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Integrating social communities and wagering games

US9039507B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 29, 2013
Grant dateMay 26, 2015
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Expiry dateApr 19, 2033

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L51/52
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A wagering game system and its operations are described herein. In some examples, the operations include detecting a side wager placed by a social network user accounts connected to a communal wagering game, detecting that a jurisdictional rule prohibits a characteristic of the side wager, and altering the characteristic of the side wager to comport with the jurisdictional rule. In some examples, the operations can further include determining a request by a first of the social network user accounts to transact an exchange of one or more non-cash items associated with the communal wagering game with a second of the social network user accounts, and transacting the exchange.

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