Method and apparatus for multi player bet auxiliary game

• US 20030137110A1
• Filed: 06/07/2002
• Published: 07/24/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 01/22/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sg Gaming, Inc. (Scientific Games Corporation)
• Original Assignee: DEQ Systems Corporation (Scientific Games Corporation)
• Inventors: Berube, Real, Huard, Marcel, Gagnon, Martin Benoit
• Granted Patent: US 6,929,264 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 273/292
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 3/00157 Casino or betting games horse races A63F3/00082
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements

Abstract

A method and system for playing an auxiliary casino game managed by a casino house comprising: selecting at least one player of an underlying casino game on which to place a bet; identifying at least one event related to at least one play of the underlying game for which to place the bet; making a bet that at least one event will occur in association with a player during at least one play of the underlying game; determining an occurrence of the event in the underlying game in association with the player; if the event occurred in association with the at least one player, determining a payout to be paid.

Claims

1. A method of playing an auxiliary casino game managed by a casino house, the method comprising:

selecting at least one player of an underlying casino game on which to place a bet;

identifying at least one event related to at least one play of said underlying game for which to place said bet;

making a bet that said at least one event will occur in association with said at least one player during at least one play of said underlying game;

determining an occurrence of said at least one event in said underlying game in association with said at least one player;

if said at least one event occurred in association with said at least one player, determining an auxiliary payout to be paid.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the event is receiving at least one predetermined gaming symbol.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the event is receiving at least one randomly selected gaming symbol.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising

making a bet in said underlying game;

playing said underlying game;

if an outcome of said playing is at least one of a tie or a loss in said underlying game, determining a consolation payout to be paid.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the event is selecting at least one player playing in said underlying game.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the event is a status of said at least one player at the end of at least one play of the underlying game, wherein said status is one of a winning and a losing status.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said event is identified by the casino house.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said player is a dealer of said underlying game.

9. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the underlying game is a card game.

10. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said at least one player is randomly selected.

11. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said at least one play is three plays.

12. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein a dealer of said underlying game determines said occurrence.

13. A system for playing an auxiliary casino game, the system comprising:

a player selection receiver for receiving a player selection from at least one player of an auxiliary casino game, said player selection identifying at least one player of said underlying casino game on which to place a bet;

an event receiver for receiving from said at least one player of said auxiliary casino game, an identification of at least one event related to at least one play of said underlying game for which to place said bet;

a bet receiver for receiving a bet from said at least one player of said auxiliary casino game that said at least one event will occur in association with said at least one player of said underlying game during at least one play of said underlying game;

auxiliary bet display means for displaying an identification of said at least one selected player of said underlying game and of said at least one identified event related to said player of said underlying game;

an outcome receiver for receiving an outcome indication indicating if said at least one identified event in said underlying game occurred in association with said at least one selected player of said underlying game during said at least one play of said underlying game;

a winning player determiner for determining which of said players placed a bet on the outcome which occurred.

14. The system as claimed in claim 13, wherein said player of said auxiliary casino game is said player of said underlying game.

15. The system as claimed in claim 13, wherein said player of said underlying game is a dealer of said underlying game.

16. The system as claimed in claim 13, further comprising a random player selector for randomly selecting at least one player of said underlying game and providing said selection to said player selection receiver.

17. The system as claimed in claim 13, further comprising a random event selector for randomly selecting said at least one event identification and providing said selection to said event receiver.

18. The system as claimed in claim 13, further comprising wagering means for receiving a bet credit amount corresponding to the bet credit amount wagered on said bet.

19. The system as claimed in claim 13, further comprising a payout determiner for determining a payout to be paid to said at least one winning player of said auxiliary casino game using said bet received and said event indication.

20. The system as claimed in claim 19, wherein said payout determiner calculates said payout as a function of at least one of an importance of the event in the underlying game, an importance of the event in the auxiliary game, a number of occurrences, a number of players playing in the underlying game, a number of players participating in the auxiliary game and a jackpot fund value.

21. The system as claimed in claim 19, wherein said payout is at least one of a predetermined fixed amount, a prize amount randomly selected from a set of predetermined fixed amounts, a predetermined percentage of a jackpot fund value, and a randomly selected percentage of jackpot fund value.