Patent ID: 6280328
Filing Date: 2001-08-28
Classification: A63F,G07F

Abstract:
A game system for operating several games for a plurality of players, comprising:a plurality of player terminals coupled together, each terminal includingmeans for receiving player identification information from a participating one of the players,means for receiving game selection information from the participating player indicating one of the plurality of games,a video display for displaying a selected one of the games to the participating player, andmeans for executing software application programs, said application programs corresponding to a plurality of games in response to an externally-generated set of random numbers to determine the result of the selected game independent of player participation at other ones of the player terminals;a game server, connected to the plurality of player terminals, and includingmeans for sending to the player terminals the set of random numbers as externally-generated random numbers; anda central controller, connected to each of the plurality of player terminals, and includingmeans for storing player account information for each of the players, andmeans for adjusting the account information of the players according to the result of the games from the player terminal.