The document describes a "Poker Machine" system that provides a casino-like gaming experience for up to 4 players. The system includes touchscreens for each player, a central display, money processing, and authentication via RFID cards. It runs on a server/client architecture using standard PC components. Games include Blackjack and Russian Poker. The system provides different modes for players, owners, operators and money collection.

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Poker Machine
"Poker Machine" - is codename for a complex system, providing
rich user experience when playing different games. The product
can be described as a big "casino-like" table for 4 players with TFT
monitor and touch-screen built-in for each player. In front of
players there is a big plasma screen, performing role of a dealer,
communicating to players via voice, video, text and animation.
Every player has a personal cash receiver (bill validator) , which
accepts banknotes to refill account for betting or as a fee for a
game. In addition system is equipped with special sensors and
RFID card scanners, which let servicemen or users be
authenticated and authorized for certain activities.
Among greatest benefits of this system is its total
flexibility, maintainability and efficiency, provided
by using several standard desktop stations and a
server as a single entertainment platform.
System components
Poker Machine consists of 3 independently designed parts, combined together: software, computer
hardware and attractive exterior, made of wood, tissue, glass and metal. Our company designed and
developed from scratch software system and took active part in hardware prototyping (based on
standard PC components).
This device can be considered as a fully functional computer network,
packed within a single box, and build of standard office-equipment
components. Minimum custom-made hardware and software
guarantees ease of maintenance, high availability and flexibility.
Components, software and exterior can vary widely.
From point of view of programming, the system can be represented as a Server and number of Client
PCs with touch-screens for game presentation and user input, which are connected with each other via a
high speed network. Server runs Game Playing, controls processes, performs money operations,
maintains security, collects statistics and provides multimedia interaction.
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Functional overview
Poker Machine software assumes several modes of work, described as the following.
 Player - basic mode, when Poker Machine behaves as a real-life dealer with table in real casino.
 Owner - mode, which gives maximum credentials on device, lets program it, provides extended
statistics, counters' data and reporting
 Collector - mode, intended to provide access for money collector to extract actual money from
device money storage.
 Operator - mode for casino manager - minor settings, credits control, withdrawal
 Demo - mode, which performs some animation or game simulation when the system is idle.
Player mode
Machine allows playing of one to four people simultaneously. They play the same game against casino.
After a game is selected, it cannot be changed until completed or its counters come to end. Currently
one of two available games can be selected "BlackJack" or "Russian Poker" (more games to come
shortly).
To play (and make bets) a user must
put some credit to their account. She
should push a banknote into a slot of
bill validator, which checks the
banknote and its value, adds money to
user's account and transfers the
banknote to inside safe money storage.
System aims to reproduce the
environment of real casino via
multimedia, video, sound and
animation. While playing a game a user
makes bets by using money from her
account, follows instructions of dealer,
wins or loses. Interaction is performed
via touch-screen by just naturally
tapping with fingers on objects in the
screen: cards, buttons or chips.
Games' logic exactly corresponds to logic of real casinos and in addition system calculates and monitors
statistics and behavior of cards combinations in order them to correspond real games. Hundreds of
hours of testing proved most of standard probabilities and game situations followed by Poker Machine.
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A user can withdraw his money by
asking an Operator who has
privileges to debit money from user
account and turn it into cash or any
other way casino can pay to a user.
Either BlackJack or Russian Poker or
any other game implemented on this
platform is designed to bring profit to
its owner, that's why device provides
extended functionality for control
and maintenance.
Owner mode - superuser
To enter Owner Mode system requires a user to have special RFID card scanned by RFID scanner on the
rear panel of the device. After successful scanning one of the players' screens switches to Owner mode
and lets Owner make key settings like:
 set timers' values for games
 maintain set of RFID cards of
Operators and Money Collectors
 set game types and permissions to
switch on certain games
 set operators' permissions (like credit
set, withdrawal, etc)
 tune banknotes operations (bill
validator) behavior
 make initial settings for each specific
game type, defining games behavior
Additionally Owner can view any statistics or
counters on any game, logs (every user action
is logged and history saved and stored).
Operator - a person who uses devices on daily basis
To access the system operator must pass auth procedure by using of his RFID card. If successfully
passed, she can perform the following operations:
 set credit for a user
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 withdraw user's credit
 select a game
 lock/unlock a game
Money Collector
Money Collector also passes auth procedure using a card, given him by Owner. After that he can:
 view logs and counters
 withdraw money (extract them physically from safe storage). This will result into resetting
counters to zero
 lock/unlock game
Technologies and architecture overview
Having strong expertise in design and development of enterprise systems, we use similar approaches for
this product to ensure its security and reliability. The system has layered client-server architecture with
appropriate security and infrastructure.
Using of Microsoft platform and .NET Framework 3.5SP1 provide "managed code" for all the
components which can be reviewed, validated and protected.
Presentation layer is implemented using WPF of Microsoft .NET framework, which guarantees rich and
modern interface as well as makes sure achieving maximum performance.
We developed a universal gaming framework, which provides an opportunity to host almost any kind of
games inside, localized for any countries, cultures and languages. Currently system has 2 games
implemented: "Black Jack" and "Russian Poker" with one language supported (Russian).
System platform:
 Game Server
o OS: Windows Server 2008 (possible Windows Server 2003SP2 or Windows Vista* )
o Microsoft SQL Server 2008 (possible Express Edition*)
o Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5SP1
o Windows Media Payer 10 or 11
o Presentation implementation: WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation)
o Communication between components: WCF (Windows Communication Foundation) and
.NET Remoting *
 Client/Player
o Windows Vista Home (possible Windows XPSP3*)
o Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5SP1
o Presentation implementation: WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation)
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o Communication between components: .NET Remoting and WCF (Windows
Communication Foundation)*
*- depends on version
Poker Machine production, licensing and redistribution
Antara Software is an official technical partner, service and support provider of the Fartova Hga LLC,
owning all the rights on "Poker Machine", it's design, architecture and software.
For any kind of additional information on Poker Machine, please feel free to contact us:
E-Mail: info@antarasoft.com
Tel USA: +1 (831) 440 8840; EU: +380 (66) 7062635
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