VIRTUAL DISTRIBUTED MULTIMEDIA REGULATED GAMING METHOD AND SYSTEM BASED ON ACTUAL CASINO GAMES

摘要

A virtual gaming experience is enabled by using randomly retrieved gamingepisodes from a pre-recorded episode database. The pre-recorded videos areobtained from previously recorded casino security video or from closedregulated tournament video recordings or from computer generated animations.The casino based multimedia source provides audio-video signals depictingvarious legally-authorized live casino games. An accounting subsystem managesthe compensation, credit accounts, and authentication for a virtual player. Anelectronic or mechanical database distribution center connects the multimediavideo source and the player accounting subsystem to a virtual player station.The virtual player station includes an appropriately secured display fordisplaying to the virtual player the multimedia video signal depicting thelegally-authorized live casino game or a pre-recorded legally randomizedcasino game or the artificially generated pre-recorded game. The virtualplayer station also provides appropriately secured gaming information, whichenables the legally authenticated (biometric or otherwise) virtual player toplace a game episode outcome wager. The virtual player station also providesgaming information to enable the virtual player to receive a payout. Novelsimplified wagering rules also enable the virtual player to bet either for oragainst the actual player depicted in each of the pre-recorded gaming episodesusing either a live casino multimedia video signal or a restricted randomizedcasino multimedia game video from a pre-recorded storage medium. Pay tablerelated decisions for the simplified wagering rules are as simple as videoslot wagering compared to more complicated casino pay tables for card andother games, such as craps. A virtual player can concurrently play severaldissimilar casino games with these simplified wagering rules at the sameplayer gaming station. When selecting a game, the virtual player can virtuallyroam around a casino and then participate in a plurality of selected games andpurchase casino sponsored E-commerce services and products without leaving thevirtual player gaming station.