GAME OF CHANCE SYSTEMS AND METHODS

• US 20110275432A1
• Filed: 12/08/2010
• Published: 11/10/2011
• 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: Amaitis, Lee, Lutnick, Howard W., Gelman, Geoffrey M., Alderucci, Dean P.
• Granted Patent: US 8,932,124 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/25
• 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 machine readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of instructions that when executed causes a computing device to perform a method comprising;

receiving a first wager by a first player on an outcome of a first poker game;

determining a first set of hold cards for the first poker game;

presenting the first set of hold cards to the first player;

receiving a second wager by the first player on only the flop of the first poker game, in which the second wager may be won and lost independently of the first wager, in which the second wager includes a wager that the flop will include at least one characteristic;

determining the flop of the first poker game;

presenting the flop to the first player;

determining whether the second wager is a winning wager based on whether the flop includes the characteristic;

presenting an indication of whether the second wager is a winning wager;

determining whether the first wager is a winning wager; and

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

2. The apparatus of claim 1, in which the characteristic includes an appearance of at least one card.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, in which the characteristic includes an ordered appearance of at least two cards.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, in which the characteristic includes an appearance of a card with at least one rank.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, in which the characteristic includes an appearance of a card with at least one suit.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, in which the method further comprises:

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

7. The apparatus of claim 1, in which the poker game includes a Texas Hold '"'"'Em game.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, in which the method further comprises:

determining an odds for the wager based on a state of the deck.

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

10. The apparatus of claim 8, in which the state of the deck includes a state of the deck without the first set of hold cards.

11. The apparatus of claim 1, in which the method further comprises:

determining that the characteristic makes the first wager more likely to be won; and

in response to determining that the characteristic makes the first wager more likely to be won, offering the second wager to the first player.

12. The apparatus of claim 1, in which the method further comprises:

determining that the characteristic makes the first wager less likely to be won; and

in response to determining that the characteristic makes the first wager less likely to be won, offering the second wager to the first player.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, in which determining that the characteristic makes the first wager less likely to be won includes determining that the first wager would be less likely to be won by a threshold percentage.

14. The apparatus of claim 12, in which the second wager is offered as a hedge for the first wager.

15. The apparatus of claim 12, in which the hold 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 1, further comprising the computing device.

17. The apparatus of claim 1, in which the computing device includes a processor.

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