Patent ID: 11875636
Assignee: AG 18, LLC
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 13:
14. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon executable instructions which, when executed by one or more processors of an electronic card game system having a plurality of player terminals, cause the electronic card game system to:
receive value from a player of an electronic card game via a cash and credit area of a first player terminal;
cause a credit total to be generated for the player upon receiving value;
receive, via a player interaction area of the first player terminal, a card game selection by the player from a listing of one or more electronic card games;
initiate, upon receiving the card game selection, the selected electronic card game on the first player terminal in response to one or more other players joining the selected electronic card game using other player terminals,
wherein, for initiating the selected electronic card game, the executable instructions further cause the electronic card game system to:
randomly assign the player to one of a plurality of game sessions for the selected electronic card game to facilitate reducing an ability of a group of players to collude or cheat in the selected electronic card game,
present, via a touch screen display of the first player terminal, a virtual card table to the player with player cards distributed to the player,
display interactive buttons to the player via the player interaction area, and
display, via the touch screen display, virtual chips corresponding to the credit total of the player;

receive, via the player interaction area, a bet, and a first interaction, by the player in the selected electronic card game,
wherein, for receiving the bet and the first interaction, the executable instructions further cause the electronic card game system to:
deduct a value of the bet from the credit total, and
depict action from the selected electronic interactive game to the player and the one or more other players via touch screen displays of respective player terminals;

change an appearance of the interactive buttons responsive to a change in state of the electronic card game; and
cause, upon completion of at least one interaction, or bet, by the one or more other players in turn in the selected electronic card game, an alert to be provided via the first player terminal to the player to inform the player of the player's turn to provide, via the player interaction area, at least a second interaction or bet in the selected electronic card game.