METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING A WAGER FOR A GAME

• US 20150024832A1
• Filed: 05/22/2014
• Published: 01/22/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/13/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Interactive Games Limited (BGC Group, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Cantor Index Limited (Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P.)
• Inventors: Leen, Fergus A., Lawrence, Sam B., McNally, David G., Hetherington, Clive, McDowell, David M., O'Neal, Kevin R.
• Granted Patent: US 10,522,003 B2
• 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 17/3223 Architectural aspects of a gaming system, e.g. internal configuration, master/slave, wireless communication
• 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 17/3227 Configuring a gaming machine, e.g. downloading personal settings, selecting working parameters
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/323 wherein the player is informed, e.g. advertisements, odds, instructions
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3234 about the performance of a gaming system, e.g. revenue, diagnosis of the gaming system
• 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 17/3244 Payment aspects of a gaming system, e.g. payment schemes, setting payout ratio, bonus or consolation prizes
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3255 Incentive, loyalty and/or promotion schemes, e.g. comps, gaming associated with a purchase, gaming funded by advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3276 wherein the players compete, e.g. tournament
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3286 Type of games
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3293 Card games, e.g. poker, canasta, black jack

Abstract

In a particular embodiment of the invention, a system for establishing a wager associated with a game comprises a processor that receives information about a wager offer, wherein the wager offer is associated with an online game. The processor also receives information about a wager acceptance. The wager offer and the wager acceptance combine to form a wager, wherein the wager is associated with at least one wager parameter. The system further comprises a memory communicatively coupled to the processor and that stores information associated with the at least one wager parameter.

Claims

1-41. -41. (canceled)

42. A method comprising:

receiving, by at least one processor of at least one computer, from a user at least one game play command and a plurality of wagers during multiple game plays of at least one game played via at least one gaming device comprising a mobile gaming device;

determining, by the at least one processor, at least one complimentary good or service earned by a user based at least on information relating to the user playing the at least one game;

causing to be simultaneously output to the user, by the at least one processor the at least one complimentary good or service earned by the user and a value of the at least one complimentary good or service earned by the user.

43. The method of claim 42, in which the act of causing to be simultaneously output to the user the at least one complimentary good or service earned by the user and a value of the at least one complimentary good or service earned by the user comprises causing to be simultaneously displayed to the user on a single display device, the at least one complimentary good or service earned by the user and a value of the at least one complimentary good or service earned by the user.

44. The method of claim 43, in which the act of causing to be displayed on the single display device the at least one complimentary good or service earned by the user and a value of the at least one complimentary good or service earned by the user further comprises:

causing to be displayed on the single display device the value of at least one of wins and losses sustained by the user over a plurality of games, and

in which the single display device comprises a mobile gaming device.

45. The method of claim 43, further comprising:

determining based on the plurality of wagers an amount of money risked by the user over a period of time;

in which the act of determining the at least one complimentary good or service earned by the user comprises determining the at least one complimentary good or service based on the amount of money risked by the user over the period of time.

46. The method of claim 43, further comprising:

displaying at the single display device a list comprising a plurality of games, each of the games selectable for initiating game play on the single display device;

receiving a selection from a user of at least one of the plurality of games, the at least one of the plurality of games comprising the at least one game;

displaying on the single display device an interface screen associated with the selected game in response to the selection.

47. The method of claim 43, further comprising:

determining a value of at least one of wins and losses sustained by the user based at least on an outcome of each of the plurality of wagers; and

causing to be displayed to the user on the single display device a value of at least one of wins and losses sustained by the user at the same time the at least one complimentary good or service and value of the at least one complimentary good or service are displayed to the user on the single display device.

48. The method of claim 47, in which the act of causing to be output the value of at least one of wins and losses comprises:

causing to be displayed on a single display device the value of at least one of wins and losses sustained by the user over a period of time.

49. The method of claim 43, further comprising:

monitoring a rate at which the user is losing money by wagering; and

displaying on the single display device the rate at which the user is losing money.

50. The method of claim 43, further comprising receiving a plurality of wagers from the user and providing wagering advice for a later of the plurality of wagers based at least in part on an outcome of an earlier of the plurality of wagers.

51. The method of claim 50, wherein the wagering advice provided comprises advice to increase or decrease a wager.

52. The method of claim 43, wherein the value of the at least one complimentary good or service is displayed as an amount of currency.

53. The method of claim 43, wherein the at least one complimentary good or service earned by the user is determined based on a percentage of the amount of money risked by the user that a gaming provider expects to win.

54. The method of claim 43, wherein a value of wins sustained by the user is displayed to the user, and wherein the value of wins is determined exclusive of any losses sustained by the user.

55. The method of claim 54, wherein a value of losses sustained by the user is displayed, and wherein the value of losses is determined exclusive of any wins sustained by the user.

56. An apparatus comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory in electronic communication with the at least one processor that stores instructions configured to, when executed by the at least one processor, direct the at least one processor to;

receive from a user at least one game play command and a plurality of wagers during multiple game plays of at least one game played via at least one gaming device comprising a mobile gaming device;

determine at least one complimentary good or service earned by a user based at least on information relating to the user playing the at least one game;

cause to be simultaneously output to the user the at least one complimentary good or service earned by the user and a value of the at least one complimentary good or service earned by the user.

57. The apparatus of claim 56, in which the instructions are further configured to, when executed, further direct the at least one processor to:

determine based on the plurality of wagers an amount of money risked by the user over a period of time;

in which the act of determining the at least one complimentary good or service earned by the user comprises determining the at least one complimentary good or service based on the amount of money risked by the user over the period of time.

58. The apparatus of claim 56, in which the act of causing to be simultaneously output to the user the at least one complimentary good or service earned by the user and a value of the at least one complimentary good or service earned by the user comprises causing to be simultaneously displayed to the user on a single display device, the at least one complimentary good or service earned by the user and a value of the at least one complimentary good or service earned by the user, and

in which the single display device comprises a mobile gaming device.

59. The apparatus of claim 58, in which the act of causing to be displayed on the single display device the at least one complimentary good or service earned by the user and a value of the at least one complimentary good or service earned by the user further comprises:

causing to be displayed on the single display device the value of at least one of wins and losses sustained by the user over a plurality of games.

60. The apparatus of claim 58, in which the instructions are further configured to, when executed, further direct the at least one processor to:

display a list comprising a plurality of games, each of the games selectable for initiating game play on the single display device;

receive a selection from a user of at least one of the plurality of games, the at least one of the plurality of games comprising the at least one game;

display an interface screen associated with the selected game in response to the selection.

61. An apparatus comprising:

means for receiving from a user at least one game play command and a plurality of wagers during multiple game plays of at least one game played via at least one gaming device comprising a mobile gaming device;

means for determining at least one complimentary good or service earned by a user based at least on information relating to the user playing the at least one game;

means for causing to be simultaneously output to the user the at least one complimentary good or service earned by the user and a value of the at least one complimentary good or service earned by the user.