CARD GAME WITH COUNTING

• US 20120056374A1
• Filed: 11/16/2011
• Published: 03/08/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/06/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CFPH LLC (Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P.)
• Original Assignee: CFPH LLC (Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P.)
• Inventors: Lutnick, Howard W., Merkel, Stephen M.
• Granted Patent: US 8,657,291 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 273/149.R
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 1/00 Card games aspects of games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions showing representations related to the game A63F13/00; card games played on a gaming machine G07F17/32

Abstract

Various embodiments include determining a value of a statistic describing cards that have been dealt from a deck, and modifying the rules of a game based on the statistic.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a non-transitory medium having stored thereon, a set of instruction, in which, when executed by a computing device, the set of instructions cause the apparatus to;

determine that a card count is at least one of greater than a first threshold and less than a second threshold; and

in response to determining that the card count is at least one of greater than the first threshold and less than the second threshold, facilitate a shuffling of a deck of cards prior to using the deck for a game.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, in which the set of instructions, when executed by the computing device, cause the apparatus to:

determine a prior card count describing the deck;

determine at least one card used from the deck; and

determine the card count based on the prior card count and the at least one card.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, in which determining the card count occurs after the prior card count has been determined and in which determining the card count occurs after the at least one card has been determined.

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

increment the prior card count if the at least one card has a point value of two through six; and

decrement the prior card count if the at least one card has a point value of ten.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, in which the deck includes a deck of virtual cards.

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

7. The apparatus of claim 1, in which facilitating the shuffling includes signaling that a reshuffle is due.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, in which signaling includes signaling to a card shuffler device.

9. An apparatus comprising:

a non-transitory medium having stored thereon, a set of instruction, in which, when executed by a computing device, the set of instructions cause the apparatus to;

determine a first card count describing a first game;

determine a second card count describing a second game; and

display the first card count and the second card count together on a display device to non-participants in the first game and second game.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, in which the set of instructions, when executed by the computing device, cause the apparatus to:

determine that the first game using a first deck of cards is being played; and

determine that the second game using a second deck of cards is being played;

11. The apparatus of claim 10, in which rules for determining a winner of the first game are defined by the rules of a card game, and in which rules for determining a winner of the second game are defined by the same rules.

12. The apparatus of claim 9, in which the first game is played using a first deck of cards and the second game is played using a second deck of cards.

13. The apparatus of claim 9, in which displaying together to non-participants includes displaying on a public monitor that may be viewable by non-participants.

14. The apparatus of claim 9, in which the display device includes a screen of a mobile device though which a wager may be placed related to at least one of the first game and the second game, and in which the set of instructions, when executed by the computing device, cause the apparatus to:

receive an indication of the wager from the mobile device.

15. The apparatus of claim 9, in which at least one of the first deck and the second deck includes a virtual deck.

16. The apparatus of claim 9, in which the first card count includes a first statistic that describes the first deck, and the second card count includes a second statistic that describes the second deck.

17. The apparatus of claim 9, in which the first card count includes a first statistic that describes at least some cards that have been dealt from the first deck;

and the second card count includes a second statistic that describes at least some cards that have been dealt from the second deck.

18. The apparatus of claim 9, in which the apparatus includes the computing device.

19. An apparatus comprising:

a non-transitory medium having stored thereon, a set of instruction, in which, when executed by a computing device, the set of instructions cause the apparatus to;

determine a statistic based on a first count related to a first game played using a first deck and a second count related to a second game played using a second deck; and

display the statistic on a display device to non-participants in the first game and second game.

20. The apparatus of claim 19, in which the set of instructions, when executed by the computing device, cause the apparatus to:

determine that the first game is being played; and

determine that the second game is being played.

21. The apparatus of claim 19, in which the set of instructions, when executed by the computing device, cause the apparatus to:

determine the first count, in which rules for determining a winner of the first game are defined by rules of a card game; and

determine the second count, in which rules for determining a winner of the second game are defined by the same rules.

22. The apparatus of claim 19, in which the statistic represents an average of the first count and the second count.

23. The apparatus of claim 19, in which the display device includes a screen of a mobile device though which a wager may be placed related to the statistic.

24. The apparatus of claim 19, in which the apparatus includes the computing device.

25. The apparatus of claim 19, in which the first count includes a first statistic that describes at least some cards that have been dealt from the first deck;

and the second count includes a second statistic that describes at least some cards that have been dealt from the second deck.

26. A method comprising:

determining, by a computing device, that a card count is at least one of greater than a first threshold and less than a second threshold; and

in response to determining that the card count is at least one of greater than the first threshold and less than the second threshold, facilitating, by the computing device, a shuffling of a deck of cards prior to using the deck for a game.

27. The method of claim 26, comprising:

determining a prior card count describing the deck;

determining at least one card used from the deck; and

determining the card count based on the prior card count and the at least one card.

28. The method of claim 27, in which determining the card count occurs after the prior card count has been determined and in which determining the card count occurs after the at least one card has been determined.

29. The method of claim 27, in which determining the card count based on the prior card count includes:

at least one of incrementing the prior card count if the at least one card has a point value of two through six, and decrementing the prior card count if the at least one card has a point value of ten.

30. A method comprising:

determining, by a computing device, a first card count describing a first game;

determining, by the computing device, a second card count describing a second game; and

facilitating, by the computing device, display of the first card count and the second card count together on a display device to non-participants in the first game and second game.

31. The method of claim 30, comprising:

determining that the first game using a first deck of cards is being played; and

determining that the second game using a second deck of cards is being played;

32. The method of claim 31, in which rules for determining a winner of the first game are defined by the rules of a card game, and in which rules for determining a winner of the second game are defined by the same rules.

33. The method of claim 30, in which the first game is played using a first deck of cards and the second game is played using a second deck of cards.

34. The method of claim 30, in which the display device includes a screen of a mobile device though which a wager may be placed related to at least one of the first game and the second game, and in which the set of instructions, when executed by the computing device, cause the apparatus to:

receive an indication of the wager from the mobile device.

35. A method comprising:

determining, by a computing device, a statistic based on a first card count related to a first game played using a first deck and a second card count related to a second game played using a second deck; and

facilitating, by a computing device, display of the statistic on a display device to non-participants in the first game and second game.

36. The method of claim 35, comprising:

determining that the first game is being played; and

determining that the second game is being played.

37. The apparatus of claim 35, comprising:

determining the first card count, in which rules for determining a winner of the first game are defined by rules of a card game; and

determining the second card count, in which rules for determining a winner of the second game are defined by the same rules.

38. The method of claim 35, in which the display device includes a screen of a mobile device though which a wager may be placed related to the statistic.