Patent ID: RE39644

Claim:
An electronic gaming system for enabling one or more player terminals, disposed at locations remote from a host server, to communicate with the host server in a secured transactional mode wherein the host server is informed as to the location of the player terminals so that it can permit or deny game play based in part on geopolitical or geographical restrictions, comprising: a communications medium; at least one player terminal apparatus disposed at a first location and including electronic game playing means for enabling a player to enter player identification data, to make a wager by inputting wager data, to commence game play by causing a start play signal to be generated, and to receive an indication of the game play results in the form of a response signal, electronic locating means for generating location data indicating the present geographical location of said player terminal apparatus and for generating time data evidencing universal time, first encryption means for encoding said player identification data, said wager data, said location data and said time data, and for decoding said response signal, and first communication means responsive to said start play signal and operative to transmit the encoded data to said communications medium; and host server means disposed at a second location remote from said first location and including second communication means for receiving the encoded data transmitted through said communication medium, second encryption means for decoding the transmitted encoded data and for encoding a response signal, and means for using the decoded identification data, wager data, location data and time data to determine the eligibility of the player based in part upon the player's geographical position, and if the player is qualified, to generate a response signal to be encoded and returned to said player terminal apparatus through said communications medium.