Patent ID: 11972662
Assignee: AG 18, LLC
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A computer-implemented method for operating an interactive gaming system including a host computer system and a player terminal communicably coupled to the host computer system, the method comprising:
initiating an interactive gaming session of an interactive game hosted by the host computer system;
monitoring a player interaction area of the player terminal for a bet having a value;
causing action from the interactive game to be displayed to a player on a display device;
monitoring the player interaction area for interactions from the player to control gaming action of the interactive game;
causing, during the interactive game, interactive controls displayed in the player interaction area to be changed based on a state of the interactive game created by the gaming action;
evaluating, in view of one or more gambling rules, at least one of:
bets and the interactions received from the player and one or more other players via respective player interaction areas and in response to the gaming action to detect unusual activity; and
a frequency of common play between the player and the one or more other players in the interactive game;

determining an occurrence of a gambling rule violation by the player based on a result of the evaluating; and
upon determining the occurrence of the gambling rule violation:
barring the player from participating in the interactive gaming session using the player terminal; and
causing the value to be withheld from the player until a resolution,

or
in the absence of determining the occurrence of the gambling rule violation, causing the value to be awarded to the player.