RU2324228C1 - Method of gambling - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: electricity, sports.

SUBSTANCE: in method of gambling each player who is going to leave casino and to continue gambling in this casino remotely is required to deposit certain money by either cash or cashless payment to his/her personal account in automated database of player personal accounts. Payment can be made by the player in cash or cashless form as a certain sum of money, which the casino transfers to appropriate personal account in the automated database of player personal accounts using a remote terminal. Payment can be made by the player through buying a gambling card that is provided with a unique code covered with erasable protective layer. Then the player activates this card. Using appropriate messages (for example, SMS messages) sent to game operator through telecommunication devices (mobile phones) and thanks to telecommunication services provided by telecommunication operators players make their bets by transferring corresponding sums of money from their personal accounts in the automated database of personal accounts to corresponding accounts of the automated database of bet accounts. Using software/hardware tool the game operator defines winnings by calculating won bets within the total number of bets recorded in accounts of the automated database of bet accounts. Based on results of said calculation the game operator transfers winnings to corresponding personal accounts of the automated database of player personal accounts. The casino receives corresponding information on winnings recorded in the database through terminal and pays out winnings based on this information.

EFFECT: provision of player mobility within the process of gambling allowing player to leave casino and to perform other types of activities in his/her discretion and to move freely without interrupting the process of gambling.

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Description

Description of the technique to which the invention relates

The invention relates to the commercial use of digital computing and data processing methods, and in particular to methods of conducting gambling using mobile communication devices.

State of the art

A known game method using remote communication, according to which each player performs the registration procedure in the central computer station (CCS) based on the introduction of a code, alias and password. After entering the data, the player is assigned a registration number and its identifiers are entered in the CCS. The player through a peripheral computer station (PKS) is connected to the telephone line and enters the CCS at any time convenient for himself. Connection is made by running the program in the player registration system, which, using a modem, dials the casino phone number and connects through the casino modem to the casino administrator’s computer. After dialing, the player registration system requests a nickname, password and player code. After entering them, the system compares them with identifiers stored in the administrator's computer. If they are fully consistent, the client is considered identified and he is given the opportunity to use his deposit account, which can be either a game or a money one. To carry out specific game actions, the player selects his game pseudonym, for which he outputs the data to the PKS interface for the information generation, storage and retrieval system, selects the composition of the team by entering data into the PKS interface for this system, selects the game, entering the data into the PKS interface for game selection systems (see the description of the invention to the patent of the Russian Federation No. 2102790, M.cl. G06F 19/00, publication date 1998. 1.20).

The signs of the known method, which coincides with the features of the claimed invention, consist of using a game operator, the function of which is performed by the CKS, having an automated database of personal accounts of players, an automated database of personal accounts of game bets, software and hardware for determining game wins by calculating winning game bets from the number of game bets recorded on personal accounts of the database of personal accounts of game bets.

The reason that prevents the obtaining of a technical result, which is provided by the invention, is that to participate in the game, the player must use the PCA, which limits the mobility of the player.

The closest analogue (prototype) is a method of playing without using cash, which includes the steps at which data identifying a player of a gaming system is provided; initiate a call from a wireless device without cards through a telephone network to a financial center; requesting a money transfer based on said data credited to said wireless communication device without cards, and accepting a money transfer for a predetermined amount of money; transferring data using the aforementioned cardless wireless device to a casino having a plurality of gaming machines to transfer part of a predetermined amount of money from a wireless cardless device to a credit of a particular gaming machine from the aforementioned many gaming machines and playing the game on a specific gaming machine using the said transferred part of a predetermined amount of money (Patent RU No. 2263961 C2, M.cl. G06F 17/60, publication date 2005.11.10).

The signs of the known method, which coincide with the features of the claimed invention, consist in the fact that the players are users of communication services having remote communication devices (cellular radiotelephones), as well as the fact that the said players use their remote communication devices to implement gaming rates in cashless form and without the use of cards.

The reason that prevents obtaining the technical result in the known method, which is provided by the invention, is that the game is carried out by means of gaming machines located in a casino by directly interacting with the player with the corresponding gaming machine, and the player uses the remote communication device (cellular radiotelephone) to transfer money from the financial center to a specific casino slot machine. Moreover, the player is “tied” to the casino in time and space. In other words, the player is not mobile during the game, as he is exclusively engaged in gaming activities and cannot carry out other (non-gaming) activities and can be in a different place (i.e. not in a casino) during the game.

Disclosure invention

The problem to which the invention is directed is to ensure the player’s mobility during the game, when the player during the game can leave the casino and, at his discretion, perform other activities and move freely in space without interrupting the game.

The technical result, which mediates the solution of this problem, is that the function of at least one casino gaming machine is performed by a game operator located outside the casino with the corresponding automated databases and a remote terminal located in the casino. At the same time, the player, not being in the casino, continues to play in the casino due to remote communication (mobile radio communication) with the game operator.

The technical result is achieved by the fact that the participants in the game are casinos, players visiting the casino, and a game operator having an automated database of personal accounts of players, an automated database of personal accounts of game bets, software and hardware for determining game wins by calculating winning game bets from the number of game bets recorded on personal accounts of the database of personal accounts of game bets, as well as connected via a telecommunication line to the specified database The player’s personal accounts have a remote terminal located in the casino, and the players have remote communication devices for the players and are users of the remote communication services provided by the telecom operator for the technical possibility of remote communication between the players and the mentioned databases of the game operator, in addition, for playing the game the operator of the game and casino preliminary conclude an agreement between themselves on the game and the distribution of gaming profit, defined as the amount of gaming bets minus paid game winnings, and during the game, each player intending to play at the casino remotely deposits a certain amount of money into his personal account in an automated database of personal accounts of players in cash or non-cash form, then the player through the appropriate messages sent to the game operator using the available of a player’s remote communication device, makes game bets by rewriting the corresponding amounts of money from his personal account in an automated database of personal accounts of players to the corresponding the current personal account of the automated database of personal accounts of game bets, after which the game operator determines the game winnings by means of the mentioned software and hardware means by calculating the winning game bets from the number of game bets recorded on the personal accounts of the automated database of personal accounts of game bets and calculations writes the specified game winnings to the corresponding personal accounts of the automated database of personal accounts of players who have the opportunity to require the casino to pay them their gaming winnings.

The technical result is also achieved by the fact that cellular radiotelephones are used as the players' remote communication devices, and the telecom operator is the cellular radiotelephone operator, while the players make game bets using either SMS messages or data packets transmitted and received by the game program executed on a cellular radiotelephone.

The technical result is achieved by the fact that the player deposits certain amounts of money in cash or non-cash on his personal account in an automated database of personal accounts of players by either depositing the indicated money to the casino, which the casino uses the remote terminal to write to the corresponding personal account in the automated database of personal accounts players, or by purchasing for money a game card equipped with a unique code, covered by an erasable protective layer, and then activating this card.

The novelty of the claimed method lies in the fact that the game (game method) is carried out jointly by the game operator and the casino, which receives money from the players (advance payments) and pays the winnings to the players, and game users who are users of cellular radio communication services make bets at the expense of these payments casino by sending the operator of the game relevant messages.

Brief Description of the Drawings

Figure 1 shows a system (functional diagram of the system) that implements the claimed method of gambling; figure 2 shows as an example a view of the main screen of a cellular (mobile) phone for a JAVA-GAME (game implementation example 1); figure 3 shows as an example a view of the information screen of a cellular (mobile) phone for a JAVA-GAME (game implementation example 2).

The implementation of the invention

The method of electronic gambling is carried out by means of the system shown in figure 1. The system includes: casino 1, players 2 visiting the casino, and the operator of the game 3. Casino 1 is the organizer of a gambling game, supports personal accounts of players, can accept money into personal accounts of players and gives money from personal accounts of players from the owners (i.e. . to players). Players 2 have remote communication devices 4 (preferably cellular telephones) and are users of remote communication services provided by telecom operator 5. Game operator 3 has an automated database of 6 personal accounts of players, an automated database of 7 personal accounts of game bets, software technical means 8 for determining gaming winnings, as well as a remote terminal 9 located in a casino connected via a telecommunication line to said database 6.

In addition, for the implementation of the game, the operator of the game 3 and the casino 1 previously conclude a written agreement between them on the game and the distribution of game profit, defined as the sum of game bets minus the paid game wins. Players and casinos are also in an appropriate contractual relationship (open offer).

These elements form a system that implements gambling. Such a system is organizational and software-technical; its creation precedes the game.

The game is as follows.

Players 2, who are customers of casino 1, often want to continue the game, for example, on one specific machine, where they expect a jackpot and are therefore very reluctant to leave the casino to solve their other urgent matters. Thus, many players would like to be able to continue playing at the casino while outside the casino. This provides the convenience of not having to stay in the casino for a long time.

For this purpose, each player 2, intending to leave casino 1 and continue playing at the casino remotely, deposits a certain amount of money into his personal account in an automated database of personal accounts of players in cash or non-cash. He can do this with two payment options.

In the first payment option, the player pays a certain amount of money to the casino in cash or non-cash, which the casino, using the remote terminal 9, writes to the corresponding personal account of an automated database of 6 personal accounts of the players.

In the second payment option, the player purchases for play (cash or non-cash) a game card equipped with a unique code covered by an erasable protective layer, and then activates this card.

Then, the players 2, by means of corresponding messages (for example, SMS messages) sent to the game operator 3 using the remote communication devices 4 (cellular radiotelephones) available to the players and due to the communication services provided by the communication operator 5, make game bets by overwriting the corresponding amounts of money with their personal accounts of an automated database of 6 personal accounts of players to the corresponding personal accounts of an automated database of 7 personal accounts of gaming bets. After that, the operator of the game 3 through software and hardware 8 will determine the game winnings by calculating the winning game bets from the number of game bets recorded on the personal accounts of the automated database of 7 personal gaming betting accounts. According to the results of this calculation, the game operator 3 writes the game winnings to the corresponding personal accounts of the automated database of 6 personal accounts of the players. At the same time, casino 1, using terminal 9, receives relevant information about the game winnings recorded in the database 6 and, based on this information, is obliged to pay the winning players 2 their game winnings.

An example of a player depositing money into a personal account of an automated database of personal accounts of players using a game card.

The game card is a piece of cardboard, on the front side of which a unique code is applied (12-digit digital). The code is covered with a protective layer. The face value of the card is 100 rubles. Suppose that player 2 does not have his personal account, since the player has not previously played in this system. In this case, player 2 performs the following actions: 1) acquires a game card, which can be sold in different places, erases the protective layer and thereby receives a card code; 2) sends the code using his cellular radiotelephone 4 to the game operator 3 to the number 5128; 3) the game operator (his system) determines that this phone number is not registered, as a result of which the game operator creates a new personal account for the given player in the database 6; 4) the game operator 3 (his system) credits 100 rubles to this account, and the card code is canceled; 5) the operator of the game 3 sends player 2 a unique WAP link to his phone with a proposal to download the game; 6) player 2 downloads games that are immediately personalized, that is, a 14-digit game personalization code is registered in the game.

If the player has not downloaded the games using this WAP-link, or the player already has the games (downloaded from friends, on the Internet, etc.), or the player forgot his code, then in this case he can send SMS “SLOT REG” to number 5128. Then, if the player is already registered with the game operator (his system), the game operator system again sends this player a 14-digit code that the player must enter when the game starts.

Instructions for the player on the game map are as follows:

If you are not registered in our system, then:

1. Wipe off the protective layer.

2. Send the scratch code to 5128 (1.18 rubles)

3. In response to receive SMS with a WAP-link.

4. Follow the WAP link and download games.

5. Play!

Having any problems? Come on wap.slotmobila.ru or call 8 800 2000 600 (conditional number).

Top up account:

7. Wipe off the protective layer

2. Send the scratch code to 5128

3. Account replenished!

If player 2 already has a game account, then: 1) the player acquires a card, erases the protective card and receives a card code; 2) sends the code using his cell phone to number 5128; 3) the game operator determines that this phone number is registered; 4) the game operator credits 100 rubles to this account, and the card code is canceled.

If player 2 intends to withdraw money from his personal account of database 6, then the following actions are performed:

1. Player 2 using his phone 4 sends a message of the form "DENGI amount of money" to the operator of the game 3 to the number 5128.

2. The operator of the game 3 identifies player 2 and checks the availability of the necessary amount of money in the corresponding personal account of the database 6.

3. If there is enough money in the account, the operator of game 3 sends a message with a pin code to player 2 on his phone 4.

4. The operator of the game 3 (his system) blocks the corresponding amount of money on the personal account of this player.

5. Player 2 presents the phone number and pin code at the casino cashier's office 1.

6. The cashier of casino 1 scores the phone number and pin code into the system (using the Internet terminal or mobile terminal).

7. The system checks the correspondence of the phone and the PIN code, returns a confirmation, blocks the PIN code.

8. If the system has confirmed the correct phone number and pin code, the cashier will issue money.

Example game 1: SMS-GAME "777"

The game is available to players 2, who are subscribers of mobile radiotelephone standard GSM 900/1800 operator 5, at any time and around the clock. The game is held in rounds. The round is initiated by player 2 by sending an SMS message without any content to the allocated game access number: 373. The cost of participation in the game (bet size), including SMS to the specified access number, is 5 rubles. At the same time, SMS messages sent by user 4 are his instructions to the operator of game 3 on the transfer of the indicated funds from database 6 to database 7 to account for making bets in the game. The amount of the bet is unchanged throughout the game.

To start the round, player 2, using his mobile phone 4, sends an SMS message to number 373, making a bet in the above amount. When making a bet, player 2 on his mobile phone 4 receives an SMS message from the operator of the game 3 with an indication of a three-digit number. If the combination of numbers received by the user with winning combinations coincides, the latter receives the gain by crediting the corresponding amount to database 6 of his personal account. The following combinations with the corresponding winning amount are the winning ones:

Numbers combination Amount of winnings (rub.) 9XX (nine anywhere) 10 99X (two nines nearby, the third digit - any, at any position) 25 111 fifty 333 150 555 250 777 500

The user has the opportunity to twice improve the combination that has fallen by making additional bets by sending an SMS message to the access number. You can change any number in the resulting combination. You need to send an SMS message to access number 373 with the number “1” in order to change the first digit of the combination, “2” to change the second digit, or “3” to change the 3rd digit, respectively. Each time a user replaces a digit, a bet is made. In response, the user receives an SMS message from the game operator with a changed combination of numbers. During one round, two substitutions and, accordingly, two additional bets can be made.

A new round is initiated by the user by sending again an SMS message without any content to the access number for the game.

The combinations are issued by the production system (means 8) of the game operator 6. The probabilities of winning combinations occurring are set so that the sum (shaft) of wins is 80% of the total bets.

Example 2: JAVA GAME FRESH FRUIT

The game is available to players who are subscribers of the mobile radiotelephone standard GSM 900/1800, at any time and around the clock. The game is made in the form of a Java application for mobile (cellular) radiotelephones that support GSM 900/1800 standards. To participate in the game, the player needs to download the Java application from the game operator’s server to his cellular radiotelephone, which provides the corresponding game interface using graphic elements of the game screen — an image on the phone screen of the gaming machine.

The game uses the main screen on which there are the following graphic elements (figure 2): three reels, which depict game symbols (6 characters); the start button causes the unwinding of the reels. In fact, when you press the start button, the Java application establishes a connection between the player’s mobile phone and the game operator’s server, indicating that the player has made a bet. The server responds with the result of the round: what symbols fell on each of the reels.

The menu button brings up the application menu. The current state of the player’s game account in rubles is displayed in the upper left part of the screen. In the upper right part of the screen is the set bid. Pressing the “up” or “down” of the corresponding phone keys or the corresponding movement of the phone’s joystick causes an increase or decrease in the rate by one ruble.

Winning or losing a bet is determined by the server of the game operator. In the case of a win, the Java application displays an information window: the winning combination and the cash amount of the winnings are reported (Fig. 3).

The main menu of the game (available on the "Menu" button) contains the following items:

- interface settings: turn on / off background music and sounds;

- “Game Rules”: an information screen is issued with a description of the game and a table of winning combinations;

- “Top up account”: an information screen is issued with a description of the procedure for depositing a game account;

- “Withdraw winnings”: an information screen is issued with a description of the procedure for withdrawing winnings from the game account

The Java application uses Internet access through GPRS WAP technology to interact with the game operator’s server in order to participate in the game, including making bets.

To participate in the game, the player must first replenish the game account by depositing cash to the casino cash desk or by activating the game (prepaid) card of the game system via SMS.

The game is held in rounds. To participate in each round of the game, the player makes a bet by debiting the corresponding amount from his personal database account 6, and each time the personal account is reduced by the corresponding bet amount. If the personal account is insufficient to place a bet, the player receives a corresponding message. The bet amount may be a positive integer number of rubles.

During the game, the player is constantly visible on the game screen, which displays the following current information: the current status of his personal account; the size of the bet (in rubles) that will be made if the player initiates the next round; graphic image of gaming reels, reflecting a winning or other combination. The start and menu buttons are also available.

Symbol symbol In-game graphical display BUT “7” (number “seven”) AT lemon FROM banana D bomb E an Apple F cherry

A new round is initiated by the player by pressing the "start" button. At the same time, the previously set rate value is debited from his personal account. The result of the round is displayed by the application by demonstrating the “dropped out” position of the game reels.

Combinations are produced by the game operator’s production system. The odds of winning combinations are set so that the sum (shaft) of winnings is 94.2% of the total bets.

Winning combinations:

Symbols on the reels Winning (multiple of the value of the bet) AAA 200 values of the bet made BBB 100 values of the bet made STS 25 values of the bet made DDD 10 values of the bet made Eee 5 values of the bet made Fff 3 values of the bet made FF (third - any) 2 values of the bet made

When a player receives a winning combination of images on the reels, his personal score (in the database 6) is increased according to the table of winnings. A player can at any time withdraw an arbitrary amount of money from his personal account (in database 6), having received this amount in his hands in cash at casino 1.

The player can stop the game at any time by selecting the "Exit" item in the game menu. In this case, the state of his personal account database 6 will remain until the next start of the game.

Claims (3)

1. A method of gambling, the participants of which are casinos, players visiting a casino, and a game operator having an automated database of personal accounts of players, an automated database of personal accounts of gaming bets, software and hardware for determining gaming wins by calculating winning gaming bets from the number of game bets recorded on the personal accounts of the database of personal accounts of game bets, as well as connected via a telecommunication line to the specified database of personal bets players a remote terminal located in the casino, while the players have remote communication devices of the players and are users of the remote communication services provided by the telecom operator for the technical feasibility of remote communication between the players and the said databases of the game operator, in addition, for the implementation of the game, the game operator and casinos preliminary conclude an agreement between themselves on the game and the distribution of gaming profit, defined as the amount of gaming bets minus paid gaming winnings it’s, and during the game, each player intending to play at the casino remotely deposits a certain amount of money into his personal account in an automated database of personal accounts of players in cash or non-cash, then the player through the appropriate messages sent to the game operator using his device remote communication of players, makes game bets by rewriting the corresponding amounts of money from his personal account of an automated database of personal accounts of players to the corresponding personal account of the automated database of personal accounts of game bets, after which the game operator determines the game winnings by means of the mentioned hardware and software by calculating the winning game bets from the number of game bets recorded on the personal accounts of the automated database of personal accounts of game bets, and according to the results of this calculation writes the specified game winnings to the corresponding personal accounts of the automated database of personal accounts of players who are able to rebovat from the casino to pay them their gambling winnings. 2. The method of gambling according to claim 1, in which cellular radiotelephones are used as the remote communication devices of the players, and the telecom operator is the cellular radiotelephone communication operator, wherein the players bet the game using either SMS messages or data packets transmitted and received by a game program running on a cellular radiotelephone. 3. The method of gambling according to any one of claims 1 and 2, in which the player deposits certain amounts of money into his personal account in an automated database of personal accounts of players by cash or non-cash form, or by depositing the indicated money to the casino, which the casino records using a remote terminal to the appropriate personal account of an automated database of personal accounts of players, or by purchasing for money a game card equipped with a unique code, covered by an erasable protective layer, and subsequent activation of this card.

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