CN1122032A

CN1122032A - Improved remote gaming system

Info

Publication number: CN1122032A
Application number: CN94118937A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 杰伊·沃克
Original assignee: Walker Asset Management LP
Current assignee: Walker Asset Management LP
Priority date: 1994-03-11
Filing date: 1994-11-23
Publication date: 1996-05-08
Also published as: OA09971A; FI950950A; JPH07255950A; IT1281324B1; FR2717283A1; AU698557B2; NL9402220A; GR950100048A; UY23906A1; IL111758A; WO1995024689A1; SE9500437D0; BE1010001A5; AU8025494A; TR28375A; HU9500288D0; PL307582A1; FI950950A0; IL111758A0; HUT71560A

Abstract

A remote gaming system whereby a player can gamble against a wagering establishment or lottery from a remote location on a personal computer or portable computer device where it is unnecessary to establish an on-line connection with a host computer associated with the wagering establishment, the gaming computer providing at least one wagering opportunity and enabling the player to obtain credit and cash-out any winnings, the host computer enabling the player to purchase and redeem credit at the remote location through a series of encrypted code exchanges between the player and the wagering establishment, or alternatively the gaming computer or a credit module for use with a personal computer being provided to the player with pre-installed credit.

Description

Improved remote gaming system

The present invention relates generally to remote gaming system, relate more specifically to a kind of remote gaming system, it allows the player to being made a bet by gambling house, lottery ticket mechanism of government or other numerous gambling projects and/or indefinite following public activities of final result that the place provided of making a bet.

In the past, when the player wished gambling project that the gambling house is provided or makes a bet such as the indefinite public activity of the such final result of sports tournament, its selectivity was little.For will be to making a bet such as roulette, 21 points, playing card and similar gambling project, the player can only be in person goes to the play place that deals exclusively in these projects or to the place that has as the independent gambling equipment of visible " playing card " terminal or this class of one arm bandit.Though the public activity as horse racing can be made a bet by phoning with " gambling at the scene " the recreation mechanism of authorizing or its procurator, thisly utilize the method that phone contacts and be not suitable for typical bingo.

Because remote gaming system has been developed in the progress of computer technology and telecommunication, they can allow numerous gambling projects that the player participates in to be provided by gambling mechanism, and needn't be in the action.Two United States Patent (USP)s the 4339798th of people such as Hedges and be exactly for No. 4467424 example.Two patent disclosures of Hedges a kind of remote gaming system, wherein the player gambles to the gambling house from the player station of a distant place, a live display of on-the-spot gambling is arranged in this player station, the player can use it to carry out real gambling, just as he come to gambling on the spot in real time personally and make a bet the platform, this gambling platform of making a bet comprises in the gambling house and gambles platforms for one or more.The player station comprises variable and keyboard microprocessor communication, be used for showing with numerous selected corresponding numerous chances of making a bet of playing games in one, and be used to show the final result of being played games.The player becomes the part of recreation, and just the gambling platform of coming to personally in the gambling house with him or she is the same.In order to guarantee a safe and reliable communication link, the remote game station communicates by make a bet platform and credit management station of encryption/decryption device and gambling, to prevent that the authorized officer does not distort.

Though such system can provide a kind of device to play from afar for the player, it has individual fundamental drawback, is exactly that the player can only participate in those actual recreation of carrying out and monitoring in the play place on real-time closed-circuit television.In addition, the limited by practical of this type systematic is because the player can only specific gamble on electronic circuit with in the game station that the gambling house links to each other at those.Therefore need provide a kind of remote gaming system especially, make the player can be in his or she long-range easily place toy computer enterprising bribe rich, the gambling house provides condition to allow the player buy or the encashment credit amount of money in this long-range place, and does not require that any electronic communication link is arranged between toy computer and gambling house.

Correspondingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a kind of remote gaming system, provide all kinds of common game items for the player, make a bet at a convenient time for the player by the mechanism of making a bet (for example gambling house).

Another object of the present invention provides a kind of remote gaming system, provides numerous chances of making a bet to the player, and for example the game item that is produced by the computer software of any personal computer is made a bet to the mechanism of making a bet for the player.

Another purpose of the present invention provides a kind of remote gaming system, the mechanism of making a bet is given as security by compatible plug-in type data storage medium (for example being connected to the Japanese Nintendo device of televisor) on multimedia device commonly used for the player and makes a bet.

Another purpose of the present invention provides a kind of remote gaming system, buys from afar and cashes the credit gold of making a bet for the player, and do not need at player's toy computer and make a bet and set up any electronic communication link between the mechanism.

A further object of the present invention provides a kind of remote gaming system, for the player any one project in the numerous game items that produced by the special use gambling computing machine (comprising a kind of handheld portable devices) that offers the player is made a bet, and be not required to be gambling and/or buy and cash and make a bet the credit gold and set up the electronic link that is connected to the mechanism of making a bet.

A further object of the invention provides a kind of remote gaming system, wherein the encryption and decryption operation of the remote game computing machine and the information of transmission of making a bet between the mechanism stop unauthorized user to go to use or duplicity obtain or cash the credit gold of making a bet, it can be online (comprising the radio electronics communication hardware) that these information transmit, also can be off line (with the electronic communication on procuratorial verbal communication or the phone, do not need toy computer with make a bet inter-agency any connection that have).

A further object of the present invention provides a kind of remote gaming system, mechanism provides anti-tamper read/write device to the player by making a bet, the latter comprises the data storage medium of special-purpose Games Software, and this storage medium can be connected to any personal computer and can also prevent the unauthorized use of software.

A further object of the present invention provides a kind of remote gaming system, wherein play and/or the software that is banker by turn is implemented in the computer disk, the magnetic mark of the uniqueness of disk can be read by the disc driver of toy computer, for the usefulness of encryption, so that detect the unauthorized copying disk.

A further object of the present invention provides a kind of remote gaming system, supply the player to making a bet as the indefinite following public activity of the final result of lottery ticket and so on, he or she can be by toy computer and inter-agency online connection of gambling, also can make a bet by off-line mode, making a bet of player put on the time in off-line mode, produce and encrypt poll code, latter's game representation person to a certain incident of drawing a lottery (future certain hour hold) the selected point of making a bet (number of also promptly making a bet), this encryption poll code has only lottery ticket mechanism just to know.

Another purpose of the present invention provides a kind of remote gaming system, obtains and cashes the credit gold of making a bet from the mechanism of making a bet for the player, and this is included in the anti-tamper actual data storage medium, and the latter and long distance toy computer interface.

A further object of the invention provides a kind of remote gaming system, therefrom can obtain to have a special use gambling personal digital assistant of establishing one's own system fully of the credit gold that can not postpone of layout in advance and predetermined quantity.

Another purpose of the present invention provides a kind of remote gaming system, and the player can have the participation skill that it provided recreation (as cross-word puzzle) on the special use gambling personal digital assistant of the layout in advance and the credit gold that can not postpone of the quantity of being scheduled to.

Another object of the present invention provides a kind of remote gaming system, and wherein the prize application program allows the player to obtain the determined prize of output by the games that had in these products when buying such as the such product of the software on computing machine or the data storage medium.

A further object of the invention provides a kind of remote gaming system, wherein gives predetermined limits by the mechanism of making a bet to player's gained number that is ahead of making a bet a long way off.

According to above-mentioned purpose and the some other purpose that will recognize later, the invention provides a kind of remote gaming system, it allows the player to utilize toy computer at a distance that the mechanism of making a bet is gambled.When gambling is carried out, this toy computer can with, also can the get along well mechanism's computing machine of making a bet couples together (just " online ") on electronic circuit.This toy computer can be any personal computer, handheld computer devices (for example personal digital assistant), or as the multimedia device (for example Japanese nintendo or other similar devices) of toy computer work, it can be also not to be the special use gambling computing machine that is provided by the mechanism of making a bet.If toy computer is supplied with by the mechanism of making a bet, its Games Software of packing in advance then.As toy computer is a personal computer commonly used, and then Games Software or be installed in advance on the data storage medium device (as hard disk, CD-ROM etc.) or module of the safety that is provided by the mechanism of making a bet perhaps is directly installed on the computing machine by the player.

Games Software comprises games and the program that is banker by turn.Numerous bingos (for example 21 points, roulette, two chuck-a-luck, playing card, one arm bandit etc.) commonly used that provided by the mechanism of making a bet are provided games, or allow the indefinite following public activity (as lottery ticket) of final result is made a bet.The program of being banker by turn provides from the mechanism of making a bet and buys or the credit gold of packing into, so that gamble and increase or reduce player's account number surplus, makes the player can cash any gambling and is ahead.Games Software also may comprise a final accounts program, and the latter writes down each final result of annotating in the works, the input toy computer and by its output be used to buy with the encashment credit gold in the player and the inter-agency transaction of making a bet.

The mechanism's computing machine of making a bet comprises the program of being banker by turn, allow the player to buy a long way off and cash the credit gold of making a bet, even and also like this when not setting up on-line communication between the toy computer, also comprise the final accounts program simultaneously, be used to write down these transaction.This can realize by following several method: a series of enciphered message sign indicating numbers that exchange between player and gambling house; Verbal message between player and the gambling house procurator; Or the communication between the automatic answering server in player and the gambling house (also promptly using push-button telephone); Or " packing into " is provided or is installed in the tamper-resist module that is used to be contained on the personal computer commonly used in advance, or be installed in the credit gold on the special-purpose toy computer that provides by the mechanism of making a bet in advance.In off line embodiment, " procurator " of robotization and the mechanism's computing machine of making a bet interrelate, but at toy computer with make a bet and there is no direct electron between mechanism's computing machine and connect.Encryption provides a kind of means, guarantees that these message exchanges are safe and reliable, prevents that the third party from unauthorized use or duplicity are arranged obtaining or cash this class credit gold.

As the toy computer and the mechanism's computer networking of making a bet, this connection can be used for also can being not used in adjusting and is controlled at the Games Software emulation of on the toy computer being played in the gambling house.For example, this connection can make the mechanism's computing machine of making a bet keep a record in order to increase checking feature or purpose of safety, writes down the whole incidents or a part of selected incident that take place on the toy computer.Another kind of scheme is, this connection can have control characteristic, according to any one changes to make a bet and subsidizes rate, these factors such as gambling duration or the jackpot (for example in slot machine emulation) that increases continuously in the different factors.In the online embodiment of this class, can utilize radio transfer accounts in independent encryption device commonly used obtain safety and the player verified.This device produces the encrypted authentication sign indicating number, ability person produces according to individual subscriber identification code and second sign indicating number, this second sign indicating number can offer the user by the gambling house, also can be stored in this independent encryption device, be used to prevent that unauthorized user from attempting the online software that uses a computer after stealing the individual subscriber identification code.

At any time, each of player stake is all followed the tracks of in the electronics inspection that produces an encryption on the toy computer and/or on any Net-connected computer, and this inspections keeping track of content is quantity, the final result of each gambling activities and the last victory or defeat of any gambling of writing down each stake.The financial settlement of each stake all on the toy computer, also may be by the tracking of software accumulative total property on Net-connected computer, the player can often monitor his gambling house credit gold surplus.

The same when in fact in the gambling house, gambling when the player gambles with him or she.The player is selected the game item that is provided by Games Software, determines the time of the playing length of each stake number and each game item simultaneously.Operation simultaneously on a plurality of different game items that the player can carry out in different time and/or different location.The player can only not influence player's stake credit gold surplus in order to practise purpose at any time to make a bet.Also have an available function to be: player's stake credit gold surplus can be transferred to and be stored on the data storage medium, the latter can be installed in other and install on the computing machine that following software maybe can be installed, and these softwares are used to discern player's stake credit gold and the surplus of credit gold.The player then can continue to make a bet on the computing machine of any other these classes.Whenever if the player wish to cash his or her stake credit gold or win the amount of money, he or she or in off line embodiment, use phone, perhaps in online embodiment, get in touch, cash these amount of money from the mechanism of making a bet by the direct electron communication and the mechanism of making a bet.Among the embodiment who described in the above, or pass through phone or exchange a series of enciphered message sign indicating numbers through the electronic circuit transmission and the mechanism of making a bet.In off line embodiment, these encrypted codes that produced by toy computer software and gambling house computer software are used in the identity of checking the player before gambling winner payment.In online embodiment, produce encrypted login sign indicating number or confirmation code by encryption device independently, for the usefulness of checking.Another kind of scheme is, when by the mechanism's (for example personal digital assistant) when the player provides toy computer of making a bet, in fact this toy computer or anti-tamper plug-in module can be returned to the mechanism of making a bet, with the encashment credit gold.This class credit gold of being cashed by the mechanism of making a bet can have different form of payment, including, but not limited to cash, bank transfer, provide credit or some other by the player and the mechanism's modes of payments by mutual consent of making a bet.

Figure 1A is the schematic diagram of the first off line embodiment medium-long range games system;

Figure 1B is the schematic diagram of the second off line embodiment medium-long range games system;

Fig. 1 C is the schematic diagram of the 3rd off line embodiment medium-long range games system;

Fig. 2 is the schematic diagram of online embodiment medium-long range games system;

Fig. 3 is the schematic diagram that is connected to the toy computer of the anti-tamper read/write data storage medium device of being supplied with by the gambling house;

Fig. 4 is the process flow diagram that starts and register sequence among the off line embodiment;

Fig. 5 is the process flow diagram of recognition sequence of shaking hands among the off line embodiment;

Fig. 6 is a process flow diagram of buying credit gold sequence among the off line embodiment;

Fig. 7 A is by the process flow diagram of the sequence of making a bet in the game item that games produced among the off line embodiment;

Fig. 7 B-1-2 is process flow diagrams of the sequence of making a bet of the embodiment of off line non-registration lottery system;

Fig. 7 C-1-5 is process flow diagrams of the sequence of making a bet of the embodiment of off line registration lottery system;

Fig. 8 is a process flow diagram of cashing credit gold sequence among the off line embodiment;

Fig. 9 is the registration and the process flow diagram of starting sequence among the online embodiment;

Figure 10 is a process flow diagram of buying credit gold sequence among the online embodiment;

Figure 11 is the process flow diagram of sequence of making a bet among the online embodiment;

Figure 12 is a process flow diagram of cashing credit gold sequence among the online embodiment;

Figure 13 is the schematic diagram that is guaranteed the memory chip safe operation by outside tamper-evident structure;

Figure 14 is the schematic diagram that is used to check first kind of device of Games Software integrality;

Figure 15 A is the schematic diagram that is used to check second kind of device of Games Software integrality;

Figure 15 B is the schematic diagram that is used to check the third device of Games Software integrality;

Figure 15 C is the schematic diagram that is used to check the 4th kind of device of Games Software integrality;

Figure 15 D is the schematic diagram that is used to check the 5th kind of device of Games Software integrality.

With reference to the several views in the accompanying drawing, wherein described overall remote gaming system with reference number 10 signs, wherein player 12 14 (" toy computers ") that use a computer are made a bet to numerous game items or following public activity, the final result of this public activity is indefinite, and these are all provided by gambling house, lottery ticket mechanism of government or other mechanisms 16 of making a bet.For simplicity, all be called " mechanism of making a bet " here without exception.

Referring now to Figure 1A, player 12 uses the toy computer 14 that has video display 18 and keyboard 20.Toy computer 14 can be individual home computer, laptop computer or handheld personal device, the latter can be also not to be special-purpose game device or the multimedia device of being supplied by the mechanism of making a bet (also be Japanese nintendo or similar device, it uses together with televisor or similar devices).Toy computer 14 can be arranged at a distance but not be local, can be arranged on mechanism 16 places of making a bet, and also can be arranged on other mechanism places (for example lottery sale place).The toy computer 14 that is arranged on the mechanism place 16 of making a bet still can be thought " long-range ", and this is the purpose for herein open and claim.Estimate that the gambling house can provide special-purpose toy computer 14 to the player in the hotel at place, gambling house, the latter can also can be used for gambling outside actual range in the actual range in gambling house.Provide the toy computer of being equipped by the mechanism of making a bet 14 to player 12, its major advantage is that bigger security is arranged, and especially makes the unauthorized access to the data storage medium as computer disc driver more be difficult to carry out.In addition, in special-purpose toy computer, the key of keyboard 20 can be appointed as have specific function and finish certain order (as the key that is exclusively used in " 21 point " can have be labeled as " hitting me " (hit me), " standing " (stand), " buy insurance " (purchase in-surance), Deng), the player can utilize them to be selected in the different game items that provided by the mechanism 16 of making a bet, and gambles.The Games Software 22 that toy computer 14 operation is specific, the latter comprises games 24, the program that is banker by turn 26 and the final accounts program 27 that can Gong select for use.Games Software 22 can be installed on the special-purpose toy computer that is provided by the mechanism 16 of making a bet in advance; Can be installed in advance in the anti-tamper read/write data storage medium device 28 that is provided by the mechanism of making a bet, the latter is as shown in Figure 3 with as the personal computer interface of toy computer 14; Or directly be installed on the personal computer by the player.In addition, Games Software 22 also can be contained on the anti-tamper plug-in type data storage medium module, the latter and work together as the multimedia device commonly used of toy computer 14, and this will describe in the back in more detail.

The mechanism 16 of importantly making a bet must be able to determine that software itself or the data above it once were not replicated, distorted or changed in any way, otherwise the player can duplicate many parts and constantly with identical board game, a dish in these replicating disks becomes the winner, perhaps the player can change software itself, attempt to control final result, fail or win, or their combination, in other words, dishonest player 12 revises the software code of Games Software 22 like this, so that software can produce a final result, final result more (for example in roulette emulation, wheel disc being parked on the more favourable number more frequently) than the probability dominant force.This can be by the realization of making a bet: whole replacement software, or the procedure code of certain line number in the update routine; Its means or physical means or applying the similar high-strength magnetic width of cloth penetrates (for example radio-frequency field) such some and add influence.Certainly, safest system is an online scheme as shown in Figure 2, and Games Software 22 is placed in the toy computer in the building of the mechanism of making a bet.The situation of difficult that prevents the safety practice of distorting is that the mechanism of making a bet in some embodiments provides with the software on the toy computer 14 a long way off to player 12, or special-purpose toy computer 14 itself (for example PDA) is provided.The means of different assurance safety can be provided in this respect.

In a kind of application examples, software guiding toy computer reads in the magnetic mark of the uniqueness of particular disk by disc driver, Games Software 22 can be installed on this particular disk, and by disc driver Games Software 22 is encrypted, so that the mechanism of making a bet is by deciphering the unauthorized copying of the data on finding to coil.Another program is, can be with plug-in system and disk drive interface, remove to obtain the magnetic mark of the uniqueness of dish to read in a part of disc content, and the mechanism 16 of making a bet can register this enciphered data before cash payment or obtain it.

In another embodiment, as shown in figure 13 in the schematic diagram, Games Software 22 is positioned on the chip 23 of toy computer 14 (when also promptly providing isolated plant by the mechanism 16 of making a bet).Chip 23 can be placed in the actual box 84, and the latter is connected with any external data port and keeps apart, and the latter can't access chip.In an exemplary embodiment, chip 23 can be placed in the special package, in the insulation, the packing in or in the analog 86, so that find any attempt of attempting to remove or distort chip 23.Therefore, the mechanism 16 of making a bet can confirm immediately the player whether distorted Games Software and, distort if find this class, it can refuse any attempt that is ahead and requires and/or use the credit gold in the future of player.

In another embodiment of schematic diagram shown in Figure 14, in the self-test process, can from certain characteristic of software code, obtain unique mathematical properties.For finishing this test, the characteristic of software code be maintain secrecy and the mechanism 16 of only making a bet just know (also promptly, for example with in the 476th to 655 row of software code everybody and constitute verification decimal digit type algorithm for the basis).Another kind of scheme is, but the specific code that distributes in certain pre-determined random mode in the self-test check command sign indicating number, and this random fashion mechanism 16 of only making a bet is known.

In schematic diagram shown in Figure 15 A with top different scheme in, whether the external bond that those mechanisms 16 of only making a bet are known can be used for checking intermittently or continuously software code to be distorted or distorted, and makes reformed software maloperation and stops recreation application software in the computing machine 14.This available several method is realized, including, but not limited to following method: (1) sends external signal (for example high-frequency signal) continuous programming code or that encrypt from the mechanism 16 of making a bet, received by the receiving trap in the toy computer 88, then in this toy computer 14 with this class signal interpretation or deciphering and send into Games Software 22 (Figure 15 B); (2) player 12 imports interrupted information code (Figure 15 C) particularly; Or the clock signal (Figure 15 D) of the inside generation that is provided by anti-tamper clock 89 is provided (3).In this case, chip 23 or even toy computer 14 (supplying with by the mechanism 16 of making a bet) as it all can be shielded, separate electromagnetic interference (EMI), influence Games Software to prevent unauthorized personnel's attempt with electromagnetic radiation.When using external bond, can be with also protecting them, in case player 12 forges them without encryption method.

Except that using external bond, also can allow Games Software 22 obtain data, so that the performance function from external source.For example, Games Software 22 can use radio communication or similar random number streams (may encrypt), and these random numbers of routine call as the basis, are selected make a bet final result in measurable or uncertain mode with them.This outside input can be included in anti-tamper plug-in system or the module, the latter and toy computer 14 interfaces.

The other method that prevents the attempt of duplicity ground modification Games Software 22 is to use final accounts program 27, and the latter can only be used by the mechanism 16 of making a bet.For the inspection that prevents to forge is followed the tracks of, final accounts program 37 can, for example, set up tens or even up to a hundred serial datas (for example, in the emulation of roulette, corresponding to the serial data of taking turns disc spins each time), these data are all noted, mechanism 16 is suspected when Games Software 22 is distorted if make a bet, and just can come verification with these serial datas.

The people who is familiar with this gate technique should know, Games Software 22 can so be arranged, make the serial data of alphameric code can be used for finding any distorting of player 12 pairs of softwares, dish or modules, this serial data each toy computer 14 of can packing in advance, can on dish, install, also can on the not reproducible module of plug-in type, install.In this case, each toy computer 14 or module can have different sign indicating number orders, and the mechanism 16 of making a bet then preserves the copy of these yards.These yards therefore can be with testifying when check is distorted as the basis of the randomness of the final result of every ludic activity.In other words, specific sign indicating number arrangement can be corresponding to certain final result (for example wheel disc is parked on " 5 ") of the activity of making a bet.These sign indicating numbers are known by mechanism 16 even make a bet, and the latter is arranged in and guarantees to obtain at random final result-can be by the thing of third party's check independently.If the player tries every possible means to revise Games Software, then the original version comparison that the software code that changes and the mechanism 16 of only making a bet are known can be found to distort.

As another means that prevent that the player from cheating, can use " two randomness " element, it requires player 12 in each selection, press a key twice during the response perhaps on toy computer 14, wanted, come addressing to be coded in the final result at random of a specific pre-programmed in the corresponding software code with the time interval (promptly with millisecond meter) between selecting.

Games 24 allow players that in numerous chances of making a bet any one made a bet, and comprise game item, indefinite following public activity or the skill recreation (as cross-word puzzle) of final result.Game item is founded according to routine techniques by games 24 on toy computer 14, and their projects of making a bet including, but not limited to common gambling house are as 21 points, two dice gambling, roulette, playing card, one arm bandit or similar item.Every recreation offers an opportunity to player 12, so as to one in the given activity of making a bet or more a plurality of make a bet a little to go up to give as security make a bet, and these to make a bet a little be that rule by this recreation is determined.This will discuss in more detail below.

Games 24 can be accepted stake on the indefinite following public activity project of some final results, for example these projects can be football match or the such sports tournament of boxing contest, also can be that country holds or other lottery ticket projects.Accomplish that this point can be set up verbal communication with the mechanism 16 of making a bet or electronic communication is got in touch, so that place, register and confirm stake.Stake is placed on the toy computer 14, and the latter produces information code, so that to mechanism's 16 registrations of making a bet.This sign indicating number is stamped time mark by the mechanism 16 of making a bet, and utilizes appropriate software to instruct to form encrypted code, thereby with the stake locking or fixedly make a bet the time, its objective is for clear and definite suitable reimbursemen.This method will be discussed in more detail below.Similarly, the skill for example cross-word puzzle of playing can followingly realize: the time of finishing is stamped the date mark, so that pay bonus according to first player who finishes this recreation after a while.

The program that is banker by turn 26 makes player 12 can use available credit gold to make a bet, and " cashing " cashes any gambling win gold.In certain embodiments, the program that is banker by turn 26 makes the player be easy to buy the credit gold from the mechanism 16 of making a bet, and these credit gold are gone into toy computer 14 with the form " dress " of sign indicating number.Another kind of scheme is, shown in Figure 1B, the program of being banker by turn can be accepted instruction from electronics card reader 91, and credit card or debit card 93 under this card reader 91 and the normal mode are compatible, and perhaps the program of being banker by turn can be from plug-in type credit module 90 letter of acceptance monetary allowances.

Buy/cash a method that guarantees safety in the process entirely as credit, program that is banker by turn 26 or special encryption/decryption device provide the encryption and decryption algorithm 29 (for example using a public keys) of everybody well-known types, so that with certain the digital alphabet code encryption and the deciphering of 16 exchanges of player 12 and gambling house, these digital alphabet sign indicating numbers are input to toy computer 14 and the mechanism's computing machine 30 and produced by them of making a bet.These yards exchange by phone 40 between the procurator of the player 12 and the mechanism 38 of making a bet.Noun " procurator " comprises self-action phone or similar system, and the latter produces the computer type that is used for communicating by letter with player 12 by push-button telephone 36 and instructs, thereby prompting player 12 sends response by pressing suitable numeral or symbolic key back to the mechanism 16 of making a bet.The instruction of these generations can be provided by phone according to the technology that everybody knows by the mechanism's computing machine 30 of making a bet.

The mechanism's computing machine 30 of making a bet has the Games Software 33 that comprises program of being banker by turn 35 and final accounts program 37.Computing machine 30 or comprise special arrangement or software is perhaps communicated by letter with them, thus the encryption and decryption algorithm 39 that the mechanism 16 that realizes only making a bet is known, and the latter is used for these code encryptions and deciphering.So, make a bet mechanism 16 allows to buy a long way off and the encashment credit gold through the player 12 of examination.Buy and the sequence of steps of cashing this credit gold will have in more detail and describe by the exchange encrypt sign indicating number.

The process flow diagram of Fig. 4 essential starting and registration sequence before having described and having made a bet in off line embodiment, this is to use normal processes of the present invention.At first player 12 registers multinomial different personal information to the mechanism 16 of making a bet, and obtains a digital alphabet personal identification code 32.The mechanism 16 of making a bet provides the aforesaid Games Software of being made up of the games 24 and the program 26 that is banker by turn 22 to player 12, and digital alphabet software identification sign indicating number 34 also is provided simultaneously.Games Software 22 can be tested independently, be checked by the third party and be placed on the data storage medium in the seal envelopes and provide out.This data storage medium can comprise hard disk, floppy disk, CD-ROM and similar devices.The mechanism 16 of then making a bet provides digital alphabet starting identification code 33, is used to start Games Software 22 for player 12.Also have a kind of possibility to be, toy computer 14 can comprise voice recognition device, and for example sound chip or voice recognition software so that discern characteristic unique in player's sound, thereby are refused the use of any unauthorized user.This hardware and/or software are known in the technology.Games Software 22 is programmed to 12 promptings to the player, inquires that current operation is for the exercise purpose or in order to make a bet.As this is the exercise operation, and games 24 produce numerous game items, and confirms that these projects only are used for exercise.If player 12 selects to be engaged in gambling, the program that is banker by turn 26 will allow actual making a bet to a certain degree, promptly corresponding to the program that enough available credit gold of making a bet are arranged in player's account number.Not enough as the credit gold, then player 12 must contact and carry out the purchase credit gold sequence that describes below with the mechanism 16 of making a bet.Mention above, toy computer 14 can be not yet and the mechanism's computing machine 30 of making a bet online.As toy computer 14 are off lines, then on the gambling place bigger dirigibility are arranged, and promptly in fact the player can gamble in any place.In exemplary embodiments, allow player making a bet under mechanism's 16 management purchase and encashment credit gold a long way off with the digital alphabet sign indicating number in a string coded communication of exchange between player 12 and the procurator 38, and do not mind at toy computer 14 and make a bet and there is no electronic link between mechanism's computing machine 30.Another program is that toy computer can be by communication link 29 and mechanism's computing machine 30 networkings of making a bet, so that the mechanism's computing machine 30 of making a bet can monitor and control all or part of activity that takes place on the remote game computing machine.

In off line embodiment shown in Figure 1, player 12 calls out the mechanism 16 of making a bet by phone 36, and communicate by letter with procurator 38 by phone 40, so that acquisition or cash the credit gold of gambling.Have the credit gold already as player 12, then Games Software 22 promptly allows him or she that any game item that is provided by games 24 is made a bet behind the personal identification code 32 of receiving player 12.If player 12 needs the credit gold to play, then must contact with the mechanism of making a bet and check player's identification code and affirmation player according to following series of steps is the Games Software of having registered to his or her personal identification code 32 using 22.

When mechanism 16 was made a bet in player 12 contact, his or she experience be referred to as the to shake hands sequence of identification was by the check player's of mechanism that makes a bet identification code.In this respect, described as Fig. 5 process flow diagram, at first on phone 36, call out the mechanism 16 of making a bet by player 12, then inquire about the personal identification code 32 and the software identification sign indicating number 34 of players 12 uniqueness by procurator 38 with phone 40 communications.Procurator 38 is with these yards input computing machine 30, and the latter provides the cryptographic handshake sign indicating number 42 that is produced to player 12, is used for to toy computer 14 inputs.Toy computer 14 is deciphered handshake code 42, and produces an encryption identification answer code 44, and it is offered the mechanism 16 of making a bet.Procurator 38 will discern answer code 44 input computing machines 30, and the latter will discern answer code 44 deciphering, so that the particular game software 22 that check player's 12 identification code and confirm is registered to player 12 just in use.Followed suitably and gambling house alternate acknowledge by the player that examine 12.

Fig. 6 is used for describing the process flow diagram that off line embodiment buys first embodiment of credit gold sequence.Player 12 at first contact with the mechanism of making a bet and by narration in Fig. 5 and above the handshake sequence of explanation set up his or her identification code.Procurator 38 obtains the program start sign indicating number 46 that is banker by turn encrypted from computing machine 30, and sign indicating number that will be same offers player 12, thereby player 12 can be used be banker by turn in the toy computer 14 the golden function of purchase/encashment credit of program 26.Then player 12 imports the credit golden number amount of making a bet of being asked.For safety, the program that is banker by turn 26 utilizes personal identification code 32 and software identification sign indicating number 34 and cryptographic algorithm to produce credit gold request code 48, the latter has comprised the numerical value of the credit golden number amount of being asked, and to player 12 and or her Games Software 22 say it is unique.Toy computer 14 shows credit gold request code 48 to player 12, and should offer procurator 38 by sign indicating number 48, so that input to the mechanism's computing machine 30 of making a bet.Computing machine 30 is used the decryption key that the mechanism of only making a bet knows credit gold request code 48 is deciphered, thereby recognizes the credit golden number amount of player's 12 requests.The procurator confirms this quantity to player 12 in word.The mechanism 16 of making a bet determines whether to provide all or part of credit gold of being asked then.Request is rejected as the credit gold, then to player 12 send encryption restart the sign indicating number 50, the latter is deciphered by toy computer 14, make player 12 can use available credit gold surplus to continue to make a bet (according to order and the following content of describing that Fig. 8 narrated, player 12 also can select another program, promptly cashes any gambling and wins gold).If credit gold request partly or entirely agreed, then process is ready that according to the mechanism 16 of making a bet the credit golden number amount of making a bet of selling player 12 proceeds.Computing machine 30 produces a new encryption credit gold sign indicating number 52, it is offered player 12, so that by the program that is banker by turn 26 of Games Software 22 the credit golden clothes of the stand-by quantity of asking are gone in player's the toy computer 14.The player then is input to new credit gold sign indicating number 52 in the toy computer 14, and the latter deciphers this sign indicating number, and then recognizes the definite quantity of the new credit gold in the available credit gold surplus that is increased to player 12.New credit golden number amount shows to player 12 as the stand-by amount of money, but it can't be used at present.The program that then is banker by turn 26 produces the stand-by sign indicating number of encrypting 54 of credit gold, and the latter partly is dependent on the quantity at that time of new stand-by credit gold and produces.Player 12 provides this credit gold stand-by sign indicating number 54 to procurator 38, procurator 38 offers it the mechanism's computing machine 30 of making a bet again, the latter is again with the stand-by sign indicating number deciphering of credit gold, so pro with packed into player 12 the program that is banker by turn 26 of the credit gold of asking of verifying specific quantity irrefutablely.The mechanism's computing machine 30 of making a bet produces the credit gold of an encryption again and throws in sign indicating number 56.This credit gold is thrown in sign indicating number 56 and is offered player 12, and the latter is input to it in the toy computer 14.The stand-by credit gold of this some is promptly thrown in, and uses for player 12.The program that is banker by turn then produces the credit gold of an encryption and throws in identifying code 58, and the latter offers procurator 38 by player 12.Procurator 38 throws in identifying code 58 with the credit gold and is input in the computing machine 30, and the latter deciphers this yard and produce an encrypted program and restarts sign indicating number 60.Player 12 receive program restart the sign indicating number 60 after, it is input in the toy computer 14, so games 24 promptly rerun, for use.Meanwhile, it is the credit golden number value payment of being bought that the mechanism 16 of making a bet requires player 12, and Payment Methods system is decided through consultation mutually by player and gambling house both sides.For example, can use credit card funded payment, can authorize and carry out bank transfer, or other form of payment or defer payment and all can be used to buy the credit gold to the clearing house, gambling house.If any one one or more different encrypted code and gambling house encryption software institute expected resultss do not match in whole process, then the player can't use this credit gold.Games Software 22 operation that promptly is under an embargo in this case, when dispute settlement till.Like this, the correctness of each of the different sign indicating number that is produced by toy computer 14 and gambling house computing machine 30 all is used for pro the value and the quantity of the credit gold that player 12 certainly receives, thrown in can be for player's 12 uses for the credit gold certainly.

Be appreciated that the credit gold also can offer player 12 by predetermined quantity, be placed in advance (for example, personal digital assistant) on the special toy computer 14 that provides by the mechanism 16 of making a bet.Another kind of scheme is, player 12 can obtain the disk or the module 90 of the credit gold of a mandate that has a some, and this credit gold is gone into the program that is banker by turn of toy computer 14 by " loadings " so that make a bet, when this credit amount uses up only.Also has a kind of scheme, shown in Fig. 1 C and as described in top, the his or her credit card 93 of 12 usefulness of player can obtain the credit gold, its mode can by with the communicating by letter of procurator 38, also can pass through electronics reader device 91, the latter is with well-known technical battery to issuing bank 95.

After player 12 obtained to make a bet the credit gold, he or she can select to make a bet a little in any one project of the numerous game items that provided by Games Software 22, and gave as security and make a bet.Each recreation all offers an opportunity to player 12, for the player under the suitable rule predetermining of this recreation to the given activity of making a bet in one or more differences give as security on making a bet a little and make a bet.For example, the roulette in gambling house is dependent on that bead rolls and the final result of the random number selected and a series of activities of making a bet are provided in wheel disc.The wheel disc revolution once is exactly an independent activity of making a bet.In this activity, player 12 can give as security on many differences are made a bet a little and make a bet, these make a bet a little for example redness and black, single number, one group of number and analogue.All players will make a bet before wheel disc rotates in the activity of at every turn making a bet.

Fig. 7 A is the process flow diagram that is used to narrate the sequence of making a bet of the game item of being set up by games 24, games 24 as described below operations.Player 12 at first enters the games 24 of Games Software 22, and selects a kind of specific game item, so that make a bet.Player 12 can make a bet to one or more notes in this game item are moving as mentioned above.Games 24 prompting players require him or she to confirm the placement location of having made a bet and the total value of making a bet of input.Before stake was identified, they can be recalled or revise.The typical practice of confirming is by player's 12 input validation sign indicating numbers 62 before fixing all stakes.For safety, the confirmation code 62 that is provided by games 24 can have nothing in common with each other when making a bet at every turn.It can be simple one or a two digits character code, be input in the games 24, with confirm as every stake that any activity of making a bet given as security all be under will giving as security and also do not give as security making a bet a little in mistake.In some recreation of fully repeating such or when the total value of kitty is no more than certain predetermined value such as one arm bandit, games 24 so can be arranged, confirmation code 62 is more simplified, for example only by a key.Behind player's 12 input validation sign indicating numbers 62, according to the rule of this gambling house recreation, games 24 produce a specific final result for the activity that necessarily can make a bet (for example deal out the cards, wheel disc rotates, or the like).Games 24 be every under stake all determine a final result (win, defeated or draw), calculate, showing the correct amount of money of preparing in this stake, to pay player 12 on the toy computer 14 then.Player 12 can select to knock in and be/sign indicating number not, perhaps accepts the payment final result of kitty, perhaps any player 12 is thought that incorrect in some sense payment raises an objection.For settling a dispute, can suspend the process of making a bet, and call procurator 38, require to deal with problems, perhaps use some other means of settling disputes.In case player 12 accepts the decision of this activity of making a bet, 26 couples of players' 12 of the program that is banker by turn of Games Software 22 the credit gold surplus of making a bet adds or deducts correct credit amount.Player 12 can restart the process of making a bet to the activity of making a bet of back, also can finish gambling activities.Whenever, player 12 can select the review mode in the games 24, is used for looking back the quantity and the final result of player 12 every the stake of descending, and these are all by the sequence arrangement on days.Whenever, player 12 can cash sequence by the credit gold and cash all or part of that leave the surplus of notes credit gold in the program of being banker by turn 26.Games 24 can also comprise the specific instruction that includes, and apply the restriction that is determined by the mechanism of making a bet to winning gold.Also can expect this Games Software 22 is included in other products such as computing machine or other software, so that the bonus application program to be provided, the latter can make the buyer of some irrelevant products can obtain some prizes (for example bonus of being rewarded) of this program defined that comprises.

Fig. 7 B-7C is such as the process flow diagram of the sequence of making a bet of the indefinite following public activity of the such final result of lottery ticket among the off line embodiment.With regard to describing the lottery ticket activity, the mechanism of making a bet here is referred to as " lottery ticket authorities ".The player uses Games Software 22 to select specific lottery ticket activity (also promptly drawing lots), so that it is made a bet.Then toy computer 14 produces " lottery ticket " tickets sample that this special lottery ticket activity is proprietary, and the player selects the required point of making a bet (also being number) simultaneously.

Typical lottery ticket activity described herein has two classes, the first kind be similar to common sweepstake open coloured silk then and there, second class is the indefinite future activity of final result (also promptly drawing lots).Open then and there in the color example, unimportant to the check of date, because mainly be that the instant output of program has determined final result.On the other hand, for future activity, the date and time of making a bet in certain embodiments is important.The person skilled in the art knows, the remote game arrangement that player 12 participates in the lottery ticket activity can be divided into: (wherein the player can ignore lottery ticket authorities and independently make a bet in (1) non-registration system, make a bet and to stamp time mark to the registration of lottery ticket authorities to making a bet because of toy computer 14 provides means); Perhaps (2) register system (wherein player 12 selects to make a bet a little on remote game computing machine 14, contacts but must follow with lottery ticket authorities 16, so that " registration " makes a bet).

In the non-registration embodiment that is narrated as Fig. 7 B, make a bet with following method: the his or her personal identification code 204 of player's 12 usefulness is logined to the lottery application of toy computer 14, when this personal identification code 204 is the pre-registration of player 12 by lottery ticket authorities assignment in advance.In this respect, in Fig. 2, narrated and the encryption/decryption device 82 that also will describe in more detail below can be used for preventing that the minor from using the lottery ticket program.This device can utilize fingerprint or voice recognition hardware to carry out additional test.Then player 12 selects a specific Entertaiment game teleloto (the sign indicating number gambling of for example isolating).The player selects desiredly to make a bet a little 206 with conventional method, and the player can be confirmed his or her selection after receiving suitable prompting.Toy computer 14 promptly produces the ticket sign indicating number 208 of a multidigit encryption, compression, represents with it and selectedly makes a bet a little 206, also produces the date mark 210 that can not palm off simultaneously.Also can select this scheme, promptly this ticket sign indicating number 208 can comprise personal identification code 204 or software identification sign indicating number 212.Ticket sign indicating number 208 is stored in the toy computer 14, and has only lottery ticket authorities it can be deciphered, and does not forge to prove it.If desired, on behalf of the reality " ticket " of the selection of encrypting the player in the ticket sign indicating number, the printing equipment commonly used that can utilize toy computer 14 to be had will print off.This process need how many times just can repeat how many times, so that it is movable or select difference and make a bet a little in the individual event activity to participate in multinomial lottery ticket.This arrangement allows the activity of making a bet to be independent of lottery ticket authorities 16, and the date mark that can not palm off can guarantee not allow player 12 " afterwards " distort to make a bet (not allowing the player to change selected number after also promptly drawing lots).When cashing, player 12 provides to lottery ticket authorities 16 and encrypts ticket sign indicating number 208, and lottery ticket authorities 16 are with the deciphering of ticket sign indicating number, to obtain selected making a bet a little and the date of making a bet.Win the i.e. payment in a usual manner of gold.Can expect when the huge win of payment is golden, to require player 12 that actual device is sent back to lottery ticket authorities 16, accept inspection.

Fig. 7 C has narrated player 12 and has registered his or her lottery-selected registration sequence to lottery ticket authorities.When the player prepares to register, contact with lottery ticket authorities 16 by procurator 38.The his or her calling 204 of player's 12 inputs, its method is or by the correspondent button of phone, or on toy computer, call out (online if they are connected into, though interim or permanent connection can), or tell selection by phone, this can be obtained by the speech recognition program of the sort of type of known technology.When needing additional test, player 12 can be required to import identification code 212 computing machine or software.Lottery ticket authorities 16 will require player 12 to select from the lottery ticket menu that still can Gong make a bet, and then the player finishes selection.Then player 12 indicates method of payment.In some application examples, as mentioned above, the credit gold can be pre-installed on toy computer 14 or the module 90, and this credit gold can be included in to encrypt in the ticket sign indicating number 208 and by the latter and represent.Just often, ticket sign indicating number 208 needn't be encrypted (also being that it only represents the selection of making a bet a little) in registration embodiment.As the ticket sign indicating number is to encrypt, and then its is deciphered with having the key that lottery ticket authorities 16 just know only.This check and to guarantee lottery-selected be legal, and imported enough credit gold.Be included in making a bet a little in this yard by reading back, lottery ticket authorities 16 can confirm this transaction.After lottery ticket authorities 16 accepted ticket sign indicating number 208, it produced poll code 218 (encrypt or do not encrypt), and the latter comprises ticket sign indicating number 208 and current date mark 220.Lottery ticket authorities can give player 12 with poll code 218, and it is stored in the lottery ticket authorities computing machine 30, in order to checking in the future.Lottery ticket authorities 16 promptly point out the player with simply be/do not reply and confirm that it makes a bet.In case of necessity, lottery ticket authorities can be limited each player's stake number or the stake number in each preset time, and the stake that surpasses this number is refused.Possibility is that the ticket receipt that the player can obtain to print off is comprising the poll code 218 that has from toy computer 14." ticket " of corresponding each registration, this process of making a bet all can repeat.When player's Exit Game, he or she suspends or the getting in touch of end and lottery ticket authorities 16 simply.After lottery drawing or process, lottery ticket authorities are compared all registered ballots and any prize-winning number according to operation commonly used.Be lower than certain threshold level (Li Ru $100) as bonus, then this class bonus can be transferred accounts to player's account number or credit card, or as when surpassing certain threshold value, then payment in the usual way.

In general, when the win gold comprised or is stored in the toy computer 14, player 12 had several method to cash the win gold.Fig. 8 A is the process flow diagram of encashment credit gold sequence among the first off line embodiment.At first player 12 operates by Fig. 5 narration and handshake sequence described above.In case player's identification code is identified, the mechanism 16 of making a bet provides the program start sign indicating number 64 that is banker by turn of encryption to player 12.Then player's 12 utilizations program that is banker by turn, and input program start sign indicating number 64 that is banker by turn, toy computer 14 be latter's deciphering, thereby use the purchase of the program that is banker by turn/cash function.He or she wants the quantity of the credit gold of making a bet cashed to player 12 to the program of being banker by turn 26 input.The quantity that the program that is banker by turn 26 will be cashed is put into and is cashed the Accreditation Waiting Area.Player's the program that is banker by turn 26 then produces the credit gold of encrypting and cashes sign indicating number 66, and offers the mechanism 16 of making a bet by player 12.Procurator 38 cashes sign indicating number 66 with the credit gold and is input to the mechanism's computing machine 30 of making a bet, and the latter cashes sign indicating number 66 deciphering with the credit gold, and to obtain the credit golden number amount that player's 12 requests are cashed, the latter is confirmed in word by gambling house procurator 38.The mechanism's computing machine 30 of making a bet produces an encryption and cashes approval sign indicating number 68, and gives player 12 with it.Player 12 will cash approval sign indicating number 68 and be input in the toy computer, and the latter should decipher by sign indicating number 68, and the program that then is banker by turn 26 deducts the credit golden number that will cash with player's credit gold surplus volume, in order to the use of making a bet later on.The program that is banker by turn 26 produces one again and encrypts subduction identifying code 70, is used to show in player's the account number reduced correct amount.This sign indicating number is promptly given procurator 38, imports computing machine 30 by him.The mechanism's computing machine 30 of making a bet will reduce identifying code 70 deciphering, and produce encrypted program and restart sign indicating number 72, give player 12, make games 24 allow players to use available credit gold to continue gambling.The credit gold of making a bet that mechanism 16 cashes to all requirements of player 12 payment of then making a bet.The modes of payments can be the credit gold that forwards in player's credit card, can be bank transfer, also can be other methods of payment by mutual consent.Also having a kind of arrangement is when the player uses special-purpose toy computer 14 (for example hand-held device), can just take this toy computer 14 to make a bet mechanism 16 or its procurator when cashing, or in fact whole device itself returned, or with the exchange of plug-in type credit gold module 90 (being anti-tamper as mentioned above) another.

Fig. 9-12 comprises that Fig. 2 narrated the process flow diagram of the online embodiment of its principle, and wherein toy computer 14 is directly by communicating by letter with the mechanism's computing machine 30 of making a bet such as the such communication link 29 of modulator-demodular unit.Computing machine 30 comprises a Games Software 74 of being made up of games 76, the program that is banker by turn 77, final accounts program 78 and encryption/decryption algorithm 79.For preventing unauthorized use, player 12 uses the sort of encryption/decryption device 82 of principle as shown in Figure 2, produces unique digital alphabet identification code 83, logins to computing machine 30, so that get permission to carry out online gambling and/or purchase and cash the credit gold of making a bet.In one embodiment, device 82 looks and looks like a credit-card calculator, and comprises keyboard 86 and the inner encrypt/decrypt hardware and/or the software of display 84, integral body.This device is used for radio money and transfers accounts using by for example FleetBank at present.Be input to device 82 and can be included in the specific sound from the sign indicating number of its output, the latter differentiated by the speech recognition program of special use, and transmits and receive from it to computing machine 30.Encryption/decryption device 82 is used for producing encrypted login sign indicating number 83 by personal identification code 32 deciphering with player 12, uses the independent check code 88 of being supplied with player 12 by computing machine 30 with personal identification code 32 deciphering the time.Another program is that check code 88 is included in the encryption/decryption device 82.Therefore, only understand player 12 personal identification code 32 itself, the unauthorized third party as minor or the known gambler who has a passion for gambling into addiction still can't gamble and/or buy and cash the credit gold of making a bet.In this case, computing machine 30 can comprise suitable instruction, is used to finish online connection, to prevent that the someone from attempting further to gamble and/or use the credit gold with this unique individual's identification code 32.In addition, device 82 can have the program of being banker by turn 28, stores the credit gold of making a bet outside the toy computer 14 so that be independent of, install in this case 82 and toy computer 14 between the sign indicating number exchange will represent truly " money ".Therefore, the credit gold can be included on the structure and the toy computer independent device in.

Fig. 9 is the process flow diagram of registration and initiating sequence.At first, player 12 dials by toy computer 14 and is connected with computing machine 30 by communication link 29.Player 12 then imports the register information of being asked, and is endowed personal identification code 32.Player 12 logins such as top description then.Identification code as player 12 obtains confirming that then computing machine 30 allows the player to make a bet and/or purchase and encashment credit gold.

As shown in figure 10, buy credit gold sequence among the online embodiment and comprise a series of message exchanges that are listed in down between player 12 and the computing machine 30.Computing machine 30 is at first inquired the player, and how many credit gold are wished has be used for specific gambling activities.12 pairs of promptings of player respond, the quantity of the credit gold of making a bet that proposition hope is wanted.Make a bet mechanism 16 by credit card or the credit gold method of similarly having agreed come the quantity of being asked is authorized.The credit amount of being ratified is promptly deposited in the credit gold account number of making a bet of the player 12 in the program of being banker by turn 77.In this stage, player 12 can make a bet to numerous recreation that the mechanism of making a bet provides.In this respect, player 12 can be when each activity end encrypted code numeral of application, the available credit amount that the latter can be used for checking him or she can obtain from the mechanism 16 of making a bet at that time is so that use when solving following controversial issue.

Figure 11 is the process flow diagram of gambling sequence among the online embodiment.Player 12 is running game computing machine 14 at first, sets up electronic communication by the communication link 29 and the mechanism's computing machine 30 of making a bet, and carries out secure log process as described above.Then toy computer 14 is to the mechanism's 16 registration gambling activities sign indicating numbers 80 of making a bet.Computing machine 30 shows one group of game item or the indefinite following public activity of final result again, makes a bet for signature.

Figure 12 is the process flow diagram of the credit gold payment sequence of online embodiment.The surplus of credit gold is all or part of in the credit gold account number of making a bet that player 12 at first requires to be kept on the payment gambling house computing machine 30.The mechanism 16 of making a bet requires the 12 pairs of credit amounts that will pay of player to be confirmed.Player 12 just keys in his or her personal identification code 32, to reaffirm this dollar amount.This quantity promptly reduces from player 12 credit gold account number, and the preassigned credit card that the credit gold is changed over to the player is authorized by the mechanism 16 of then making a bet, or by other method of payment of having agreed payment credit gold.As the need additional test, encryption/decryption device 82 can be used for providing identifying code to the mechanism 16 of making a bet before payment.In addition, in order to increase safe reliability, the mechanism 16 of making a bet can have particular telephone number, is used for back calling out the player, for confirmation have only as player 12 could pay when the mechanism 16 of making a bet calls out from this phone number.

Another kind of scheme is, in another online embodiment, toy computer 14 is as first embodiment among Fig. 1, comprise Games Software 22, but the mechanism's computing machine 30 of making a bet can be used for regulating or controlling the Games Software emulation of gambling house game item on the toy computer 14 by order wire 29, also can not do like this.For example, for additional test or safety, the mechanism's computing machine 30 of making a bet can directly keep the record of the whole or selected part of the activity of generation on the toy computer 14.Another program is, electronic link can have control characteristic, can change making a bet of a certain stake along with the variation of different factors and subsidize rate, and these factors can be gambling duration or the jackpot (for example in slot machine emulation) that increases gradually.

In off line embodiment, whenever, all the inspection track record of the encryption of transaction all can exist on the storage medium that links to each other with the mechanism's computing machine 30 of making a bet, and can unload or be used by the mechanism 16 of making a bet to the mechanism 16 of making a bet independently in toy computer 14.This inspection track record also can exist on the anti-tamper read/write data storage medium device 28, and this storage medium device 28 is provided to player 12 by the mechanism 16 of making a bet in the embodiment shown in fig. 3.

The present invention is shown in being considered to the most practical and most preferred embodiment and is described.Yet can expect that the people of skilled can depart from and make tangible modification to some extent to this.

Claims

1. games system, it comprises:

A principal computer, described principal computer allows the player to buy a long way off and cashes gambling credit gold, and described principal computer at least a encrypted code and the described principal computer that is provided by described principal computer is provided at least a encrypted code that offers described principal computer is deciphered;

Off line toy computer away from described principal computer, the player makes a bet at least one chance of making a bet on described toy computer, described toy computer is used to produce at least one make a bet chance and permission purchase, storage and cash gambling credit gold, described toy computer further produces and offers at least a encrypted code of described principal computer and will be deciphered the activity that the described encrypted code permission player who wherein exchanges bought or exchanged one of gambling credit gold at least by the described at least a encrypted code that described principal computer provides between described principal computer and described toy computer.

2. the games system of claim 1 narration, the Games Software that provides on the data storage medium is provided wherein said toy computer, and described Games Software is used to produce described at least one chance and allow to carry out described purchase, store and cash gambling credit gold of making a bet.

3. the games system of claim 1 narration, wherein said toy computer and the data storage medium that is positioned at anti-tamper read/write device communicate.

4. the games system of claim 2 narration, wherein said toy computer reads the magnetic characteristic of the uniqueness of described data storage medium, so that produce unique encrypted code, thereby prevents to be stored in can't detectedly duplicating of data on the described data storage medium.

5. the games system of claim 1 narration, wherein said toy computer will offer described toy computer and be write down and stored by the described sign indicating number that described toy computer provides, and check and will follow the tracks of to produce.

6. the remote gaming system of claim 1 narration, wherein said principal computer will offer described principal computer and be write down and stored by the described sign indicating number that described principal computer provides, and check and will follow the tracks of so that produce.

7. the remote gaming system of claim 1 narration, wherein the gambling house credit gold of predetermined quantity offers described toy computer, and described gambling house credit gold is included in the data storage medium that forever is installed on the described toy computer and is removably mounted in the data storage medium on the described toy computer at least one.

8. the remote gaming system of claim 1 narration, wherein said toy computer comprise the voice recognition device of the distinct sound characteristic that is used to discern the player and are used to discern at least one of fingerprint identification device of player's unique fingerprint.

9. the long distance games system of claim 1 narration, the wherein said chance of making a bet is the skill recreation.

10. games system, it comprises:

A principal computer, described principal computer allows the player that networks a long way off to buy and cashes gambling credit gold and at least one chance of making a bet is made a bet, and described principal computer produces at least a communications codes that comes from described principal computer and at least a encrypted code to described main computer communication is deciphered;

A toy computer, when described toy computer present position during away from described principal computer, the player makes a bet to described at least one chance of making a bet on described toy computer; And

Be used to produce the device of at least a encrypted code, described encrypted code is used for to described main computer communication and by described principal computer deciphering, so that allow the player to visit described principal computer from described toy computer.

11. the remote gaming system of claim 10 narration, the described device that wherein is used to produce described at least a encrypted code be included on a kind of structure with described toy computer independent device in.

12. one kind is used for the toy computer that games system is made a bet to the mechanism of making a bet,

Wherein said toy computer produces and provides at least one chance and allow the player from afar described at least one chance of making a bet to be made a bet and buy and cash gambling credit gold from the described mechanism of making a bet of making a bet.

13. the toy computer of claim 12 narration, wherein the described credit gold of predetermined quantity is packed in the described toy computer in advance by the described mechanism of making a bet.

14. the toy computer of claim 12 narration wherein by providing described toy computer to the described mechanism of making a bet, thereby is cashed described credit gold from the described mechanism of making a bet.

15. the toy computer of claim 12 narration, wherein said credit gold are stored on the detachable data storage medium with described toy computer interface, and provide described data storage medium to the described mechanism of making a bet, so that the encashment credit gold.

16. a method for gaming be used on toy computer the mechanism of making a bet being gambled for the player, and in described toy computer and described inter-agency any online connection that there is no of making a bet, described method for gaming may further comprise the steps:

(A) from the described mechanism of making a bet buy gambling credit gold and carry out described gambling credit golden clothes are gone into and the described toy computer of packing in advance at least a operation;

(B) on described toy computer, produce at least one chance of making a bet;

(C) and then to described at least one chance of making a bet that on described toy computer, is provided make a bet;

(D) as the result of the final result of described at least one chance of making a bet, make a bet credit gold or debit account of accumulative total on described toy computer; And

(E) will by described make a bet that mechanism provided to have at least a kind of be the described toy computer of encrypting of sign indicating number input, described toy computer is deciphered the sign indicating number of described at least a encryption, and produce that to offer having at least of the described mechanism of making a bet a kind of be the sign indicating number of encrypting, for the described mechanism's deciphering of making a bet, thereby cash the credit gold of making a bet.

17. method for gaming, the player of sacrificial vessel a guy identification code gambles to the mechanism of making a bet on toy computer, described toy computer provides one being made a bet chance and itself be positioned at and network by what computing machine produced at a distance and with principal computer, described principal computer and described recreation mechanism associated, described method for gaming may further comprise the steps:

(A) comprise encrypted login sign indicating number and the another one sign indicating number that has only the player and make a bet the identification code that mechanism knows by producing one, between described toy computer and described principal computer, set up a reliable and secure online link, follow described principal computer described encrypted login sign indicating number is deciphered, so that checking;

(B) buy gambling credit gold from the described mechanism of making a bet;

(C) on described toy computer, produce at least one chance of making a bet;

(D) and then to described at least one chance signature of making a bet that provides on the described toy computer make a bet;

(E) as the result of the final result of described at least one chance of making a bet, accumulative total make a bet credit gold or debit account; And

(F) cash gambling credit gold from the described mechanism of making a bet.

18. the method for claim 17 narration, wherein step (F) also comprises the step that produces encrypted authentication sign indicating number and other sign indicating number, described encrypted authentication sign indicating number comprises the identification code that has only the player and the mechanism of making a bet to know, described principal computer is deciphered described sign indicating number before cashing gambling credit gold, is used for checking.

19. the method for claim 17 narration, wherein said encrypted login sign indicating number be by structurally with described toy computer mutually independently encryption/decryption device produced.

20. the method for claim 17 narration, wherein said gambling credit gold be included in one structurally with described game machine mutually independently in the encryption/decryption device.

21. games system, it allows the player a long way off the mechanism of making a bet to be made a bet, wherein the player makes a bet on toy computer, and described toy computer produces at least one chance and allow the player to buy or exchange the activity of one of gambling credit gold at least of making a bet.

22. the games system of claim 21 narration, the wherein said credit gold of buying of packing in advance is included in the anti-tamper plug-in module, described module provide by the mechanism of making a bet and with described toy computer interface.

23. the games system of claim 21 narration, wherein said gambling are won gold and are stored in the anti-tamper plug-in module by electronic circuit, described module provide by the mechanism of making a bet and with described toy computer interface.

24. the games system of claim 21 narration, wherein said toy computer comprises Games Software, and described Games Software is used for producing described at least one chance and be positioned at the tamper-resistant chip that is placed on checkable box of making a bet.

25. the games system of claim 21 narration, wherein said toy computer comprises the Games Software that is used to produce described at least one chance of making a bet, the described chance of making a bet comprises the sign indicating number of the stochastic distribution that the mechanism of only making a bet is known, to prevent the unauthorized described Games Software of distorting.

26. the games system of claim 21 narration, wherein said toy computer comprises and is used to produce the Games Software of described at least one chance of making a bet and be used to receive the device that the outside key of described Games Software is imported, described key is made by described Games Software and is used for bringing into play function, Games Software is distorted as described, and then described key is forbidden described games operation.

27. the games system of claim 21 narration, wherein said toy computer comprises Games Software, and described Games Software produces described at least one chance of making a bet after receiving the data that are input to described toy computer from outside source.

28. a games system, it allows the player to make a bet a little by selection in the lottery ticket on toy computer, thereby participates in Entertaiment game teleloto a long way off.

29. the games system of claim 28 narration, wherein said selection and date mark, player's identification code, and computing machine/software identification sign indicating number at least one be combined into compression lottery ticket sign indicating number, described compression lottery ticket sign indicating number is by the deciphering of lottery ticket authorities, for the usefulness of registration.

30. the games system of claim 28 narration, the date mark is stamped in wherein said selection, encrypts the lottery ticket sign indicating number to form, and by the deciphering of lottery ticket authorities, makes a bet to understand effectively.

31. a method that supplies the player that the Entertaiment game teleloto that is provided by lottery ticket authorities is provided comprises the following steps:

(A) on the toy computer movable selection of given lottery ticket make a bet a little;

(B) on described toy computer, produce the lottery ticket sign indicating number, described lottery ticket sign indicating number comprise described make a bet a little selection and time/date stamp, player's flag code, computer mark sign indicating number and software flag code at least one item;

(C) by described lottery ticket sign indicating number is delivered to described lottery ticket authorities with communication means, the activity of will making a bet is to the registration of lottery ticket authorities, and the principal computer that simultaneously described lottery ticket authorities are had is deciphered described lottery ticket sign indicating number, to understand the selection of player to making a bet a little;

(D) cryptographic algorithm of having only described lottery ticket authorities to know by the use described lottery ticket sign indicating number that will have described time/date stamp is deciphered, and encrypts poll code, for confirmation making a bet thereby produce on described principal computer.