Patent ID: 9747753
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: G07F

Claim:
1. A method for allowing multiple players to place independent wagers on a single game comprising the steps of: identifying a main player that is playing a skill-based game at a gaming machine located within a system operator, wherein the gaming machine is a skill-based slot machine operated by the main player and comprises: joining the second player with the main player, wherein the second player is remotely located from the system operator and uses a smartdevice that is in communication with the system operator to place wagers on the same skill-based game played by the main player as if the second player was physically located at the same gaming machine that the main player is playing on and placing his own wagers on the skill-based game played by the main player; sending and receiving through the display of the gaming machine while the wagers are being placed the at least one of a text message, a video message, and a voice message communicated between the main player and the second player; creating a dynamic transaction summary for the skill-based game wherein the dynamic transaction summary for the skill-based game is comprised of: identification information of the main player, identification information of the second player, identification information of the system operator; identification information for the gaming machine; an amount of at least one wager placed by the main player; an amount of at least one additional wager placed by the second player; date; and time; determining whether the main player is eligible to place the wager on the skill-based game, wherein one of a payment made directly through the gaming machine and a system bank account balance of the main player determines the eligibility of the main player; determining whether the second player is eligible to place the additional wager on the skill-based game, wherein only a system bank account balance of the second player determines the eligibility of the second player; updating the dynamic transaction summary based on the individual eligibility of each of the main player and the second player to place the wager and the additional wager respectively; transmitting the updated dynamic transaction summary to the system operator; receiving data from the system operator regarding an outcome of the skill-based game, wherein the outcome of the skill-based game is based upon skill of only the main player; and updating the system bank account balance of the main player by one of crediting and debiting the amount of the wager placed by the main player and updating the system bank account balance of the second player by one of crediting and debiting the amount of the additional wager placed by the second player depending upon the outcome of the skill-based game.