Card game

• US 8,807,567 B2
• Filed: 09/13/2012
• Issued: 08/19/2014
• 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., Alderucci, Dean P., Gelman, Geoffrey M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Fernstrom, Kurt
• Assistant Examiner(s): COLLINS, DOLORES R
• Application Number:
  US13/614,069
• Publication Number:
  US 20130127114A1
• Time in Patent Office: 705 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 computing device, a first wager from a first player in a game of competitive craps;

receiving, by the computing device, a second wager from a second player in the game of competitive craps;

generating, by the computing device, a first random number by summing a first two integers together, in which the first random number is assigned as a first initial roll to the first player in the game of competitive craps and in which the first random number establishes a first point for the first player;

generating, by the computing device, a second random number by summing a second two integers together, in which the second random number is assigned as a second initial roll to the second player in the game of competitive craps and in which the second random number establishes a second point for the second player;

generating, by the computing device, subsequent random numbers for each of the first and second player until one of the two players achieves either a reroll of a respective established point or a craps roll; and

determining, by the computing device, one of the first player and the second player to be the winner of the competitive game of craps such that the winner is the player that at least one of a) first achieved a reroll of the respective established point in a subsequent random number generation and b) did not achieve a craps roll in a subsequent random number generation.

2. The method of claim 1, in which the first two integers are generated by drawing a first two cards from a deck of cards and in which the second two integers are generated by drawing a second two cards from the deck of cards.

3. The method of claim 1, in which the deck of cards consists of cards that display indicia indicative of an integer of the set {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}.

4. The method of claim 1, including:

providing a payment to the winner of the competitive game of craps from the first wager and second wager.

5. The method of claim 1, including:

providing an opportunity to place a further wager in the competitive game of craps after the first point and the second point are established.

6. The method of claim 5, including:

presenting only one of the first integers to the second player and one of the second integers to the first player before providing the opportunity.

7. An apparatus comprising:

a computing device; and

a non-transitory medium having stored thereon a plurality of instructions that when executed by the computing device cause the apparatus to;

receive a first wager from a first player in a game of competitive craps;

receive a second wager from a second player in the game of competitive craps;

generate a first random number by summing a first two integers together, in which the first random number is assigned as a first initial roll to the first player in the game of competitive craps and in which the first random number establishes a first point for the first player;

generate a second random number by summing a second two integers together, in which the second random number is assigned as a second initial roll to the second player in the game of competitive craps and in which the second random number establishes a second point for the second player;

generate subsequent random numbers for each of the first and second player until one of the two players achieves either a reroll of a respective established point or a craps roll; and

determine one of the first player and the second player to be the winner of the competitive game of craps such that the winner is the player that at least one of a) first achieved a reroll of the respective established point in a subsequent random number generation and b) did not achieve a craps roll in a subsequent random number generation.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, in which the first two integers are generated by drawing a first two cards from a deck of cards and in which the second two integers are generated by drawing a second two cards from the deck of cards.

9. The apparatus of claim 7, in which the deck of cards consists of cards that display indicia indicative of an integer of the set {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}.

10. The apparatus of claim 7, in which the instructions cause the apparatus to:

provide a payment to the winner of the competitive game of craps from the first wager and second wager.

11. The apparatus of claim 7, in which the instructions cause the apparatus to:

provide an opportunity to place a further wager in the competitive game of craps after the first point and the second point are established.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, in which the instructions cause the apparatus to:

present only one of the first integers to the second player and one of the second integers to the first player before providing the opportunity.