GAME WITH CHANCE ELEMENT OR EVENT SIMULATION

• US 20090093290A1
• Filed: 10/09/2007
• Published: 04/09/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/09/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CFPH LLC (Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P.)
• Original Assignee: CFPH LLC (Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P.)
• Inventors: Lutnick, Howard W., Gelman, Geoffrey M., Alderucci, Dean P.
• Granted Patent: US 8,932,131 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/16
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3218 wherein at least part of the system is portable
• 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 17/3237 about the players, e.g. profiling, responsible gaming, strategy/behavior of players, location of players
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3239 Tracking of individual players
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3288 Betting, e.g. on live events, bookmaking

Abstract

In various embodiments, a player may view a list of popular games.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising a processor operable to:

receive, from a first gaming device located within a casino, a first indication that the first gaming device has been played;

receive, from a second gaming device located within the casino, a second indication that the second gaming device has been played;

determine a first game that is played at the first gaming device;

determine a second game that is played at the second gaming device;

determine, based on the first indication, a first number of times that the first game has been played within the casino during a predetermined period of time;

determine, based on the second indication, a second number of times that the second game has been played within the casino during the predetermined period of time;

post to a website a list which includes a name of the first game and a name of the second game, in which the names are ordered within the list based on the first number of times and based on the second number of times;

receive, from a player device, a selection of the name of the first game from the list; and

conduct for the player a version of the first game that does not require a bet of monetary value.

2. The apparatus of 1 in which the first game is available for play on multiple different gaming devices within the casino.

3. The apparatus of 1 in which to receive a selection of the name of the first game includes to receive, from a personal computer belonging to a player, a selection of the name of the first game from the list.

4. The apparatus of 1 in which the predetermined period of time is the most recent 24-hour period.

5. An apparatus comprising a computing device operable to:

determine a first indicator of play of a first game;

determine a second indicator of play of a second game;

determine an order of the first game and of the second game based on the first indicator and based on the second indicator;

post a list to a Website, in which the list includes a first identifier of the first game and a second identifier of the second game and in which the identifiers are shown according to the determined order.

6. The apparatus of 5 in which to determine a first indicator includes to determine a number of times the first game has been played during a particular period of time.

7. The apparatus of 5 in which to determine a first indicator includes to determine a number of times the first game has been played during a particular period of time.

8. The apparatus of 5 in which to determine a first indicator includes to determine a number of players who have played the first game during a particular period of time.

9. The apparatus of 5 in which to determine a first indicator includes to determine the number of times that a given category of outcome has occurred during a particular period of time.

10. The apparatus of 9 in which to determine a first indicator includes to determine the number of times that an outcome occurs which returns more than a predetermined multiple of the amount bet.

11. The apparatus of 5 in which to determine an order includes to place the first game first in the order if the first indicator is greater than the second indicator.

12. The apparatus of 5 in which the first identifier is the name of the first game and in which the second identifier is the name of the second game.

13. The apparatus of 5 in which to post a list includes to post a list to a Website, in which the list includes the first identifier of the first game, the first indicator, the second identifier of the second game, and the second indicator, and in which the identifiers are shown according to the determined order.

14. The apparatus of 5 in which to determine a first indicator includes to determine a first indicator of play of a first game by players of a particular demographic, and in which to determine a second indicator includes to determine a second indicator of play of a second game by players of the particular demographic.

15. The apparatus of 14 in which the computing device is further operable to:

receive a request to post a list of games that are ordered based on play of the games by players of the particular demographic.

16. The apparatus of 5 in which the computing device is further operable to post a description of the list, the description describing the list as a list of the most popular games.

17. An apparatus comprising a computing device operable to:

determine a first game played by a first player;

determine a first amount that the first player has played the first game;

determine a second player who has played the first game;

determine a second amount that the second player has played the first game;

determine a second game played by the second player;

determine a third amount that the second player has played the second game; and

provide to the first player a recommendation to play the second game if the first amount is greater than a first predetermined quantity, if the second amount is greater than a second predetermined quantity, and if the third amount is greater than a third predetermined quantity.

18. The apparatus of 17 in which to determine a first amount includes to determine a first amount of time that the first player has played the first game.

19. The apparatus of 17 in which to determine a first amount includes to determine a first number of times that the first player has played the first game.

20. The apparatus of 17 in which to provide to the first player a recommendation includes to post on a website accessed by the first player a link to the second game if the first amount is greater than a first predetermined quantity, if the second amount is greater than a second predetermined quantity, and if the third amount is greater than a third predetermined quantity.