AMUSEMENT DEVICES AND GAMES INCLUDING MEANS FOR PROCESSING ELECTRONIC DATA WHERE ULTIMATE OUTCOME OF THE GAME IS DEPENDENT ON RELATIVE ODDS AND/OR WHERE CHANCE IS A FACTOR

• US 20130344943A1
• Filed: 08/31/2012
• Published: 12/26/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/09/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Charles Plott, Dean P. Alderucci, Mark J. Miller
• Original Assignee: Charles Plott, Dean P. Alderucci, Mark J. Miller
• Inventors: Alderucci, Dean P., Plott, Charles, Miller, Mark
• Application Number:
  US13/600,589
• Publication Number:
  US 20130344943A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/25
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• 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 17/3286 Type of games
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3293 Card games, e.g. poker, canasta, black jack

Abstract

Games related to the provision of information are described. Games may be formulated to exploit biases such as long shot bias and favorite bias. Games related to the provision of information are described. Games may be formulated to exploit biases relating to the Monty Hall paradox. Games related to the provision of information are described. Games may include wagering on hands of cards, e.g., poker wagering games.

Claims

1-28. -28. (canceled)

29. A machine implemented method, comprising:

providing, by at least one processor, first information about a set of possible outcomes of an event to users, wherein at least a part of the first information identifies a characteristic of a true outcome of the set of possible outcomes;

receiving, by the at least one processor, second information, the second information being based on at least first wagers placed by the users, the first wagers being placed following provision of the first information;

determining, by the at least one processor, a first set of likelihood values corresponding to the set of possible outcomes using the second information, wherein each likelihood value of the first set of likelihood values corresponds to a respective possible outcome of the set of possible outcomes;

determining, by the at least one processor, that a first likelihood value of the first set of likelihood values is greater than a first threshold value or less than a second threshold value, the first likelihood value corresponding to a first possible outcome of the set of possible outcomes; and

performing, by the at least one processor, one or more first actions or one or more second actions responsively to determining that the first likelihood value is greater than the first threshold value or less than the second threshold value.

30. The method of claim 29, wherein the method is performed by one or more servers, the one or more servers configured to communicate with one or more devices via a communications network;

and

wherein the first information is provided by the one or more servers via one or more devices.

31. The method of claim 30, wherein the one or more devices comprise one or more mobile gaming devices.

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47. A machine implemented method comprising:

providing, by at least one processor, first information about a set of possible outcomes of an event to users, wherein at least a part of the first information identifies a characteristic of a true outcome of the set of possible outcomes;

determining, by the at least one processor, a first set of likelihood values corresponding to the set of possible outcomes using first wagers placed by the users following provision of the first information, wherein each likelihood value of the first set of likelihood values corresponds to a respective possible outcome of the set of possible outcomes;

determining, by the at least one processor, at least one second likelihood value responsively to comparing the first set of likelihood values to one or more predetermined values, the one or more predetermined values being derived from data regarding expected biases of the users; and

providing, by the at least one processor, the at least one second likelihood value to at least one user of the users.

48. The method of claim 47, wherein the at least one second likelihood value corresponds to two or more possible outcomes of the set of possible outcomes.

49. The method of claim 48, further comprising:

grouping the two or more possible outcomes together to produce a combined possible outcome; and

associating the at least one second likelihood value with the combined possible outcome.

50. The method of claim 47, wherein the expected biases of the users comprise at least one of a long shot bias or a favorite bias.

51-52. -52. (canceled)

53. An apparatus comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the at least one processor, direct the at least one processor to;

provide first information about a set of possible outcomes of an event to users, wherein at least a part of the first information identifies a characteristic of a true outcome of the set of possible outcomes;

receive second information, the second information being based on at least first wagers placed by the users, the first wagers being placed following provision of the first information;

determine a first set of likelihood values corresponding to the set of possible outcomes using the second information, wherein each likelihood value of the first set of likelihood values corresponds to a respective possible outcome of the set of possible outcomes;

determine at least one second likelihood value responsively to comparing the first set of likelihood values to one or more predetermined values, the one or more predetermined values being derived from data regarding expected biases of the users; and

provide third information based on the at least one second likelihood value to at least one user of the users.