FLOPPY-DISK ENTERTAINMENT AND GAMBLING SYSTEM FOR PERSONAL COMPUTERS
This invention is a method of playing a gambling game-device on a personal computer (300) utilizing at least one disk drive or a smart card reader (318) for reading data from either a disk or smart card that is purchased from a licensed vendor or provider. When the disk or smart card is purchased, a predetermined, gambling credit-balance is credited to the credit balance field of the wage-related control information section of the disk or card. From that credit-balance, the purchaser may bet any desired amount, up to the maximum credited, during the playing of the gambling game. Before the start of play of the game, the player is asked the amount of his wager, whereupon that amount is deducted from the credit-balance field and debited to the debit-field (fig. 3) . After having played the gambling game, the winnings, if any, are debited to the credit-field or the losses, if any, are debited to the debit-field of the disk or card (figs. 3-9). After the player has used up all of the credit-balance has reached either a zero balance or a predetermined maximum, by means of one or more winnings, then the disk or card having the wage-related control information section is returned to the vendor or provider, for either the purchase of a new credit-balance, or for the collection of the monies won. A dedicated, portable computer unit is provided with a smart card reader incorporating the gambling game software therein (figs. 1-11).