Patent ID: 9196117
Filing Date: 2015-11-24
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A method using a processor, the method comprising: providing game money information associated with a plurality of games, the game money information comprising a user's own money and participation money, the user's own money being money that is available for the user to play the plurality of games with and is stored on a database in association with the user, and the participation money being money to be used to play a game out of the plurality of games and determined to be part of the user's own money; determining the game to be played and retrieving seed money of the game, the seed money being a basis for a bet in the game; setting a range of the participation money by applying a rate to the seed money of the game or applying a rate to the user's own money; calculating a change of the participation money based on a result of betting of the user; determining, by the processor, that supplementary money is required for the user to continue to play the game, in response to a determination that the participation money subtracted by lost game money during playing the game is below a threshold amount; receiving an input of the supplementary money via an input window, the supplementary money being determined to be part of the user's own money and to be less than the participation money; and updating the game money information by subtracting the supplementary money from the user's own money and by adding the supplementary money to the participation money subtracted by lost game money during playing the game.