Electronic gaming device

• US 10,192,395 B2
• Filed: 04/02/2018
• Issued: 01/29/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/25/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fresh Idea Global Limited
• Original Assignee: Fresh Idea Global Limited
• Inventors: Chun, Jay
• Primary Examiner(s): Yoo, Jasson
• Application Number:
  US15/943,661
• Publication Number:
  US 20180261046A1
• Time in Patent Office: 302 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 1/06 Card games appurtenances
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/77 involving data related to game devices or game servers, e.g. configuration data, software version or amount of memory
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2001/001 Bridge or baccarat
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2001/003 Blackjack; Twenty one
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/34 Betting or bookmaking, e.g. Internet betting
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3211 Display means
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/322 Casino tables, e.g. tables having integrated screens, chip detection means
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3227 Configuring a gaming machine, e.g. downloading personal settings, selecting working parameters
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3246 involving coins and/or banknotes
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3248 involving non-monetary media of fixed value, e.g. casino chips of fixed value
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3288 Betting, e.g. on live events, bookmaking
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3293 Card games, e.g. poker, canasta, black jack

Abstract

Examples disclosed herein relate to systems and methods, which may receive gaming data from one or more gaming tables. The systems and methods may obtain gaming data from one or more gaming tables via a network interface based on at least one of a searching structure and a search algorithm. The systems and methods may compare betting criterion to the gaming data. The systems and methods may initiate at least one of a wager based on a comparison of the betting criterion to the gaming data and a display of data related to a search result.

Claims

1. An electronic gaming device comprising:

a card reader configured to assist in identifying a player;

a memory including a plurality of preset contingent gaming options with respect to game outcome data from one or more live gaming tables hosting live table games, wherein each live table game supports one or more wagers based on the live table game, a live dealer, and the use of one or more physical game objects for the play of the live table game; and

a processor configured to obtain in real time game outcome data for the live table games being played at the multiple live gaming tables via a network interface, the processor being configured to present one or more of the plurality of preset contingent gaming options for a wager contingent on the obtained game outcome data, wherein the preset contingent gaming options comprises a specific pattern of game outcomes over multiple live table games being played at one or more of the multiple live gaming tables, the processor being further configured to initiate a contingent wager based on a detection of the at least one preset contingent gaming option being present in the obtained game outcome data, wherein the contingent wager is obtained from credits available to the player identified using the card reader.

2. An electronic gaming device as recited in claim 1, wherein the electronic gaming device includes a display device, and wherein the one or more of the plurality of preset contingent gaming options being presented are presented on the display device.

3. An electronic gaming device as recited in claim 2, wherein the processor is configured to receive a player selection of the one or more of the plurality of preset contingent gaming options being presented on the display, and wherein the contingent wager is dependent on the player selection.

4. An electronic gaming device as recited in claim 3, wherein the process presents a payout and/or a gaming option price for the one or more of the plurality of preset contingent gaming options being presented on the display.

5. The electronic gaming device of claim 1, wherein each of the one or more of the plurality of preset contingent gaming options has a specific pattern of game outcomes over multiple live table games being played at one or more of the multiple live gaming tables.

6. A method of providing gaming options via an electronic gaming device comprising:

collecting credits for use at the electronic gaming device, the electronic gaming device including a credit device configured to collect the credits by accepting physical cash or vouchers;

obtaining, via a central server, game outcome data for a plurality of live table games played concurrently at multiple live gaming tables hosting live table games thereat that include a live dealer and the use of one or more physical game objects;

initiating display of one or more of the plurality of preset contingent gaming options for a wager contingent on a specific pattern of game outcomes over multiple live table games being played at one or more of the multiple live gaming tables;

receiving a selection of the one or more of the plurality of preset contingent gaming options being displayed; and

initiating, via the central server, a contingent wager based on the received selection of the at least one preset contingent gaming options, the contingent wager being obtained from the credits that are at least in part made available at the electronic gaming device via the credit device.

7. A method as recited in claim 6, wherein the method comprises:

initiating display of a payout and/or a gaming option price for the one or more of the plurality of preset contingent gaming options.

8. A method as recited in claim 7, wherein the payout and/or gaming option price for the one or more of the plurality of preset contingent gaming options is displayed concurrently with the display of one or more of the plurality of preset contingent gaming options.

9. A method as recited in claim 6, wherein the contingent wager is limited such that it cannot exceed a certain percentage of an account balance of a player.

10. A method as recited in claim 6, wherein the contingent wager is limited by a predetermined loss limit over a predetermined timeframe that is placed on a player.

11. A method as recited in claim 6, wherein the multiple live gaming tables includes at least one of a baccarat table, a roulette table, a blackjack table, a poker table, a craps table, and a Sic Bo table.

12. A method as recited in claim 6, wherein the specific pattern of game outcomes over the multiple live table games being played at the plurality of the multiple live gaming tables is dependent on game outcome from a plurality of different kinds of the multiple live table games.

13. A method as recited in claim 6, wherein the plurality of live gaming tables comprise two or more live gaming tables of the same type.

14. A method as recited in claim 13, wherein the contingent wager is a side wager for a jackpot.

15. The method as recited in claim 6, wherein the specific pattern of game outcomes over multiple live table games being played at one or more of the multiple live gaming tables pertains to a series of consecutive game outcomes of a specific type in a series of live table games.

16. The method as recited in claim 6, wherein the specific pattern of game outcomes over multiple live table games being played at one or more of the multiple live gaming tables pertains to a series of consecutive banker or player wins in a series of live Baccarat games at a particular live gaming table.

17. The method as recited in claim 6, wherein the specific pattern of game outcomes over multiple live table games being played at one or more of the multiple live gaming tables pertains to a ratio of one particular game outcome versus another particular game outcome.

18. The method as recited in claim 17, wherein the ratio is presented in relation to a specific quantity of games.

19. The method as recited in claim 6, wherein the specific pattern of game outcomes over multiple live table games being played at one or more of the multiple live gaming tables occurs more than a statistically determined value.

20. The method as recited in claim 6, wherein the specific pattern of game outcomes over multiple live table games being played at one or more of the multiple live gaming tables pertains to a ratio of payer wins versus banker wins.

21. The method as recited in claim 6, wherein the specific pattern of game outcomes over multiple live table games being played at one or more of the multiple live gaming tables over a specific period of time.