Executing games including a linked transaction to completion

Inventors: Mark Provan Newton (Omaha, NE); John Lance Wohlfarth (Sacramento, CA); Travis Alan Meyer (Fair Oaks, CA); Nathan Andrew Freels (Loomis, CA)

Assignee: Powerhouse Gaming, Inc.

G07F17/3244 G06Q20/0457

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Patent No.: US 11,861,980
App. No.: 17/184,900
Granted: Jan 2, 2024
Kind: B2

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Abstract

A game terminal allows a player to participate in the linked transaction including a linked deal within an initial deal via their client account interacting with a management system. The management system manages the execution of the linked transaction including execution of the initial deal, execution of the linked deal, and movement and monitoring of capital during execution of the linked transaction. Initial deal tickets are electronically allocated to player accounts by the management system. The linked deal may be a secondary deal that is lightly linked to the initial deal. In particular, the initial deal may include an access ticket to the linked deal, and the access ticket allows the management system to grant the player a play in the linked deal. Both the initial deal and the linked deal can have prizes, and the management system may resolve those prizes, as necessary.

Claims (65)

1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer program instructions executable by a processor to perform operations for resolving an electronic game to completeness, the electronic game including a linked transaction with a data structure comprising a linked deal within an initial deal, the operations comprising:

receiving, at a management system from a player account, a request for an initial pull-tab for the initial deal, wherein:

the management system is configured to manage a distributed network system comprising a plurality of electronic gaming terminals,

the initial deal comprises a first randomized ordered set of electronic pull-tabs managed by the management system, and

the first randomized ordered set of electronic pull-tabs comprises a set of pre-allocated electronic access tickets for the linked deal, with the set of pre-allocated electronic access tickets:

completely allocated to the initial deal at manufacture of the data structure of the linked transaction, and

configured for electronically accessing the linked deal across the distributed network system until the electronic game is complete based on the data structure of the linked transaction;

accessing the initial pull-tab comprising a next electronic pull-tab in the first randomized ordered set of electronic pull-tabs;

responsive to evaluating that an initial result of the initial pull-tab comprises a pre-allocated electronic access ticket of the set of pre-allocated electronic access tickets to the linked deal:

the linked deal comprises a second randomized ordered set of electronic pull-tabs managed by the management system, and

the linked pull-tab comprises a next electronic pull-tab in the second randomized ordered set of electronic pull-tabs, and

evaluating a linked result of the linked pull-tab;

evaluating, across the distributed network system based on the data structure of the linked transaction, a remainder of the first randomized ordered set of electronic pull-tabs in the initial deal and a remainder of the second randomized ordered set of electronic pull-tabs in the linked deal such that the electronic game is complete; and

providing for display, to an electronic gaming terminal accessing the player account, the initial result of the initial pull-tab and the linked result of the linked pull-tab.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , the operations further comprising:

responsive to evaluating the linked result of the linked pull-tab, updating a prize state of the linked deal based on the evaluated linked result of the linked pull-tab.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 2 , wherein:

an additional linked result of an additional linked pull-tab is based on the updated prize state of the linked deal, and

the additional linked pull-tab is a linked pull-tab included in the second randomized ordered set of electronic pull-tabs.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , the operations further comprising:

providing, to the electronic gaming terminal accessing the player account, a plurality of initial deal options, each of the initial deal options comprising a different randomized ordered set of pull-tabs managed by the management system; and

receiving, from the player account at the management system, a selection of the initial deal from the plurality of initial deal options.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 4 , wherein one or more of the initial deal options in the plurality of initial deal options comprise different progressive prizes.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 4 , wherein one or more of the initial deals in the plurality of initial deal options comprise different odds for the initial deals.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 4 , wherein one or more of the initial deals in the plurality of initial deal options are linked to different types of linked deals.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , the operations further comprising updating a capital balance of the player account based on the initial result and the linked result.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , the operations further comprising completing a financial transaction based on the initial result and the linked result.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the management system is configured to evaluate the linked result of the linked pull-tab based on one or more inputs received from a player operating the electronic gaming terminal.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the management system is configured to evaluate the initial result of the initial pull-tab based on one or more inputs received from a player operating a player terminal.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein responsive to evaluating that the initial result of the initial pull-tab comprises the pre-allocated electronic access ticket to the linked deal, and the operations further comprising funding the linked deal with a portion of an entrance capital value used to fund the initial deal.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the linked deal is a seal card game corresponding to the initial deal.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the linked deal is a progressive seal card game corresponding to the initial deal.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the linked deal is a bonus play game corresponding to the initial deal.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the linked deal is a double up game corresponding to a linked funding value for the linked deal, and wherein the linked funding value is funded from an initial funding value for the initial deal.

17. A method for resolving an electronic game to completeness, the electronic game including a linked transaction with a data structure comprising a linked deal within an initial deal, the method comprising: