Patent ID: 9039507
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: A63F,G07F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a gaming system configured to provide one or more regulated wagering games, the method comprising: detecting a request sent from a client device to the gaming system via a communications network, said request to place a side wager on one or more potential, random wagering game outcomes to be generated by the gaming system for a communal wagering game, wherein the request is made by one of a plurality of social network user accounts associated with the client device, and wherein the communal wagering game is one of the one or more regulated wagering games provided by the gaming system; detecting that a jurisdictional rule, associated with one or more of the plurality of social network user accounts, prohibits a characteristic of the side wager for a jurisdiction in which the client device is located; altering, by the gaming system, the characteristic of the side wager to comport with the jurisdictional rule; and placing, by the gaming system, the side wager after altering the characteristic.