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

Claim 0:
1. An electronic card game system comprising:
one or more processors; and
a player terminal comprising:
a cash and credit area configured to: receive value from a player, and cause the one or more processors to generate a credit total;
a touch screen display to: depict action from an electronic card game, and present a virtual card table with player cards from the electronic card game distributed to the player; and
a player interaction area including interactive buttons that dynamically change depending on a state of the electronic card game,
wherein the player interaction area displays virtual chips in front of the player representing the credit total available to be bet by the player;

the system further comprising a memory having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to:
receive, via the player interaction area, 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 player terminal in response to one or more other players joining the selected electronic card game using other player terminals,
wherein players making the same card game selection from the listing of one or more electronic game cards are randomly assigned 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;

receive, via the player interaction area, a bet having a betting value;
deduct, upon receiving the bet, the betting value from the credit total;
receive, via the player interaction area, a first interaction from the player in the electronic 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 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 in the selected electronic card game.