Card game

• US 8,308,165 B2
• Filed: 05/14/2010
• Issued: 11/13/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/21/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CFPH LLC (Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P.)
• Original Assignee: CFPH LLC (Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P.)
• Inventors: Lutnick, Howard W., Gelman, Geoffrey M., Alderucci, Dean P.
• Primary Examiner(s): Hunter, Alvin
• Assistant Examiner(s): Collins, Dolores
• Application Number:
  US12/780,150
• Publication Number:
  US 20110024984A1
• Time in Patent Office: 914 Days
• Field of Search: 273/292
• US Class Current: 273/292
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 3/00157 Casino or betting games horse races A63F3/00082
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements

Abstract

A card game includes a deck of cards used, for example, to play craps, poker, or any combination thereof.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a processor of a computing device, a first wager from a first player;

receiving, by the processor, a second wager from a second player, wherein the value of the second wager is the same as the value of the first wager;

shuffling, by the processor, an electronic deck of cards, wherein each card displays indicia indicative of an integer of the set {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6};

generating, by the processor, a first random number by;

drawing a first card from the electronic deck;

drawing a second card from the electronic deck;

determining a first integer from indicia of the first card;

determining a second integer from indicia of the second card; and

determining the sum of the first and second integers, thereby determining the first random number;

generating, by the processor, a second random number by;

drawing a third card from the electronic deck;

drawing a fourth card from the electronic deck;

determining a third integer from indicia of the third card;

determining a fourth integer from indicia of the fourth card; and

determining the sum of the third and fourth integers, thereby determining the second random number;

generating, by the processor, a third random number by;

drawing a fifth card from the electronic deck;

drawing a sixth card from the electronic deck;

determining a fifth integer from indicia of the fifth card;

determining a sixth integer from indicia of the sixth card; and

determining the sum of the fifth and sixth integers, thereby determining the third random number;

determining, by the processor, a first output of an algorithm, the inputs to the algorithm comprising the first wager, the first random number, and the second random number;

setting, by the processor, a first payment for the first player to be the first output of the algorithm;

determining, by the processor, a second output of the algorithm, the inputs to the algorithm comprising the second wager, the first random number, and the third random number, wherein the second output is different from the first output;

setting, by the processor, a second payment for the second player to be the second output of the algorithm;

providing, by the processor, the first payment to the first player; and

providing, by the processor, the second payment to the second player.

2. The method of claim 1 in which determining a first output of an algorithm includes:

determining, by the processor, an output of twice the first wager if the first random number is either a seven or an eleven;

determining, by the processor, an output of zero if the first random number is a two, three, or twelve;

determining, by the processor, an output of twice the first wager if the second random number is equal to the first random number;

determining, by the processor, an output of zero if the second random number is seven.

3. The method of claim 1 in which determining a first output of an algorithm includes:

determining, by the processor, an output equal to the first wager if the first random number is either a seven or an eleven;

determining, by the processor, an output of zero if the first random number is a two, three, or twelve;

determining, by the processor, an output equal to the first wager if the second random number is equal to the first random number;

determining, by the processor, an output of zero if the second random number is seven.

4. The method of claim 1 in which:

the first random number is one of the set {4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10};

the second random number is seven;

the third random number is equal to the first random number;

the first payment is zero; and

the second payment is twice the second wager.

5. A method comprising:

receiving, by a processor of a computing device, a first wager from a first player;

receiving, by the processor, a second wager from a second player;

shuffling, by the processor, an electronic deck of cards, wherein each card displays indicia indicative of an integer of the set {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6};

dealing, by the processor, to the first player a first set of two cards from the electronic deck;

dealing, by the processor, to the second player a second set of two cards from the electronic deck;

determining, by the processor, a first payment for the first player based on the first set of two cards;

determining, by the processor, a second payment for the second player based on the second set of two cards;

providing, by the processor, the first payment to the first player;

providing, by the processor, the second payment to the second player;

determining, by the processor, a third payment based on both the first set of two cards and the second set of two cards;

providing, by the processor, a first portion of the third payment to the first player; and

providing, by the processor, a second portion of the third payment to the second player.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprising:

receiving, by the processor, a third wager from the first player; and

receiving, by the processor, a fourth wager from the second player;

wherein determining a third payment includes determining, by the processor, the third payment based on the first set of two cards, the second set of two cards, the third wager, and the fourth wager.

7. The method of claim 5 further comprising:

determining, by the processor, a first number associated with the first set of two cards and a second number associated with the second set of two cards;

in which determining a third payment includes determining, by the processor, a non-zero payment if the first number is equal to seven or eleven and if the second number is equal to seven or eleven.

8. The method of claim 5 further comprising:

dealing, by the processor, to the first player a third set of two cards;

dealing, by the processor, to the second player a fourth set of two cards; and

determining, by the processor, a first number associated with the first set of two cards, a second number associated with the second set of two cards, a third number associated with the third set of two cards, and a fourth number associated with the fourth set of two cards;

in which determining a third payment includes determining, by the processor, a non-zero payment only if the third number equals the first number and the fourth number equals the second number.

9. The method of claim 5 in which determining a third payment includes determining, by the processor, a non-zero payment only if all cards included in the first set of two cards and the second set of two cards are identical.

10. The method of claim 5 in which determining a third payment includes determining, by the processor, a non-zero payment only if the first set of two cards includes two aces of spades and the second set of two cards includes two aces of spades.

11. The method of claim 5 in which providing a first portion of the third payment includes providing, by the processor, a first portion of the third payment to the first player, the first portion based on the size of the first wager relative to the size of the second wager.

12. A method comprising:

receiving, by a processor of a computing device, a wager from a player;

shuffling, by the processor, at least one electronic deck of cards, wherein;

the at least one electronic deck comprises 24 cards;

each card in the at least one electronic deck displays first indicia indicative of an integer of the set {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6} and second indicia indicative of a suit of the set {spades, hearts, diamonds, clubs}; and

each combination of a single element from the set {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6} and a single element from the set {spades, hearts, diamonds, clubs} is represented in the at least one electronic deck;

dealing, by the processor, from the at least one electronic deck a player hand comprising five cards;

determining, by the processor, a category of the player hand;

determining, by the processor, based on the category of the player hand, and based on a data table, a player payout ratio;

in which the data table comprises a plurality of pairs of data elements, each pair of data elements comprising;

a first data element indicative of a category of a hand; and

a second element indicative of a payout ratio for the category indicated by the first data element in the pair;

wherein each pair of data elements is associated with a probability of occurrence for the category indicated by the first data element in the pair;

wherein a first pair of the plurality of pairs of data elements comprises a first data element indicative of a flush and wherein the first pair has an associated probability of occurrence equal to 5*N.sub.4/(27648*(N−

1)*(N−

2)*(N−

3)*(N−

4)), with N representing the number of cards in the at least one electronic deck; and

wherein an expectation function yields a payout ratio less than one, the expectation function receiving for each pair of data elements of the plurality of pairs of data elements a product of the payout ratio indicated by the second data element in the pair of data elements and the probability of occurrence associated with the pair of data elements, and the expectation function yielding the sum of all the received products;

determining, by the processor, a payout based on the player payout ratio and the wager; and

providing the payout to the player.

13. The method of claim 12 in which first indicia indicative of an integer of the set {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6} includes the indicium A, indicative of the integer 1.

14. The method of claim 12 in which each electronic deck of the at least one electronic deck consists of 24 card, each card of the 24 cards representing a different combination of a single element from the set {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6} and a single element from the set {spades, hearts, diamonds, clubs}.

15. The method of claim 12 in which determining a category of the player hand includes determining at least one of:

a) 5 of a kind flush;

b) 5 of a kind;

c) straight flush;

d) straight;

e) 4 of a kind flush;

f) 4 of a kind;

g) full house flush;

h) full house;

i) flush

j) 3 of a kind flush;

k) 3 of a kind;

l) 2 pair flush;

m) 2 pair;

n) pair flush;

o) pair; and

p) nothing.

16. The method of claim 12 in which determining a player payout ratio includes determining, by the processor, an amount that a player should be paid per amount wagered.

17. The method of claim 12 in which determining a player payout ratio includes:

determining, by the processor, a pair of data elements from the data table, the first data element in the pair of data elements indicative of the category of the player hand; and

determining, by the processor, a payout ratio indicated by the second data element in the pair of data elements, thereby determining the player payout ratio.

18. The method of claim 12 in which determining a payout includes determining, by the processor, a product of the player payout ratio and the wager, thereby determining the payout.