Patent ID: 7892089

Claim:
An entrance-exchange structure, comprising: a house, wherein the house comprises a computer casino; at least one player's initial betting capital; and scrip redeemable at a vendor; a game of uncertain outcome adapted to be played by at least one player, wherein the computer casino is adapted to pay a player of the at least one player a takehome in a currency for a win of the game of uncertain outcome by the player based on betting by the player of the at least one player's initial betting capital, wherein the currency is cash plus scrip, wherein the scrip is a virtual currency that is redeemable at the vendor, further wherein the takehome is the actual amount of the currency received from the game of uncertain outcome owed to the player from entering the game of uncertain outcome, wherein the computer casino only pays the player the scrip each time the player wins the game of uncertain outcome, and wherein the total market value of the take home currency provided to the players by the computer casino is greater than or equal to the total market value of currency bet by the players of the entrance-exchange structure, and wherein the at least one player interacts with the computer casino over a data communication medium directly connected to the computer casino.