recording the amount of each game, the outcome of each game and the resulting profit or loss of the game. Generate an electronic audit trail. A financial analysis of each game is cumulatively tracked by the software on the gaming computer and possibly also any networked computer, allowing the player to constantly monitor his credit balance.

Players compete in essentially the same way they do in a casino. The player playing the game for play provided by the game software selects the amount of each game and the length of time each game is played. A player may remain active over several different game periods that may occur at several different times and / or locations. The player can pose a game at any time, which is a practice that does not affect the player's play credit balance. Optionally, the player's play credit balance may be transferred and stored on a data storage medium that may be equipped on another computer with software or may be equipped to verify the player's play credit and credit balance. Good. The player can then continue the game on any of these other computers. Whenever a player wishes to redeem his play credits or winnings, he can clear from the play equipment by contacting the play equipment either by the telephone in the off-line embodiment or by direct electronic communication in the on-line embodiment. In one embodiment above, the series of encoded codes is then transmitted by the telephone or electronically and converted at the play facility. In one example offline, these codes are generated by the software of the gaming computer and the software of the casino computer to confirm the player's identity before repurchasing the winnings of the game. In the online embodiment, the stand-alone encoder generates a logon or confirmation code for verification. Further, when the game computer itself (for example, personal digital auxiliary means) is given to the player by the play facility, the plug-in type module that cannot be moved by the game computer or the illegal means is used for playing back credit. It may be physically returned to the facility. Such credit may be in cash, bank wire transfer, credit or any of a number of forms of payment including, but not limited to, some other form of payment mutually agreed by the player and play facilities. Can be cashed from

[0025]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT In some of the figures in the drawings, a computer at a game or future public event that results in uncertain luck of outcomes provided at a casino, government lottery organization, or other play facility 16. A remote gaming device, generally characterized by a player having access to 14 (“game computer”) playing a game, is designated by the reference numeral 10. For the sake of convenience, the whole is referred to as "game equipment" here.

In FIG. 1, the player 12 accesses a game computer 14 having a video display device 18 and a keyboard 20. The game computer 14
It may be a personal home computer, a laptop, or a dedicated gaming device or multimedia device (eg, a Nintendo device, or similar device with a television for the user) provided by the play facility 16, or so. It may be an optional palm-type personal digital assistant. The game computer 14 may be in a remote location, remote from play facilities, or some other facility (eg,
It can be placed at the lottery ticket office. The game computer 14 arranged in the play facility 16 can be classified as "remote" for disclosure. Casinos are expected to be able to offer players, for example, in hotels where the casinos are, dedicated gaming computers that are used to play within and outside the physical boundaries of the casino. Player 12
To provide game equipment with game computer 14 to
The advantage of is very secure, especially in connection with making unauthorized access to computer disk drives and modules more difficult. Further, in a dedicated game computer, the keyboard 20 has special function keys (e.g., blackjack) that identify the commands that the player selects to advance the game in various luck offered by the playground equipment 16. Keys dedicated to "Hit Me", "Stand", "Percha Sus
(Compared with the mark "Insurance") The game computer 14 runs special software 22 consisting of a game program 24, a bank program 26 and optionally an audit program 27. The game software 22 is , Which can be installed in advance in the dedicated game computer 14 provided by the amusement facility 16 and which interfaces with a personal computer functioning as the game computer 14 shown in FIG. It can be preinstalled on a write data storage medium or directly by a player to a personal computer.In addition, the game software 22 can be a conventional multimedia computer that functions as a game computer 14, as will be described in detail below. It may be made available in the plug-type data storage medium module without fear of moving in fraud for users with and breakfasts device.

The software itself or its data may be copied or altered by any method in which it has been changed or altered,
Otherwise, the player makes multiple copies and one of the copied discs is a winning bid, or the player modifies the software itself with the intention of controlling the profit or loss or combination thereof, That is,
The software of the game software 22 in such a way that the dishonest player 12 causes the software to produce processing results more often than luck directs (eg, in roulette simulation, sending the roulette wheel to a more favorable number). It is important that the gaming device 16 can determine whether to modify the code. This can be done by replacing the software in its entirety, or physically, or with high intensity electromagnetic radiation (eg,
This is accomplished by modifying some code lines in the program with some other electrically applied induction, such as RF field. Of course, many safety devices are online configurations in which the game software 22 is attributed to the game computer 30 within the playground (FIG. 4) premises.
The most difficult security issue regarding fraud is the embodiment where the play equipment provides software for the user on the game computer 14 located remotely to the player 12 or on the dedicated game computer 14 itself (eg PDA). Get up. In this connection, various means of ensuring safety are provided.

In one application, the game software 22 was directed through a drive to a game computer to read the unique magnetic properties of a particular disk available for installation and to encode the same for decoding at a play facility. The software may indicate an unauthorized copy of the data on that disc. Also, the plug-in device can interface with the disk drive device to read a part of the disk and acquire the unique magnetic characteristics of the disk.
This encoded data can be used for playing equipment 1 before being converted into cash.
You can register or request at 6.

In another embodiment, shown schematically in FIG. 26, the game software 22 is the game computer 1
4 (i.e., the dedicated device is a play facility 16)
Present on chip 23). Chip 2
3 is placed in a physical case 84 that is separate and inaccessible from any external data port connections. In the preferred embodiment, the tip 23 includes a special seal, insulator, to indicate removal or tampering with the authorized tip 23.
It can be stored in the packaging 86. Therefore, the play facility 16
Whether the player has tampered with the game software, and
It is easy to see if any such tampering has been discovered and to reject any requested prizes and / or future credits of such players.

In another embodiment, shown schematically in FIG. 27, unique mathematical attributes are derived from certain properties of the software code in a self-test process. In order to carry out such a test, the characteristics of the code are kept secret and the play equipment 16
Only known (eg line 47 of the code
Check digit type algorithm based on the sum of the bits located in 6-655). The self-test can also identify a special code embedded within the code instruction in some predetermined random manner known only to the play facility 16.

In the variant described above, as schematically shown in FIG. 28, the external keys known only to the playground equipment 16 do not activate the modified software and the computer 14
It can be applied to check intermittently or continuously whether the software code is tampered with or tampered with by blocking the game application in. This includes (1) broadcasting a continuously encoded or encrypted external signal (eg, RF) received by the receiving means 88 of the game computer from the play equipment 16 (such a signal being transmitted by the game computer 14). Are sequentially decoded or decrypted by and input to the game software 22)
(FIG. 29), (2) Code the player 1 on an intermittent basis.
2 must be physically input (Fig. 30), or (3)
It may be equipped in a number of ways including, but not limited to, utilizing an internally generated clock signal provided by a clock 89 that may not be tampered with (see FIG. 31). In this regard, even the chip 23 or the game computer 14 (if provided in the play equipment 16) may be shielded from electromagnetic interference to prevent unauthorized attempts to affect the game software with electromagnetic radiation. Good. The use of foreign keys is
To protect from being forged somehow by 2,
Encryption may or may not be employed.

Apart from the use of external keys, the game software 22 can require the acquisition of data from an external source in order to function. For example, game software 22 where radio broadcasts or streams of the same random numbers require these random numbers to be selected by the program in a predictable or unpredictable way for play results to be selected.
May be accessed by. Such external input may be combined with a plug-in type device or a module for interfacing with the game computer 14, which is not tampered with. Another way to prevent fraudulent attempts to modify the game software 22 is to use an audit program 27 that is only accessible by the play facility 16. To prevent counterfeit audit trails, the audit program 37 may, for example, use a data string of 12 or 100 degrees (such as the data string corresponding to each rotation of the roulette wheel in a roulette simulation). ), All such data is recorded for future verification if the play equipment 16 is considered to make unauthorized changes in the game software 22.

The game software 22 is supplied to the disc, or is alternately provided to the plug-in type non-copyable module. The data string of the alphanumeric code preloaded on each game computer 14 is stored in the player 12 as the data.
It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that can be arranged to be used to detect any unauthorized modification of software, discs or modules. In this regard, the code sequence can be made different for each gaming computer 14, and
Modules and copies of such code can be maintained by the play facility 16. These codes can provide a measure for the randomness of the outcome of each game item, thereby providing evidence of tampering. In other words, the special arrangement of codes may correspond to certain outcomes of play items (eg, roulette wheel arrives at "5"). Even though these codes are known to the play equipment 16, they are serialized to ensure random results, ie something that can be verified by an independent third party. If the player 12 wants to modify the game software, another software code can be found by comparison with the same as the original, known only to the playground equipment 16.

As another means of preventing player fraud, the time interval between choices (ie, in milliseconds) used to address a specially programmed random result categorized in the corresponding software code. By requiring the player 12 to press the button twice for each selection or desired response on the gaming computer 14, the "double contingency" element can be implemented.

The game program 24 is a game (for example, a crossword puzzle) in which any of a plurality of game opportunities including a game in which the player 12 is lucky and a game in which the result is uncertain or the skill is important. Allows you to play games at future public events. The game of luck is made on the game computer 14 according to conventional techniques and by the game program 24 including but not limited to public casino playing activities such as blackjack, claps, roulette, poker, slots and the like. Each game provides an opportunity for player 12 to arrive at a play of one or more different play elements within a given play item depending on the rules applicable to that game. This will be described in detail below.

The game program 24 is tailored to accept games at future public events where the outcome of such events is uncertain, such as, for example, football games, boxing games, or state horse racing or other lotteries. You can This can be done by establishing a later-described or electrical communication with the play facility 16 for throwing, registering and confirming the game. The game is
The play facility 16 is evaluated on the game computer 14 which produces a code for registration. This code is then time stamped at the play facility 16 to form an encrypted code using the appropriate software commands to lock in the game and also to ensure proper profit. To fix the time. This execution is described in detail below. Similarly, a mastery game such as a crossword puzzle can be performed if the date and time stamps are fixed at the time of completion when the prize is awarded late based on the first player to complete the game. .

The banking program 26 allows the player 12 to play with the credits available and cash out any prizes won in the game. In one embodiment, bank program 26 facilitates the purchase of credits from play facility 16, which credits are loaded into the gaming computer in the form of codes. Also, as shown in FIG. 3, the bank program 26 can be commanded by an electronic card reader 91 that is compatible with credit or debit cards in a conventional manner, and the bank program 26 is a plug-in credit card. Credits can be received from module 90.

As one way to ensure the security of credit purchases / repurchases, the bank program 26 or a dedicated encryption / decryption device may, for example, use an encryption / decryption algorithm 29 (eg, publicly known type in the art). Encrypting certain alphanumeric codes that are exchanged between the player 12 and the casino or play facility 16 that are input to and generated by the playing computer 14 and the play facility computer 30, including Decrypt. These codes are exchanged between the player 12 and the game equipment agent 38 via a telephone 40. The term "agent"
Play equipment 1 by pressing the appropriate number or code
6 is intended to include systems such as automated telephones that generate computerized instructions for communication to player 12 by push button telephone 36 communicating a response to player 12. The commands thus generated can be generated by the amusement equipment computer 30 over the telephone in accordance with well known techniques. The instructions thus generated can be supplied by the amusement equipment computer 30 through a telephone, according to well known techniques.

The game facility computer 30 has game software 33 including a bank program 35 and an audit program 37. The play facility computer 30 includes or communicates with devices or software dedicated to performing encryption and decryption algorithms 39 known only to the play facility 16 to encrypt and decrypt these codes. To do. In this method, the play facility 16 causes the confirmed player 12 to purchase or buy back play credits at a remote location. The procedure of the steps for purchasing and redeeming such credits by exchanging the encrypted code will be described in more detail below.

In the normal course of carrying out the invention,
FIG. 6 shows a flow chart of the startup and registration procedure in the off-line embodiment which must be performed before the game. The player 12 first registers information on various individuals using the play facility 16 and obtains an alphanumeric personal identification code 32. The play facility 16 provides the player 12 with game software 22 consisting of a game program 24 and a bank program 26 as described above with an alphanumeric software identification code 34. The game software 22 may be independently tested, verified and provided by a third party on a data storage medium in a sealed enclosure. Such data storage media include hard disks, floppy disks,
It may include a CD-ROM. The play facility 16 then supplies an alphanumeric activation identification code 33 that the player 12 enters to activate the game software 22. Optionally, the gaming computer 14 may include voice identification means, such as voice chips or voice identification software, for identifying the unique characteristics of the player's voice and denying access to any unauthorized user. .
Such hardware and / or software is well known in the art. Game software 22
Is programmed to stimulate player 12 with questions as to whether the current period is for practice or for playing a game. If it is a practice period, the game program 24 generates an opportunity to select multiple games and confirmation that the game is being played only for practice.
If player 12 chooses to engage in the game,
The bank program 26 allows the actual game to the extent that there is sufficient play credit available on the player's account. If there are insufficient credits, player 12 must contact play facility 16 and perform the purchase credit procedure described below. As mentioned above, the game computer 14 may or may not be online with the play facility computer 30. If the gaming computer 14 is offline, it allows for greater flexibility in being able to engage in games, almost anywhere. In the illustrated embodiment, a series of encrypted communication exchanges, eg, alphanumeric code, between player 12 and agent 38 provides an electronic link within game computer 14 and play facility computer 30. Regardless, it enables the purchase and repurchase of credits in remote areas. In addition, the game computer 14
A network may be provided to the play equipment computer 30 via the telecommunications link 29A so that the play equipment computer 30 monitors and controls all or some of the activity that occurs at the remote game computer.

In the offline embodiment of FIGS. 1-3, the player 12 calls the play facility 16 by telephone 36 and communicates with the agent 38 via telephone 40,
Earn play credits or buy back. Game software 2 if player 12 already has credit
2 receives the personal identification code 32 of the player 12, and causes the game to be played at one of the luck provided by the game program 24. If the player 12 requests credit for playing the game, the play facility 16
Must contact and the following sequence of steps
The game software 2 in which the identification of the player 12 is confirmed and the player 12 is registered in the individual identification code 32
It is done to confirm that 2 is used.

Whenever the player 12 contacts the play facility 16, the player 12 examines what is referred to as confirming the player's identification at the play facility as a handshake recognition procedure. In this regard, as shown in the flow chart of FIG. 7, the player 12 first calls the play equipment 16 by telephone 36, and the agent 38 communicating through the telephone 40 informs the player 12 of his personal identification code 32 and software. Ask for the identification code 34. Agent 38
Enters these codes into computer 30, which in turn provides an encrypted handshake code 42 that is provided to player 12 for input into gaming computer 14.
To occur. The game computer 14 has handshake code 4
2 and then the encrypted recognition response code 44
And the recognition response code 44 is then generated.
6 is supplied. Agent 38 recognizes response code 4
4 is input to the computer 30, and the computer 30 decodes the recognition response code 44 to confirm the identity of the player 12 and confirm that the specific game software 22 registered with the player 12 is in use. The identified player 12 then continues the appropriate casino interaction.

FIGS. 8 and 9 are flowcharts describing the first embodiment of the purchase credit procedure of the offline embodiment. Player 12 first contacts play facility 16 and establishes its identification through the handshake procedure of FIG. 8 and described above. The agent 38 obtains the encrypted bank program activity code 46 from the computer 30 and provides it to the player 12 for the player 12 to access the credit purchase / repurchase function of the bank program 26 of the gaming computer 14. After that, the player 12 inputs the requested amount of game credit. For security purposes, the bank program 26 utilizes a personal identification code 32 and software 34 with an encryption algorithm to generate a credit request code 48,
This code 48 embodies the requested amount of credit amount and is unique to the player 12 and its game software 22. Credit request code 48
Is displayed to the player 12 at the game computer 14 and then supplies the credit request code 48 to the agent 38 for input to the play facility computer 30. The computer 30 decrypts the credit request code 48 by applying a decryption key known only to the play facility 16 to reveal the amount of credit requested by the player 12. The agent 38 verifies this amount with the player 12 verbally. Then play equipment 16
Determines whether to supply all or part of the requested credit. If the credit request is denied, the player 12 is provided with an encrypted reactivation code 50, which is decrypted by the game computer 14 and provided to the player 12 with any available credit balance. (Or player 1
2 has the option of cashing out any game winnings according to the procedure shown in FIGS. 19 and 20 and described below). If the credit request is partially or wholly acceptable, play facility 16 continues to process the amount of play credits it is trying to sell to player 12. The computer 30 generates a new encrypted credit code 52, which credits the player's gaming computer 14 via the banking program 26 of the gaming software 22 with an undetermined amount of credit required. It is supplied to the player 12. Player 12 then enters a new credit code 52 into game computer 14, which decodes the code and reveals the exact amount of new credit that will be added to player 12's available credit balance. The new credit amount is shown to player 12 as pending but is not yet available for use. Then the bank program 26
Generate an encrypted credit pending code 54 based in part on the monetary value of the new pending credit. Player 1
2 gives this credit undecided code 54 to agent 38
And the agent 38 inputs the same to the play equipment computer 30 and then the play equipment computer 3
The 0 decrypts the credit pending code 54 to ensure that the bank program 26 of the player 12 is positively and irrevocably charged with a certain amount of the requested credit. The gaming facility computer 30 then generates an encrypted credit release code 56. This credit release code 56 is provided to player 12, which then enters it into game computer 14. The undetermined amount of credit is released by the player 12 for use. Bank program 26 then generates an encrypted credit release identification code 58 that player 12 supplies to agent 38. The agent 38 enters the credit release code 58 into the computer 30, which decrypts the same,
Then, the encrypted program reactivation code 60 is generated. The player 12 uses the program reactivation code 60.
Then, the same is input to the game computer 14 and the game program 24 is reactivated for use. At the same time, the play facility 16 charges the player 12 the value of the credits purchased in a mutually agreed manner at the player and the casino. For example, the credit card may charge an authorized bank transfer, or other form of payment, or the delayed payment may be made to the casino in exchange for purchased credit. At any point during this process, player 12 cannot access such credits unless the one or more various encrypted codes match those expected in the casino encryption software. In such a case, the game software 22 will be disabled until the dispute is resolved. In this method, the game computer 1
4 and the correct occurrence of each of the various codes by the computer 30 of the casino serves to positively ascertain the amount and value of credits received by the player 12, which credits are released and ready for use by the player 12. Made available.

Credits are also provided to the player 12 in a predetermined amount that is pre-equipped with a dedicated game computer 14 (eg, a personal digital assistant) provided at the play facility 16. Also, the player 12 may obtain a disc or module 90 having a predetermined amount of authorized credits, which is then loaded into the gaming computer 14 of the banking program for a time such that this amount of credits is emptied. Let the game play. As shown in FIG. 3 and described above, the player's own credit card 93 is used through an electronic card (credit card) reading device 91 connected to the agent 38 or a credit card issuing bank 95 well known to those skilled in the art. You can get credit just by doing.

After the player 12 has obtained play credit,
The player 12 may be better at playing the game than by selecting a play element from among various play items at any one of a plurality of fortune tellers provided by the game software 22. Each game provides the player 12 with an opportunity to spawn a game with one or more different play elements within a given game item, depending on the rules available for that game. As an example, a roulette casino game includes a series of game items based on the result of a random number selected by a ball spinning in a roulette wheel. Each spin on the spinning board is a single game item. Within that item, player 12 competes with many different game elements such as red and black, single numbers, group numbers, and so on. All games for each item are placed before the wheel spin.

FIG. 10 and FIG. 11 are flowcharts showing a game procedure of a game of making a fortune teller made by the game program 24 which proceeds as follows. Player 12
First, the game program 24 of the game software 22
Enter and select a particular game for any of the games.
Player 12 can play in one or more events in the game as described above. The game program 24 is the player 12
Ask them to confirm the placement of games played and the total amount of games entered. Such games may be canceled or modified until such time as they are confirmed. The confirmation is typically made by the player 12 inputting a confirmation code 62 before closing all games. The verification code 62 is provided by the game program 24 and can be different for each game for security reasons. It can be a simple one or two numeric alphanumeric code, which is a game software 2
Enter in 2 to see how each game that occurs in any game item is intended and no error occurs. The game program 24 is further simplified to a single key when the verification code 62 is hit in some high repetitive games such as slots, or when the total value of all games falls below a certain predetermined level. It is set up so that it can be converted. After the confirmation code 62 has been entered by the player 12, the game program 24 will result in a particular outcome for a given playable item (eg, a card being processed, a wheel being rotated, etc.) according to the rules of a given casino game. To occur. The game program 24 determines, calculates the outcome (win, loss or draw) for each game offered and then displays the correct profits suggested by the player 12 for that game on the gaming computer 14. Player 12 has the freedom to choose the type of affirmative / negative code to accept the profit outcomes of all games, or to compete for any benefit that player 12 believes to be inaccurate in some form. Agent 3 in support of any game disputes and in resolving them by telephone or other means of dispute resolution.
It can be operated by calling 8. Once player 12 accepts the resolution of a given game item, the correct amount of credit is added to or subtracted from player 12's play credit balance by bank program 26 of game software 22. The player 12 may then start game processing throughout the game with consecutive game items and may choose to end the game period. At any time, player 12 may select a review mode of game program 24 to review the amount and resolution of any game played by player 12 and the results of such games in chronological order. At any time, player 12 may choose to redeem or cash out all or a portion of the play credit balance accumulated in bank program 26 through a credit cashing procedure. The game program 24 also includes special built-in commands to put some restrictions on the winnings at the discretion of the play facility. Such gaming software 22 may also be embedded in other products such as in computers and other software,
It provides a prize application that allows buyers of irrelevant products to win something that is dominated by such buried programs (eg, cash prizes awarded).

12-18 are flowcharts of game procedures for future public events with uncertain outcomes such as lottery tickets in an offline embodiment. Here, in connection with the description of the lottery, the game facility will be referred to as “lottery authority”
Identified as. The player 12 selects some specific lottery item (eg, a lottery) for the game by the game software 22. The gaming computer 14 then generates a unique lottery (ticket) layout for the particular lottery, and the player 12 selects the desired game element (eg, number).

There are two types of exemplary lottery tickets described here, the first is the immediate type, which is similar to a common cancellation ticket, and the second is the future with uncertain outcome (ie, there is a lottery). It is an event of. In the case of an instant lottery, it is not important to check the date and time of the game by definition, as the output of the program is essentially instantaneous. On the other hand, the date and time of the game at a future event is important in some embodiments. Thereby, the remote game device in which the player 12 is involved in the lottery is one of the following: (1) an unregistered system (where the player plays a game in the lottery independently of the authority 16, and the game is played by the game computer 14; By providing means for time stamping the game (by not requiring registration at the lottery authorities) or (2) registration system (where player 12 has remote game computer 14).
Those skilled in the art will recognize that the game elements can be categorized as (by having to contact the lottery authorities 16 and register the game).

In the unregistered embodiment as described in FIG. 12, the game is presented in the following way. That is, the player 12 logs on to the lottery application in the game computer 14 with the identification code 204, which is pre-assigned by the lottery authority 16 with which the player 12 is pre-registered. In this connection, the coding / decoding device 82 described in FIG.
Can be used to prevent minors from accessing the lottery program. Such devices can utilize fingerprint or voice verification hardware for additional identification. afterwards,
The player 12 selects and plays a specific lottery ticket (eg, lot). Player 12 may then select the desired game element 206 in a conventional manner, and this selection may be confirmed by the player who received the appropriate payment due date. The game computer 14 then selects the selected game element 20.
Encrypted and compressed multiple ticket code 2 representing 6
08 and date stamp 210 which cannot be forged
To occur. Optionally, such a ticket code 20
8 may include a personal identification code 204 or a software identification code 212. The ticket code 208 is stored on the gaming computer 14 and is used by the lottery authorities 16 for verification.
Can only be deciphered by If desired, a physical "ticket" that represents the player's choice of encrypted ticket code.
Can be printed by conventional printing means associated with the gaming computer 14. This procedure may involve as many lottery events and may be repeated as many times as necessary to select a game element for a single event. Such an arrangement makes the game independent of the lottery authorities 16.
The date and time stamp that cannot be forged is the player 12
Does not allow tampering with the game “after that fact” (ie, player 12 cannot modify the selected number after the draw). For cashing, the player 12 uses the encrypted ticket code 208.
To the lottery authority 16, which decodes the ticket code to reveal the selected game element and the date and time of the game. The prize will then be awarded in the customary manner. A large prize may prove necessary for player 12 to return the physical device to lottery authority 16 for identification.

FIGS. 14-18 show the registration procedure by which player 12 can register his lottery selection with lottery authority 16. When player 12 prepares to do so, lottery authority 16 is contacted through agent 38. The player 12 then puts his pin or personal identification code 204 on by pressing the corresponding key on the telephone, or on the gaming computer 14 (if they are placed online in a temporary or permanent bond), or The selection is entered by phoning through the telephone for acquisition by a voice verification program of the type well known in the art. For additional verification, the player 12 has a computer or software identification code 21
You can ask either of the two. Lottery authority 16 requests that player 12 select from a lottery menu that is still open for games and then player 12 makes the desired selection. The player 12 then indicates the method of payment. In one application, credits are preloaded on the gaming computer 14 or credit module 90 as described above, in which case such credits are included in the encrypted ticket code 208 and can be registered. Generally, the ticket code 208 is a registered embodiment (ie,
It simply represents a selection of game elements) and need not be encrypted. If the ticket code is encrypted, then the ticket code is decrypted with a key known only to the lottery authority 16. This ensures and validates the selection of valid lottery tickets and the entry of compelling credits. The lottery authority 16 confirms the process by reading back the game element embedded in the code. Lottery Authority 16
Lottery Authority 16 After Ticket Code 208 Received
Is ticket code 20 and current date stamp 22
Generate a 0 embedded registration code 218 (encrypted or unencrypted). The registration code 218 is provided to the player 12 and may be stored by the lottery authority 16 on the play equipment computer 30 for future reference. Next, the lottery authority 16 can have the player 12 confirm the game by entering a simple positive / negative response. If desired, the lottery authority 16 may impose a limit on the number of games per player or per given period of time and reject games in excess of a set amount. Optionally, player 12 is game computer 1
You may obtain receipt of the printed ticket containing the registration code 218 from No. 4. The process of the game may be repeated during each registered ticket. At the end of the game, player 12 disconnects or terminates the lottery authority 16. After lottery lottery or processing, lottery authorities 16 compare any prize numbers against all registered tickets in accordance with conventional practice. The prize is a certain threshold (eg 1
Below $ 00), such prizes may then be sold to the player's account or credit card, or above a certain threshold may be paid in the conventional manner.

In general, there are several ways in which the player 12 may cash out prizes when such prizes are included or stored in the gaming computer 14. FIG. 19 shows the first
5 is a flowchart of a credit cashing procedure in the off-line example of FIG. Player 12 first performs the handshake procedure shown in FIG. 7 and described above. Once the player 12's identity is confirmed, the play facility 16 provides the player 12 with an encrypted bank activity code 64. The player 12 then activates the bank program 26 and enters the bank activity code 64, which is decoded by the game computer 14, to access the bank buy / buy back function. The player 12 then enters into the bank program 26 the amount of play credits he wishes to cash. The amount to be cashed is placed in the cash pending area by the bank program 26. The player's bank program 26 then generates an encrypted credit cashing code 66 that the player 12 supplies to the play facility 16. The agent 38 sends the credit cashing code 66 to the game facility computer 30.
The game facility computer 30 decodes the credit cashing code 66 to clarify the amount of credits to be cashed which the player 12 has registered, and the amount is verbally confirmed by the agent 38 of the casino. The gaming facility computer 30 then generates an encrypted cashing authorization code 68 and supplies this code to the player 12. Player 12 has cashing approval code 68
Is input to the game computer 14, the game computer 14 decodes this code, and then the bank program 2
6 deducts the amount of credit to be cashed out of the player's credit balance available for future games.
The bank program 26 then generates an encrypted deduction confirmation code 70 indicating that the correct amount has been deducted from the player's balance. Then this code is Agent 3
8 and the agent 38 inputs it into the play facility computer 30. The amusement facility computer 30 decrypts the deduction confirmation code 70 and generates an encrypted program restart code 72. This code is for player 12
The game program 24 is provided to allow the player to play the game continuously using any available credits. The play facility 16 then issues a payout to the player 12 for the total amount of play credits to be cashed. This payout may be in the form of credits for the player 12's credit card, bank wire transfer, or some other form of payment for the mutual agreement. Also, the player 12 has a dedicated game computer 1
4 (for example, a palm-type device), simply install the game computer 14 in the play facility 16
Alternatively, the credit may be cashed by bringing it to the agent, in which case the entire device itself may be physically returned or the plug-in module 90
(Not threatened by illicit means as described above) are replaced.

FIGS. 21-25 include a flow chart of the online embodiment shown schematically in FIG. 4, whereby the gaming computer 14 is provided with a communications link 29, such as a modem.
And directly communicate with the game facility computer 30 via. The amusement facility computer 30 includes a game program 76, a bank program 77, an audit program 78, and an encryption / decryption program.
Game software 7 consisting of decryption algorithm 79
Including 4. To prevent unauthorized access, the encryption / decryption device 82 as schematically shown in FIG.
A unique alphanumeric identification code 83 is used by 2 to log on to the play facility computer 30 and gain access to online games and / or buy and buy back play credits. In one embodiment, the encryption / decryption device 82 resembles a credit card calculator and includes a display 84, an integral keyboard 86 and an internal encryption / decryption device.
It includes decryption hardware and / or software. Such devices are currently used, for example, by Freit Bank to make wireless financial transfers. Input and output of codes to the encryption / decryption device 82 is embodied in identified specific sounds that are transmitted to and received from the play facility computer 30 through a dedicated sound confirmation program. The encryption / decryption device 82 uses another verification code 8 supplied to the player 12 by the game facility computer 30.
Used to generate the encrypted logon code 83 by encrypting the personal identification code 32 of the player 12 with 8. Also, the verification code 88 can be built into the encryption / decryption device 82. Thus, naturally and naturally, the recognition of the personal identification code 32 of the player 12 can be used to play games and / or buy play credits to unauthorized third parties, such as minors and known obsessive-competitors. Access to buybacks is inadequate. In such a case, the amusement facility computer 30 would include the appropriate instructions to terminate the online connection and prevent attempting to gain access with that particular personal identification code 32. In addition, the encryption / decryption device 82 may have a bank program 26 associated with it for storing play credits independent of the game computer 14, in which case the encryption / decryption device 82 and the game computer 14 may be connected to each other. The exchange of codes for represents the actual "currency".
Thus, credits can be embodied in a device that is structurally independent of the gaming computer.

21 and 22 are flow charts of the registration and start-up procedure. First, the player 12 plays the game facility computer 30 via the game computer 14.
And is connected to it via a communication link 29. The player 12 then inputs the requested registration information and is assigned a personal identification code 32. Player 12 then logs on as described above. Once the identity of the player 12 is confirmed, the play facility computer 30 then causes the game to play and / or purchase or redeem credits.

As shown in FIG. 23, the purchase credit procedure in the online embodiment consists of a series of exchanges between the player 12 and the game facility computer 30 described below. The play facility computer 30 first asks the player 12 how much credit they want during a particular game period.
Player 12 responds to the attempt with the amount of play credit requested. The play facility 16 then obtains authorization for the amount requested by a credit method such as a credit card. The approved credit amount is then placed in player 12's play credit account of bank program 77. At this stage, the player 12 can then play a plurality of games provided by the play facility 16. In this connection, player 1
At the end of each period, 2 can request an encrypted code number that confirms the amount of credits available to the play facility 16 for future discussion solutions at that time.

FIG. 24 is a flow chart of the procedure for playing a game in the online embodiment. The player 12 first activates the game computer 14 and then the communication link 29
To establish electronic communication with the amusement facility computer 30 via and to proceed with the secure logon procedure described above. After that, the game computer 14 registers the game period code 80 in the play facility 16. The play facility computer 30 then displays future public events with uncertain outcomes during game selection or game selection.

FIG. 25 is a flow chart of the credit cashing procedure in the online embodiment. Player 12
First requests that all or part of the credit balance of the game credit account maintained in the game facility computer 30 be cashed. The game facility 16 is the player 12
Request confirmation of the amount of credits to be cashed by. After that, the player 12 uses his own personal identification code 3
Operate the key in 2 to reconfirm the amount. The amount is then deducted from player 12's credit account, and play facility 16 then permits deposits made on a pre-allocated credit card or makes some other agreed payment method. Encrypt / additional confirmation
The decryption device 82 can be used to provide a verification code to the play facility 16 prior to cashing. In addition, the play facility 16 provides a special telephone number to the recalling player 12 to identify any cashing that may occur only when the player 12 subsequently calls the play facility 16 from that number, providing some additional security. be able to.

In another online embodiment, the game computer 14 includes the game software 22 as in the first embodiment of FIG. 1, but the amusement facility computer 30 includes the game computer 14 via the communication link 29A. May work to coordinate or control the gaming software simulation of casino games at
You don't have to work. For example, the game facility computer 30
Can directly keep a record of all or selected activities that occur on the gaming computer 14 for additional confirmation or security. Also, the electronic link is the probability of a given game based on any of various factors, such as game duration, or other factors (eg, in a slot machine simulation), such as increasing amounts of jackpot winnings. Can be the nature of the control.

In the off-line embodiment, the encrypted audit trail of all transactions is always recorded on the recording medium associated with the play facility computer 30 and independently of the play facility 1.
6 can be recorded on the gaming computer 14 to be eventually downloaded or accessed thereby. Further, such an audit trail is a read / write data storage medium device 2 which is not likely to be moved by an illegal means provided by the game facility 16 to the player 12 of the game facility of the embodiment of FIG.
Can be recorded in 8.

While this invention has been shown and described in what is believed to be the most practical and preferred embodiments, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that new ideas may arise and various modifications may occur. Ah

[0060]

As described above, according to the present invention, at the time of the convenience of the player, any one of a plurality of lucks which are typically provided by the play facilities (for example, a casino) can be one. A remote gaming device capable of playing a game is obtained.

In addition, a player can play a game against the play equipment at any one of a plurality of game opportunities such as a game of luck generated by the computer software of any personal computer. A game device is obtained.

In addition, a remote gaming device that allows a player to play a game against a playing facility on a conventional multimedia device (eg, a Nintendo device coupled to a television set) through a compatible plug-in data storage medium. Is obtained.

Further, a remote gaming device is provided that allows a player to purchase and redeem play credits from a remote location without the need for an electronic communication link established between the player's gaming computer and the playing facility.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing a remote game device according to an embodiment (first offline) of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram showing a remote game device according to an embodiment (second off-line) of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram showing a remote game device according to an embodiment (third offline) of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a remote game device according to an embodiment (online) of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram showing a game computer connected to a read / write data storage medium device that is not likely to be operated by an illegal means provided in a casino.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of a start-up and registration procedure of an embodiment (offline) of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart of a handshake confirmation procedure according to an embodiment (offline) of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart of a purchase credit procedure according to an embodiment (offline) of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart of a purchase credit procedure according to the embodiment (offline) of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a flow chart of a game play procedure for a game of luck generated by a game program of an embodiment (offline) of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart of a game procedure for a game of luck generated by the game program according to the embodiment of the present invention (offline).

FIG. 12 is a flowchart of a game procedure for an unregistered lottery device according to an embodiment (offline) of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart of a game procedure for an unregistered lottery device according to an embodiment (offline) of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart of a game procedure for a registered lottery device according to an embodiment (offline) of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart of a game procedure for a registered lottery device according to an embodiment (offline) of the present invention.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart of a game procedure for a registered lottery device according to an embodiment (offline) of the present invention.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart of a game procedure for a registered lottery device according to an embodiment (offline) of the present invention.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart of a game procedure for a registered lottery device according to an embodiment (offline) of the present invention.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart of a credit cashing procedure according to the embodiment (offline) of the present invention.

FIG. 20 is a flowchart of a credit cashing procedure according to an embodiment (offline) of the present invention.

FIG. 21 is a flowchart of a registration and start-up procedure of one embodiment (online) of the present invention.

FIG. 22 is a flowchart of registration and start-up procedure of one embodiment (online) of the present invention.

FIG. 23 is a flowchart of a purchase credit procedure according to the embodiment (online) of the present invention.

FIG. 24 is a flowchart of a game procedure of one embodiment (online) of the present invention.

FIG. 25 is a flowchart of a credit cashing procedure according to an embodiment (online) of the present invention.

FIG. 26 is a configuration diagram of a memory chip securely formed with a structure that is not likely to be moved by an external illicit means.

FIG. 27 is a configuration diagram of first means for confirming the integrity of game software.

FIG. 28 is a configuration diagram of second means for confirming the integrity of the game software.

FIG. 29 is a configuration diagram of third means for confirming the integrity of the game software.

FIG. 30 is a block diagram of a fourth means for confirming the integrity of the game software.

FIG. 31 is a configuration diagram of fifth means for confirming the integrity of the game software.

[Explanation of symbols]

 12 player 14 game computer 16 play equipment (lottery authority) 18 image display device 20 keyboard 22, 33 game software 24 game program 26, 35 bank program 27, 37 audit program 29, 39 encryption / decryption program 30 play facility computer 36 Push-button phone 38 Agent 40 Phone

Claims (31)

[Claims] 1. A host computer that allows a player to purchase and redeem play credits at a remote location, and an offline game computer that is located remotely from the host computer and allows the player to play a game at at least one game opportunity. The host computer generates at least one encrypted code to be supplied from the host computer and decrypts at least one encrypted code to be supplied to the host computer, and the game computer has at least one
Generating at least one game opportunity, causing play credits to be purchased, accumulated and redeemed, and further generating at least one encrypted code to be supplied to the host computer, and to be supplied from the host computer. The at least one encrypted code is decrypted, and the encrypted code exchanged between the host computer and the gaming computer is for the player to purchase and / or redeem at least one of the play credits.
A remote game device that enables one. 2. The remote game device of claim 1, wherein the game computer includes game software for generating the at least one game opportunity and enabling the purchase, storage and redemption provided on a data storage medium. . 3. The remote game device of claim 1, wherein the game computer communicates with a data storage medium provided in a read / write device that is not susceptible to being tampered with. 4. The game computer reads the unique magnetic properties of the data storage medium to create a unique encrypted code, thereby undetectable of the data stored on the data storage medium. The remote game device according to claim 2, which prevents copying. 5. The remote game device according to claim 1, wherein the game computer records and stores the code supplied to the game computer and supplied to the game computer to generate an audit trail. 6. The remote game device according to claim 1, wherein the host computer records and stores the code supplied to the host computer and supplied to the host computer to generate an audit trail. 7. The game computer has a predetermined amount of casino embodied in at least one of a data storage medium permanently installed in the game computer and a data storage medium detachably installed in the game computer. The remote gaming device of claim 1, wherein the remote gaming device comprises credits. 8. The remote game device according to claim 1, wherein the game computer includes at least one of a voice confirmation means for identifying a unique voice characteristic of the player and a fingerprint identification means for identifying a unique fingerprint of the player. 9. The remote game device according to claim 1, wherein the opportunity of the game is a game in which a skill is a game of skill. 10. A host computer that allows a player, who communicates through a network at a remote location, to purchase and buy back play credits and play a game on at least one occasion; An off-line game computer for playing games on the occasion of, and means for generating at least one encrypted code for communication to and decryption by the host computer to allow a player to access the host computer from the game computer. And the host computer generates at least one encrypted code to communicate from the host computer and generates at least one encrypted code to communicate to the host computer. Read to remote gaming device. 11. The remote gaming device of claim 10, wherein the means for generating at least one encrypted code is included in a device structurally independent of the gaming computer. 12. A game computer for use on a gaming device to play games against play equipment, wherein at least one game opportunity is generated and provided to a player at a remote location. A game computer that causes a game to be played in order to purchase and buy back play credits from the above-mentioned play facilities. 13. The game computer according to claim 12, wherein the game credit of a predetermined amount is installed in the game computer in advance by the game facility. 14. The game computer according to claim 12, wherein the play credits are redeemed from the play equipment by providing the play equipment having the game computer. 15. The game computer of claim 12, wherein the play credits are stored on a removable data storage medium that interfaces with the game computer, the data storage medium being provided to the play facility for credit redemption. . 16. A game method in which a player plays a game on a play facility with a game computer and there is no online connection between the game computer and the play facility, (A) purchasing play credit from the play facility, Loading the game computer with at least one of the play credit and preloading; (B) generating at least one game opportunity on the game computer; and (C) provided on the game computer. Advancing a game on at least one game opportunity; (D) calculating play credits or debits on the game computer as a result of the outcome of the at least one game opportunity; and (E) supplying from the play equipment. Little encrypted And inputting one code into the game computer that decrypts the at least one encrypted code and that provides at least one encrypted code supplied to the play facility for decryption by the play facility. By repurchasing game credits from the game facility. 17. A player having a personal identification code plays a game on a play facility with a game computer, and the game computer is networked to a host computer which is remote from the game computer and associated with the play facility. In a game method that, in some cases, provides a computer-generated gaming opportunity, the game computer by: (A) generating an encrypted logon code using an identification code and an individual code known only to the player and the play facility. And establishing a secure online link between the play facilities and then decrypting the encrypted logon code for verification by the host computer; and (B) purchasing play credits from the play facilities. And (C) the above game Generating at least one game opportunity on a computer, (D) advancing the game at the at least one game opportunity provided on the game computer, and (E) the outcome of the at least one game opportunity. As a result of the above, a game method including a step of calculating a play credit or a debit, and (F) a step of repurchasing the play credit from the play facility. 18. The step (F) is further decrypted by the host computer for confirmation before repurchasing the play credits, using an identification code and an individual code known only to the player and the play equipment. 18. The game method according to claim 17, wherein an encrypted verification code is generated. 19. The encrypted logon code is:
18. The game method of claim 17 generated by an encryption / decryption device that is structurally independent of the game computer. 20. The game method of claim 17, wherein the play credit is included in an encryption / decryption device that is structurally independent of the game computer. 21. A game device for allowing a player to play a game on a play facility at a remote location, wherein the player plays a game on a game computer, the game computer generating at least one game opportunity and playing the game to the player. A game device that allows at least one of purchase of credits and redemption of game prizes. 22. The game device according to claim 21, wherein the purchased and pre-equipped credits are included in a plug-in type module that is provided at a play facility and cannot be operated by an illegal means interfaced with the game computer. . 23. The game device according to claim 21, wherein the game winnings are electrically stored in a plug-in type module provided at a play facility and which is not likely to be operated by an illegal means interfaced with the game computer. 24. The game computer includes game software for generating the at least one game opportunity, the game software being on a chip that is not susceptible to being tampered with in an inspectable case. The game device according to claim 21. 25. Game software wherein the game computer includes a random distribution of code known only to play equipment to generate at least one game opportunity and prevent unauthorized cheating in the game software. The game device according to claim 21, further comprising: 26. The game computer comprises game software for generating the at least one game opportunity, and means for receiving an external key input to the game software, the external key functioning with the game software. 22. The game device according to claim 21, which is used to prevent the game software from working if the game software is illegally used. 27. The game device of claim 21, wherein the game computer includes game software for generating the at least one game opportunity when the game computer receives data from an external source. 28. A game device that allows a player to engage in a lottery ticket at a remote location by selecting a selection of lottery game elements on a game computer. 29. The method of claim 28, wherein the selection is combined with a compressed ticket code to be decoded by a lottery authority for registration with at least one of a date and time stamp, a player identification code and a computer / software identification code. Game device. 30. The game device of claim 28, wherein the selection is a date and time stamped to form an encrypted ticket code for decryption by a lottery authority to indicate a valid game. 31. A method for a player to relate to a lottery ticket provided by a lottery authority, the method comprising: (A) selecting game elements for a predetermined lottery event on a game computer; and (B) the game on the game computer. Selecting elements and generating a ticket code including at least one of a date and time stamp, a player identification code, a computer identification code and a software identification code; (C) Lottery authority by communicating the ticket code to a lottery authority Registering the game at and the lottery authority having a host computer for deciphering the ticket code to indicate a player's selection of game elements; and (D) generating an encrypted registration code at the host computer. By this, the secrets known only to the lottery authorities Method comprising the step of confirming the game by encrypting the ticket code with the time stamp by using the algorithm.