Social game

Abstract

A method and apparatus for enabling multiple players to participate in an online game in a landbased gaming terminal. Each player is associated with a color or a pattern, by selecting the color or pattern using for example buttons on the screen. The player deposits money, places a wager, and chooses a number or color to bet on using his or her unique color. Once the game is activated, the terminal determines for each player his or her balance and winning according to the result of the game. Each player can individually cash his or her balance, or all players can cash their balances at once.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]1. Field of the Invention[0002]The present invention relates to a social game in general, and to a terminal for multi-player mini roulette in particular.[0003]2. Discussion of the Related Art[0004]Games involving betting are popular. An example to such a game is a roulette game which involves spinning a walled wheel comprising thirty seven parts, numbered zero to thirty six. A small ball spins within the wheel, and when the wheel and the ball come to a stop, the part of the wheel on which the ball stopped is the winning number. Prior to spinning the wheel one or more players place their bets. Each bet can be a number between one and thirty six. Alternatively, a player can bet on the number to be odd, even, in the range of zero to twelve, thirteen to twenty-four, or twenty-five to thirty-six. If the ball stops on the part marked with a zero, the game operator collects the bets.[0005]Traditional games, including roulettes are social games, wherein an o...

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Benefits of technology

[0007]It is an object of the present invention to provide a novel method and apparatus for enabling multiple players to participate in an online game, without having to keep track of each player's balance. The disclosed invention provides a terminal which associates a color with each player, so that the deposit, bet, balance and cash out of each player are displayed with this color so that different players' actions and balances are easily distinguishable.

Problems solved by technology

However, each such gaming terminal is limited to one person playing at a time.

If a number of people wish to play simultaneously, they either have to take turns, or to decide on a common bet and keep track of their relative contributions to the bet, and calculate their winnings and loses, which often leads to disputes.

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