Patent ID: 8308557

Claim:
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having software stored thereon, the software including instructions for controlling at least one device to perform the following tasks: receive age data and jurisdiction data regarding a person; determine, according to the age data and jurisdiction data and without reference to data supplied about the person by a data service provider (“DSP”), whether the person is eligible for online wager gaming, the DSP being an information resource which can provide data about the person; register the person if the person is determined to be eligible for online wager gaming; receive, after the person is registered, an indication that the person desires to initiate an online wager gaming session; obtain data about the person from at least one DSP; verify, after receiving the indication and with reference to data about the person obtained from at least one DSP, whether the person is eligible for the online wager gaming session, and determine whether to provide the online wager gaming session according to an outcome of the verifying process.