SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLACING BETS AND/OR LOTTERY WAGERS

• US 20140357346A1
• Filed: 05/30/2014
• Published: 12/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Laverock Von Schoultz Limited
• Original Assignee: Laverock Von Schoultz Limited
• Inventors: ORDISH, Simon, Freeman, Stuart, Velicky, Martin, Blyau, Pascal
• Application Number:
  US14/292,638
• Publication Number:
  US 20140357346A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/25
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3241 Security aspects of a gaming system, e.g. detecting cheating, device integrity, surveillance computer security G06F21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3244 Payment aspects of a gaming system, e.g. payment schemes, setting payout ratio, bonus or consolation prizes
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/329 Regular and instant lottery, e.g. electronic scratch cards

Abstract

A gaming system for placing bet and/or lottery wager orders includes at least one portable player identification device (12), each player identification device (12) storing a respective digital invariant unique identification code in a memory (14) and including a short range wireless communication interface (16) enabling to read the identification code in the memory; and at least one interface (8, 10) having a short range wireless communication reader (24, 30) for reading the identification code stored in a player identification presented to the reader (24, 30), the interface being configured to confirm execution of a pending bet and/or lottery wager order to a gaming platform (3), each pending order being associated to an identification code, with requesting presentation of the player identification device (12) matching the identification code associated to the pending order to allow confirmation of the pending order.

Claims

1. A gaming system for placing bet and/or lottery wager orders, the gaming system comprising:

at least one portable player identification device, each player identification device storing a respective digital invariant unique identification code in a memory and comprising a short range wireless communication interface capable of reading the identification code in the memory;

at least one interface having a short range wireless communication reader for reading the identification code stored in a player identification presented to the reader, the interface being configured to confirm execution of a pending bet and/or lottery wager order to a gaming platform, each pending order being associated to an identification code, with requesting presentation of the player identification device matching the identification code associated to the pending order to allow confirmation of the pending order.

2. The gaming system as in claim 1 further comprising a player interface freely accessible to at least one player.

3. The gaming system as in claim 2 wherein the player interface is configured for preparation of bet and/or lottery wager orders.

4. The gaming system as in claim 2 wherein the player interface is configured to associate an identification code to a prepared order by reading the identification code stored in a portable player identification device via short range communication.

5. The gaming system as in claim 2 wherein the player interface is configured for confirming a pending order to the gaming platform with requesting presentation of the player identification device matching the identification code associated to the pending order to allow confirmation of the pending order.

6. The gaming system as in claim 1 further comprising a retailer interface accessible to a retailer.

7. The gaming system as in claim 6 wherein the retailer interface is configured to retrieve pending offers from the gaming platform.

8. The gaming system as in claim 6 wherein the retailer interface is configured for preparation of bet and/or lottery wager orders.

9. The gaming system as in claim 6 wherein a retailer interface is configured to associate an identification code to a prepared order by reading the identification code stored in a portable player identification device via short range communication.

10. The gaming system as in claim 6 wherein a retailer interface is configured for confirming a pending order to the gaming platform with requesting presentation of the player identification device matching the identification code associated to a pending order to allow confirmation of the pending order.

11. The gaming system as in claim 1 further comprising a gaming platform configured for recording pending bet and/or lottery wager orders prepared by players and for executing pending order upon confirmation, each pending order being associated to an identification code.

12. The gaming system as in claim 11 wherein each interface is in communication with the gaming platform over a data communication network.

13. A method of ordering bets and/lottery wagers, comprising:

preparing and storing at least one pending bet and/or lottery wager order, each pending order being associated to an identification code, and confirming each pending order for execution of the order in a gaming platform only upon reading via short range communication an identification code stored in a portable player identification device storing a digital invariant unique identification code, the identification code read matching the identification code of the pending order.

14. The method of claim 13 further comprising associating an identification code to a prepared order by reading via short range communication the identification code stored in a portable player identification device.