Interactive financial transactions

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9165428
SERIAL NO

13860991

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An interactive financial transactions systems and methods are disclosed for providing gaming activity using funds located at a financial institution. Prior to initiating gaming activity, the player indicates the amount of funds the player would like to wager in a session. The financial institution is contacted to block the player funds from being used for another purpose while the player is placing wagers on the interactive gaming system. As the player completes wagers, the results of wagering activities may be passed to the financial institution. When the player completes the gaming session, the financial institution is instructed to release the blocked funds. In one embodiment, the interactive gaming system contacts an intermediary business which performs the account blocking and financial transactions with the financial institution.

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Patent Owner(s)

  • BALLY GAMING, INC.

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Costello, Andrew Las Vegas, US 7 115

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