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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2001
Niels C. Holch, Annapolis, MD (US);
Frank J. Riolo, Rome, NY (US);
Niels C. Holch, Annapolis, MD (US);
Frank J. Riolo, Rome, NY (US);
Oneida Indian Nation, Oneida, NY (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods consistent with the present invention allow a player to play a game of chance. In some embodiments, the method can include communicating, by the central controller, with the game terminals; receiving, by the central controller, requests for verification of account identifiers and player authentication information; verifying to the game terminals, by the central controller, that the account identifiers and the player authentication information are valid; receiving, by the central controller, game information from the game terminals for games for which wager amounts were received by the game terminals; and based on the game information, adjusting, by the central controller, player account information associated with the account identifiers.