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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2014
Z4 Poker, Llc, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Eric D. Colvin, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Paul Zain, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Matthew Joseph Kaufman, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Tobias Block, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Z4 POKER, LLC, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods enable one or more players to play a wagering game. A game system includes a game server configured to connect to at least one gaming device over a network. The game server includes a processor configured to provide at least one wagering game to a player using the gaming device. Each wagering game is played by a plurality of players at a virtual table who are dealt a plurality of cards to form a hand, and the hand satisfying a winning criterion is determined to be a winning hand. The game system also includes at least one non-relational database configured to be connected to the game server. The database is configured to store a state of the hands of each table as a plurality of document-oriented datasets.