Abstract: Described is an electronic gaming system using common physical cards having a scanner that identifies cards dealt by a dealer, a gaming table where the cards are dealt and scanned, player computing equipment that provide individualized gaming interfaces for players, and a gaming computing system connected to the scanner and player computing equipment that, based on candidate card sets being successively dealt and scanned, continuously identifies the candidate sets, receives a first request for cards from a first player computing device and a second request for cards from a second player computing device, identifies, among the candidate sets, first and second sets of the cards for the first and second requests, respectively, and transmits data representative of the first and second sets to the first and second player computing devices, respectively. The first and second requests are received at different times and the first and second sets include different cards.

Abstract: The present invention provides an information processing device and a payout management system capable of performing an appropriate operation in accordance with a classification of a game value such as a credit or the like. The information processing device includes an information processing unit that is configured to be able to transmit game value information that can be used for a game to an outside in association with registered information, and an interface that is capable of transmitting and receiving information to and from the gaming machine, in which the information processing unit distinguishes and manages a plurality of types of game values as the game value information.

Abstract: Systems and methods enable one or more players to play a wagering game having virtual cards. A game system includes a game server configured to connect to at least one mobile gaming device over a network. The game server includes a processor configured to provide a wagering game having virtual cards to a player using the gaming device. Each wagering game is played by players at a virtual table who are dealt virtual cards to form a hand, and the hand satisfying a winning criterion is determined to be a winning hand. The game system also includes a database that may be implemented as a 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. The mobile gaming device may automatically re-authenticate to the game server after a disconnection.

Abstract: A system is provided. The system includes a plurality of electronic gaming machines, each including a display and a controller. A first electronic gaming machine and a second electronic gaming machine are positioned adjacent to each other laterally. A first display associated with the first electronic gaming machine and a second display associated with the second electronic gaming machine are designed to line up horizontally. A controller associated with at least one of the first electronic gaming machine and the second electronic gaming machine is programmed to control the first display and the second display. The first display and the second display each display a game display area and a background area. The controller is programmed to: a) cause an image to be displayed on the first display; and b) generate and cause to be displayed an animation of the image moving from the first display to the second display.

Abstract: A fraud detection system which detects fraud in a game of performing collection and redemption of chips in accordance with a win or lose result includes a camera which captures an image of chips contained in a chip tray of a dealer, an image analyzing apparatus which analyses the image captured by the camera to detect an amount of the chips contained in the chip tray, a card distribution device which determines a win or lose result of a game, and a control device which compares the win or lose result of the game and the amount of the chips contained in the chip tray before and after collection and redemption of the chips to detect fraud.

Abstract: A method and system for conducting multiple competitions of skill for a single performance are described herein. User generated competition groups and system generated competition groups allow users to participate in multiple competitions at once based on answering the same questions or making the same selections related to a single event. The users are informed of each competition either via email, text message or when logging into the network via a website. The users select which competitions groups to join. After joining the desired groups, users then make their selections related to the event which are transmitted to the network where results are tabulated and transmitted back to the users. The results are separated based on each competition group, so that users can continually know where they stand in each separate competition. With multiple competition groups, users are able to have varying success from the same performance in multiple competitions.

Abstract: A method of providing optimized settings of graphics parameters for a computer gaming application includes: consolidating data related to settings of graphics parameters for different computer hardware equipment and respective performance values; training a machine learning model based on the consolidated data; determining a weight for each setting of a graphics parameter, by the trained machine learning model; for each set of graphics parameters, predicting a performance value achievable by the computer gaining application when it is executed on a specific type of computer, by the trained machine learning model; assigning a priority value to each graphics parameter based on its contribution to the performance value; choosing or generating at least one set of graphics parameters providing an optimized performance value, based on the predicted performance value associated with each set of graphics parameters and the determined weight for each graphics parameter and/or based on the assigned priority value.

Abstract: A method of controlling a display includes displaying a virtual environment and a target operation controller, the target operation controller being configured to control a first virtual object to perform a target operation; displaying an indication graph of the target operation in response to a touch operation to the target operation controller, the indication graph indicating an effective range of the target operation; and marking, based on a hittable virtual object being in the effective range of the target operation, the hittable virtual object being in a map display window, the map display window displaying a map of the virtual environment.

Abstract: Computer-implemented methods and systems for locating virtual elements that can be used or collected by players of a parallel reality game having a virtual world that parallels at least a portion of the real world are provided. In particular, the location of virtual elements in the virtual world is determined based on data associated with one or more real world conditions. Virtual elements can be located in the virtual world at locations corresponding to locations in the real world that encourage safe and effective game play. Locating virtual elements in the virtual world based on data associated with real world conditions improves the link between the parallel virtual world and the real world, enhancing the illusion that the virtual world is another dimension of the real world that the player can interact with through the parallel reality game.

Abstract: A game device capable of generating a plurality of game results by betting, including a betting tabletop, an imaging unit, a game result generating unit, a compensation unit, and a processor. The processor determines whether a game satisfies a specified condition and then decides whether to generate an overweight signal and makes the game result generating unit generate a specified number of game results when the overweight signal exists, and the specified number is greater than 1. On this basis, in a round game, the plurality of game results can be generated by means of the game result generating unit, to satisfy the requirements of a player for obtaining a plurality of game results by a bet, the running of the game is accelerated, and the operating efficiency of the game is increased.

Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure provide an information processing method, which includes receiving, by a game server, an operation message sent by a first client, the operation message carries location information corresponding to a start point and an end point of an attack operation; sending, by the game server, the location information to at least one second client, determining, by each of the at least one second client, whether there is an obstacle between the start point and the end point of the attack operation, and sending a corresponding determination result to the game server, wherein each of the at least one second client is a client that participates in a same session of a game with the first client; judging, by the game server, validity of the attack operation triggered by the first client, according to determination results.

Abstract: A gaming system comprises a gaming machine and game-logic circuitry. The gaming machine includes an electronic display device configured to display an array of symbol positions. The game-logic circuitry is configured to perform the operations of: spinning and stopping symbol-bearing reels to land one or more first value-bearing symbols borne by the reels in the array; animating the array to tag the symbol positions in which the first value-bearing symbols land; again spinning and stopping the symbol-bearing reels to land a second value-bearing symbol borne by the reels in one of the tagged symbol positions; awarding an award based on the value borne by the second value-bearing symbol; and animating the array to untag the one of the tagged symbol positions and any other ones of the tagged symbol positions that are in a cluster with the one of the tagged symbol positions.

Abstract: A system for wagering and viewing the event on the same device while receiving the wagering data on a separate data feed from the video feed. Separate feeds would allow the wagering markets to close in more real-time while not relying on the video latency.

Abstract: A virtual object control method is performed at a computing device. The method includes: displaying a user interface (UI); receiving a touch operation signal corresponding to an operation control by a user of the computing device; obtaining attribute information of the touch operation signal; determining, according to a first posture of a virtual object and the attribute information, a second posture to which the virtual object is to be switched, wherein the first posture is a current posture of the virtual object in the virtual environment; and switching the virtual object from the first posture to the second posture. In the technical solutions, a virtual object is controlled to switch between different postures through different operations on the same operation control, which removes the limitation that one operation control can only control switching of one posture, thereby helping to make the UI more concise and user-friendly.

Abstract: Disclosed is a system and method for conducting a multiple choice, skill-based bingo game. One object of the system is to facilitate single player or multi-player bingo games utilizing specialized bingo cards and a random number generator generating outcomes based on (i) a subset of bingo balls formed of groups of like numbers including a group of strikes or (ii) rolls of a plurality of dice including at least one outcome deemed a strike.

Abstract: A method and system to integrate system-based content and game content. A system includes an electronic display manager configured to generate, in response to receiving user input, a video stream of system-based content. The system also includes an electronic game controller communicatively coupled to the electronic display manager via an external-system interface. The electronic game controller is configured to execute instructions that cause the system to perform operations to receive the video stream via the external-system interface, generate a video signal of game content for a wagering game, scale the video stream according to one or more scale values that relate a size of the system-based content to a size of the game content, and mix the video stream and the video signal into a composite image for presentation via a display device communicatively coupled to the electronic game controller.

Abstract: Techniques for countering cheats in a multi-player gaming environment are described herein. In accordance with various embodiments, a server includes a cheating analyzer running on processor(s) and a non-transitory memory for storing cheat data and counter cheat data. The server identifies suspected cheating in a game and determines a probability of the suspected cheating based on the cheat data. The server also selects a counter cheat of the suspected cheating corresponding to the probability value based on the cheat data and the counter cheat data. The server then applies the counter cheat approximate the probability value in the game. In some embodiments, the server deploys local copies of the cheating analyzer to client devices, including sending at least a portion of the cheat data and/or counter cheat data. The local copies facilitate the cheat identification, the probability determination, the counter cheat selection, and/or the application of the counter cheat.

Abstract: A gaming system includes at least one processor configured to: receive, from a mobile computing device of a player, a digital image of the player captured during a gaming session of an electronic game; analyze the digital image using facial expression analysis techniques to determine a current emotional state of the player; categorize the current emotional state of the player, the categorizing includes a first state representing a desired emotional level; and transmit instructions to the mobile gaming device causing the mobile computing device to initiate a game session action during the gaming session when the current emotional state is not the desired emotional level, the game session action is configured to cause the player to transition to the desired emotional level.

Abstract: The wager preferences of the user of a wagering app can be identified and paired with a recognizable notification including haptics so that when a wagering opportunity matching the user's preferences is available, the user is notified using a recognizable notification to increase the likelihood that the user will act upon the notification and place a wager.

Abstract: According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a system is provided for controlling a network game. In some instances, a processor of the system selects a winning card value of an undealt playing card for the network game. The network game spans a plurality of gaming tables having a deck of cards used for individual card games separate from the network game. A shuffler at each table shuffles the deck of cards for the individual card games. The system further detects, in response to analyzing image data at each of the gaming tables by a machine learning model, that a playing card, having the winning card value, is dealt. The system further determines, by a machine learning model, a participant to whom the playing card was dealt. The system further electronically validates a win for the network game with an electronic account for the participant.