Game of chance systems and methods

• US 10,235,834 B2
• Filed: 01/08/2015
• Issued: 03/19/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CFPH LLC (Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P.)
• Original Assignee: CFPH LLC (Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P.)
• Inventors: Lutnick, Howard W., Amaitis, Lee, Alderucci, Dean P., Gelman, Geoffrey M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Pandya, Sunit
• Application Number:
  US14/592,414
• Publication Number:
  US 20160203675A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,531 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3225 Data transfer within a gaming system, e.g. data sent between gaming machines and users
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3232 wherein the operator is informed
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3241 Security aspects of a gaming system, e.g. detecting cheating, device integrity, surveillance computer security G06F21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3244 Payment aspects of a gaming system, e.g. payment schemes, setting payout ratio, bonus or consolation prizes
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3276 wherein the players compete, e.g. tournament

Abstract

In various embodiments, players may compete in a gaming context.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a non-transitory machine readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of instructions that when executed causes a computing device to;

determine a first set of hole cards for a first poker game;

determine an odds for a first wager based on a state of a deck from which the first set of hole cards was dealt;

receive the first wager made by a first player, in which the first wager is based on only the flop of the first poker game, in which the first wager may be won and lost independently of a wager on the overall outcome of the first poker game;

determine the flop of the first poker game;

determine whether the first wager is a winning wager based on the flop of the first poker game; and

present an indication of whether the first wager is a winning wager.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, in which the first wager includes a wager that the flop will include at least one characteristic and in which the instructions cause the computing device to determine whether the first wager is a winning wager based on whether the flop includes the characteristic.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, in which the hole cards include cards of a same suit, and in which the characteristic includes at least one card of a different suit.

4. The apparatus of claim 2, in which the instructions cause the computing device to:

determine an enhancement to a payout based on a frequency of inclusion of the characteristic.

5. The apparatus of claim 2, in which the characteristic includes an ordered appearance of at least two cards.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, in which the instructions cause the computing device to

determine whether the first wager is a winning wager;

and

present an indication of whether the first wager is a winning wager.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, in which the computing device is a processor.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, in which the state of the deck includes an initial state of the deck.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, in which the state of the deck includes a state of the deck without the first set of hole cards.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, in which the first wager is offered as a hedge for the wager on the overall outcome of the first poker game.

11. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising the computing device.

12. The apparatus of claim 1, in which the computing device includes a client-server gaming system.

13. An apparatus comprising:

A computing device; and

a non-transitory machine readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of instructions that when executed causes the apparatus to;

determine a first set of hole cards for a first poker game;

determine an odds for a first wager based on a state of a deck from which the first set of hole cards was dealt;

receive the first wager made by a first player, in which the first wager is based on only the flop of the first poker game, in which the first wager may be won and lost independently of a wager on the overall outcome of the first poker game;

determine the flop of the first poker game;

determine whether the first wager is a winning wager based on the flop of the first poker game; and

present an indication of whether the first wager is a winning wager.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, in which the first wager includes a wager that the flop will include at least one characteristic and in which the instructions cause the computing device to determine whether the first wager is a winning wager based on whether the flop includes the characteristic.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, in which the hole cards include cards of a same suit, and in which the characteristic includes at least one card of a different suit.

16. The apparatus of claim 14, in which the instructions cause the computing device to:

determine an enhancement to a payout based on a frequency of inclusion of the characteristic.

17. The apparatus of claim 14, in which the characteristic includes an ordered appearance of at least two cards.

18. The apparatus of claim 13, in which the instructions cause the computing device to

determine whether the first wager is a winning wager;

and

present an indication of whether the first wager is a winning wager.

19. The apparatus of claim 13, in which the computing device is a processor.

20. The apparatus of claim 13, in which the state of the deck includes an initial state of the deck.

21. The apparatus of claim 13, in which the state of the deck includes a state of the deck without the first set of hole cards.

22. The apparatus of claim 13, in which the first wager is offered as a hedge for the wager on the overall outcome of the first poker game.

23. The apparatus of claim 13, in which the computing device includes a client-server gaming system.