Patent ID: 6969320
Filing Date: 2005-11-29
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A method including: (a) storing a group of game records and a reserve group of game records at a storage device, each respective game record being associated with a game result for that respective game record; (b) in response to a game play request, reading a selected game record from the group of game records and notifying a respective player associated with the game play request of the game result associated with the selected game record from the group of game records; (c) modifying a stored account balance for the respective player associated with the game play request, the stored account balance modification being made in accordance with the game play request and in accordance with the game result associated with the selected game record from the group of game records; (d) in response to a subsequent game play request received after a certain amount of game records from the group of game records have been used, reading a selected game record from the reserve group of game records, and notifying a respective player associated with the subsequent game play request of the game result associated with the selected game record from the reserve group of game records; and (e) modifying a stored account balance for the respective player associated with the subsequent game play request, the stored account balance for the respective player associated with the subsequent game play request being modified in accordance with the subsequent game play request and in accordance with the game result associated with the selected game record from the reserve group of game records.