Interactive Games Limited

Cfph, LLC

Other

Sunny Tara

Lee M Amaitis

Paul Williams

Matthew Morrissette

Techniques for adaptively checking the location of a smart phone that provides a user access to a gambling service are described. For example, a user is provided access to the gambling service via a smart phone, which uses a program wrapper to provide a gambling app. The distance of the smart phone from a border of a U.S. state where gambling is allowed may be determined. The rates at which location checks are performed to determine the distance may vary. The distance may be determined by obtaining geographic location data (e.g., including GPS information, WiFi signal information or cellular signal information, etc.) from the wrapper, which is associated with a gambling application installed on the smart phone. The gambling application provides access to the gambling service. A portion of the gambling application is written in a programming language different from the wrapper.

Gambling service with adaptive location checking frequency

Techniques for verifying that a smart phone is authorized to use a gambling application are described. For example, a wrapper installed on the phone detects a request to initialize the application, a request to log into the application, or a request to place a wager through a gambling service of the application. The wrapper also obtains a list of applications installed on smart phone. Servers, based on such requests, obtain a geographic location of the phone to determine whether the geographic location of the phone is a location where gambling is allowed. The servers also determine whether the phone is rooted based on the list. In response to determining that the phone is in a location where gambling is allowed and determining that the phone is not rooted, the servers transmit a message to the phone indicating that a user of the phone is allowed to gamble.

Smart phone with gambling application that checks for unauthorized applications and processes

Techniques for checking whether a smart phone can use a gambling are described. For example, a wrapper application associated with a gambling application determines whether the smart phone is authorized to use a gambling service based on whether the smart phone is running an unapproved/approved process, whether the smart phone has an unapproved/approved application installed, and whether an operating system running on the smart phone is unapproved/approved for use with the gambling service. In response to determining that the smart phone is authorized to use the gambling service, a user of the smart phone is enabled to gamble using the gambling application.

Smart phone with wrapper application that checks whether the smart phone may use a gambling application

Various embodiments of a successive choice game including methods and apparatus are described. Further embodiments are disclosed.

Amusement devices and games involving progressive jackpots

Various embodiments that may generally relate to mobile gaming, location determination, mobile devices, authentication, and so on are described. Various methods are described. Various apparatus are described. Further embodiments are described.

Multi-process communication regarding gaming information

Various embodiments of a jackpot gaming environment are described. Some embodiments may include limiting access to progressing jackpots, individual progressive jackpots, and/or other actions and/or types of jackpots. For example, players may be required to contribute a minimum amount to a jackpot before being authorized to win the jackpot. Other methods and apparatus are described. Further embodiments are disclosed.

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