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

Claim 7:
8. A method in a computing system for operating an electronic card game, the method comprising:
receiving value from a player of the electronic card game via a cash and credit area of a first player terminal,
wherein receiving value causes a credit total to be generated by the computing system for the player;

receiving, 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;
upon receiving the card game selection, initiating 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 initiating the selected electronic card game comprises:
randomly assigning 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,
presenting to the player, via a touch screen display of the first player terminal, a virtual card table with player cards from the electronic card game distributed to the player,
displaying interactive buttons to the player via the player interaction area, and
displaying, via the touch screen display, virtual chips corresponding to the credit total of the player;

receiving, via the player interaction area, a bet, and a first interaction, by the player in the selected electronic card game,
wherein receiving the bet causes a value of the bet to be deducted by the computing system from the credit total, and
wherein receiving the first interaction comprises depicting 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;

changing an appearance of the interactive buttons responsive to a change in state of the electronic card game; and
causing, 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.