System and Method for Providing a Roulette Game Based on Multiple Financial Market Indicators

• US 20090209312A1
• Filed: 02/15/2008
• Published: 08/20/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CFPH LLC (Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P.)
• Original Assignee: CFPH LLC (Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P.)
• Inventors: Alderucci, Dean P., Amaitis, Lee M.
• Granted Patent: US 8,460,085 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/17
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• 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 17/3244 Payment aspects of a gaming system, e.g. payment schemes, setting payout ratio, bonus or consolation prizes
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/329 Regular and instant lottery, e.g. electronic scratch cards

Abstract

A system comprises a client operable to communicate a bet regarding a spin of a virtual roulette wheel. The system further comprises a controller communicably coupled to the client and operable to determine a result of the spin of the virtual roulette wheel, the result based at least in part upon one or more digits of at least one financial market indicator at a configurable point in time. The system is further operable to determine an outcome of the bet based at least in part on the determined result.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a client operable to communicate a bet regarding a spin of a virtual roulette wheel; and

a controller communicably coupled to the client and operable to;

determine a result of the spin of the virtual roulette wheel, the result based at least in part upon one or more digits of at least one financial market indicator at a configurable point in time; and

determine an outcome of the bet based at least in part on the determined result.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the bet comprises a prediction that a virtual ball will come to rest in a particular pocket of the virtual roulette wheel.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein:

the bet comprises a prediction that the result of the spin will be associated with a particular color;

the determined result is associated with a first color if the one or more digits are odd;

the determined result is associated with a second color if the one or more digits are even; and

if the determined result is associated with the predicted color, the bet is a winning bet.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein:

the bet comprises a prediction that the result of the spin will be associated with a particular number; and

if the predicted number comprises at least one of the one or more digits of the at least one financial market indicator, the bet is a winning bet.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the result is determined based at least in part on whether at least one digit associated with a first financial market indicator is greater than at least one digit associated with a second financial market indicator.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein:

the at least one digit associated with the first financial market indicator is taken from a first decimal place of the first financial market indicator; and

the at least one digit associated with the second financial market indicator is taken from a second decimal place of the second financial market indicator.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein determining the result comprises:

comparing at least one digit from a first financial market indicator with at least one digit from a second financial market indicator, wherein;

the first financial market indicator is designated as red; and

the second financial market indicator is designated as black; and

associating the result with red or black based at least in part on the comparison.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one financial market indicator is associated with at least one of:

the Dow Jones Industrial Average;

the NASDAQ;

the Financial Times Stock Exchange; and

the S&

P 500.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the bet is based at least in part on a space of a roulette board displayed by the client.

10. A method, comprising:

receiving a bet regarding a spin of a virtual roulette wheel displayed by a client;

determining a result of the spin of the virtual roulette wheel, the result based at least in part upon one or more digits of at least one financial market indicator at a configurable point in time;

determining an outcome of the bet based at least in part on the determined result; and

causing the client to display the determined outcome of the bet.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the bet comprises a prediction that a virtual ball will come to rest in a particular pocket of the virtual roulette wheel.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein:

the bet comprises a prediction that the result of the spin will be associated with a particular color;

the determined result is associated with a first color if the one or more digits are odd;

the determined result is associated with a second color if the one or more digits are even; and

if the determined result is associated with the predicted color, the bet is a winning bet.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein:

the bet comprises a prediction that the result of the spin will be associated with a particular number; and

if the predicted number comprises at least one of the one or more digits of the at least one financial market indicator, the bet is a winning bet.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the result is determined based at least in part on whether at least one digit associated with a first financial market indicator is greater than at least one digit associated with a second financial market indicator.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein:

the at least one digit associated with the first financial market indicator is taken from a first decimal place of the first financial market indicator; and

the at least one digit associated with the second financial market indicator is taken from a second decimal place of the second financial market indicator.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein determining the result comprises:

comparing at least one digit from a first financial market indicator with at least one digit from a second financial market indicator, wherein;

the first financial market indicator is designated as red; and

the second financial market indicator is designated as black; and

associating the result with red or black based at least in part on the comparison.

17. The method of claim 10, wherein the at least one financial market indicator is associated with at least one of:

the Dow Jones Industrial Average;

the NASDAQ;

the Financial Times Stock Exchange; and

the S&

P 500.

18. The method of claim 10, wherein the bet is based at least in part on a space of a roulette board displayed by the client.

19. A system, comprising:

a client operable to communicate a bet regarding a spin of a virtual roulette wheel; and

a controller communicably coupled to the client and operable to;

determine a result of the spin of the virtual roulette wheel, the result based at least in part on one or more digits associated with at least one non-random value disassociated from roulette; and

determine an outcome of the bet based at least in part on the determined result.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the at least one non-random value is at least one of:

a financial market indicator;

a local or national death rate;

a local or national birth rate;

an amount of collected taxes;

a time of day;

a temperature in a particular location;

an amount of national debt;

an amount of power consumption or power output; and

a result in a sporting event.