Patent ID: 8021231
Filing Date: 2011-09-20
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: presenting, via a display device of a first computing device operable to facilitate a tabletop game, the tabletop game; generating, during the course of the tabletop game, a decisioning point for a player; receiving, at a processor of a second computing device communicating over a network with the first computing device, a decision from the player based on the decisioning point; evaluating, by use of the processor, a time elapsed between generating of the decisioning point and receiving the decision; updating a problem gambling score based on the evaluating by either adding a predetermined number of points to the problem gambling score or subtracting a predetermined number of points from the problem gambling score, the problem gambling score comprising a composite and continually updated score reflective of a likelihood that the player is a problem gambler wherein points are added or subtracted from the problem gambling score based on various gambling activity of the player; comparing the updated problem gambling score to a threshold problem gambling score, the threshold problem gambling score being a predetermined problem gambling score applicable to all players for which a problem gambling score is determined which, if exceeded, indicates that the player is likely to be a problem gambler; and dispatching an event corresponding to the updated problem gambling score if it is determined that the updated problem gambling score exceeds the threshold problem gambling score.