Patent ID: 9159195
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A system for interactive gaming among a plurality of players, comprising: a host computer system; a plurality of player terminals communicably coupled to the host computer system via a network; and collusion avoidance measures comprising programming that prevents players at proximate terminals from engaging in a common game and electronic measures to disrupt cell phone service among the plurality of players at the plurality of player terminals; wherein the plurality of player terminals are located at a plurality of licensed gaming locations; wherein each of the plurality of player terminals include an accepter to receive monetary value and upon receiving the monetary value use a processor to generate a credit for one of the plurality of players playing on that player terminal; and wherein the plurality of player terminals are configured to engage the plurality of players in a common interactive game operated by the host computer system, wherein each of the plurality of terminals include a display to depict action from the common interactive card game operated by the host computer system, wherein at least some of the players are anonymous with respect to the others, wherein each of the plurality players receives a hand that can be depicted on the display of the respective player terminal, wherein the players act on their hands in turn during the course of the game through a player interaction area that includes a bet button or a track ball that upon actuation places a bet having a betting value that is then deducted from the credit using the processor, wherein the plurality of player terminals comprise means for dispensing player winnings from the player terminal upon actuation of a cash out button, and wherein, in response to the action of the cash out button on the player terminal, a signal is generated and transmitted to the hose computer system that the player has left the common interactive card game.