Card picks for progressive prize

• US 8,845,415 B2
• Filed: 07/06/2012
• Issued: 09/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/06/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CFPH LLC (Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P.)
• Original Assignee: CFPH LLC (Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P.)
• Inventors: Lutnick, Howard W., Alderucci, Dean P., Gelman, Geoffrey M., Burman, Kevin
• Primary Examiner(s): Pandya, Sunit
• Application Number:
  US13/542,945
• Publication Number:
  US 20120270637A1
• Time in Patent Office: 816 Days
• Field of Search: 463 12- 13, 463 16- 20, 463/22, 463 25- 27, 463 39- 43
• US Class Current: 463/22
• 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 2001/003 Blackjack; Twenty one
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3258 Cumulative reward schemes, e.g. jackpots
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3276 wherein the players compete, e.g. tournament
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3288 Betting, e.g. on live events, bookmaking
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3293 Card games, e.g. poker, canasta, black jack
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 436/103332 Bilirubin or uric acid standard or control
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 436/104165 Lipid, cholesterol, or triglyceride standard or control
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 436/106664 Blood serum or blood plasma standard or control
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 436/107497 Preparation composition [e.g., lysing or precipitation, etc.]
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 436/108331 Preservative, buffer, anticoagulant or diluent

Abstract

In various embodiments, players around the casino may predict cards to be dealt in a game of blackjack.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

determining, by a computing device, a first game played by a first player from a plurality of games played by a respective plurality of first players to be a featured game;

offering, by the computing device, a plurality of second players an opportunity to bet on the first game in response to determining the featured game;

receiving, by the computing device from a second player of the plurality of second players, a first bet that a first plurality of cards dealt in the first game will have a first characteristic chosen by the second player, in which the first characteristic relates to the suits and ranks of the first plurality of cards;

determining, by the computing device, the first plurality of cards that are dealt in the first game;

facilitating, by the computing device, a payout to the second player based on the first bet in response to a determination that the first characteristic matches the first plurality of cards, in which the payout is not based on whether the first player wins the first game;

determining by the computing device, a second game played by a third player from a plurality of games played by a respective plurality of third players to be the featured game after the first game was the featured game; and

offering the plurality of second players the opportunity to bet on the second game instead of the first game in response to the determination that the second game is the featured game.

2. The method of claim 1, in which the first bet includes a bet that a second set of cards dealt in the first game will have a second characteristic.

3. The method of claim 2, in which the first plurality of cards are dealt to the first player and the second set of cards are dealt to a dealer in the first game.

4. The method of claim 2, in which the payout is facilitated based on the second set of cards matching the second characteristic.

5. The method of claim 1, in which the first player loses the first game.

6. The method of claim 1 in which the first characteristic includes a description of a respective rank and a respective suit of each of the first plurality of cards.

7. The method of claim 6 in which facilitating the payout includes facilitating the payout based on the first bet in response to a determination that each of the first plurality of cards includes one of the respective ranks and the respective.

8. The method of claim 1 in which the first game includes a game of blackjack.

9. The method of claim 1, comprising:

receiving, from a different second player of the plurality of second players, a second bet that the first plurality of cards will have a second characteristic chosen by the different second player; and

determining that the second bet is a losing bet based on the plurality of cards.

10. The method of claim 1 in which receiving the first bet includes receiving a bet on at least one of cards dealt to the first player and cards dealt to a first dealer in the first game.

11. The method of claim 1 comprising:

receiving a second bet from a different second player of the plurality of players;

in which receiving the second bet includes receiving an indication that a second plurality of cards having a second characteristic chosen by the different second player will be dealt in the second game; and

facilitating a second payout based on the second bet in response to a determination that the second characteristic matches the second plurality of cards.

12. The method of claim 1 in which the first bet, and the first characteristic, are all received from the second player, and in which facilitating includes:

providing the payout to the second player.

13. The method of claim 1, in which the first bet is defined by the first characteristic.

14. The method of claim 1, comprising:

determining at least one additional card dealt in the first game; and

in which facilitating the payout includes increasing the payout based on a determination that the at least one additional card also matches the first characteristic.

15. The method of claim 1, in which the second player is a player at a same gaming table as the first player.

16. The method of claim 1, in which the first characteristic matches the first plurality of cards based on a set of ranks associated the first plurality of cards and a set of ranks associated with the first characteristic matching.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising determining an increase in the payout based on a set of suits of the first plurality of cards matching a set of suits of the first characteristic.

18. The method of claim 1, in which an amount of the payout is determined based on a specificity with which the first characteristic and first plurality of cards match.

19. The method of claim 1, comprising:

determining the first game to be the featured game based on the first game being filmed.

20. The method of claim 19 in which determining the second game to be the featured game includes determining that a threshold number of games have been played by the first player as the featured game and switching the featured game to games played by the third player in response to said determination.

21. The method of claim 1, comprising:

receiving a second bet from the second player that an outcome will result from play of the first game, in which the second bet includes odds based on a probability of the event occurring giving a state after the plurality of cards are dealt in the first game; and

resolving the second bet based on a determination of whether the outcome occurred.

22. The method of claim 1, in which the first bet is received from a slot machine and in which the method further includes displaying an indication of the first game though a display screen of the slot machine.

23. The method of claim 1, further including:

facilitating a jackpot payout in response to at least a determination that the first characteristic matches each respective pluralities of cards dealt in a plurality of games including the first game and the second game.

24. A method comprising:

receiving, by a computing device, a first bet that at least one of a first set of cards dealt in a first game and a second set of cards dealt in a second game will have a first characteristic, in which the first characteristic includes a description of a plurality of cards, in which the first description includes at least one of a set of suits and a set of ranks of cards;

determining, by the computing device, the first set of cards that are dealt in the first game played by a second player;

determining, by the computing device, the second set of cards that are dealt in the second game played by a third player;

determining whether the first characteristic matches the first set of cards;

determining whether the first characteristic matches the second set of cards;

facilitating, by the computing device, a payout for the first bet in response to a determination that the first characteristic matches at least one of the first set of cards and the second set of cards, in which the payout is not based on whether the first player wins the first game;

determining by the computing device, another game played by another player from a plurality of games played by a respective plurality of players to be a featured game; and

offering an the opportunity to place a bet involving the other game instead of at least one of the first game and second game in response to the determination of the other game to be the featured game.

25. The method of claim 24 in which the second game is played after the first game.

26. The method of claim 24 in which the first player is the same as the second player.

27. The method of claim 24 further including:

receiving an indication that the first player participates in a third game at about the same time that the first game is played; and

receiving an indication that the first player participates in a fourth game at about the same time that the second game is played.

28. The method of claim 27 in which the third game is different from the first game, and in which the fourth game is different from the second game.

29. The method of claim 24, in which facilitating the payout includes increasing the payout in response to a determination that the first characteristic matches both of the first set of cards and the second set of cards.

30. The method of claim 24, in which the first bet is made by the first player at a same gaming table as the second player and the third player.

31. The method of claim 24, in which the first characteristic and the first set of cards match based on ranks associated with each.

32. The method of claim 31, comprising determining an increase in the payout based on a set of suits of at least one of the first set of cards and the second set of cards matching the set of suits of the first characteristic.

33. The method of claim 24, in which an amount of the payout is determined based on a specificity with which the at least one of the first set of cards and the second set of cards matches the first characteristic.

34. The method of claim 24, comprising determining at least one of the first game and the second game based on a game being filmed.

35. The method of claim 24, comprising receiving a second bet that an outcome will result from play of the first game, in which the second bet includes odds based on a probability of the event occurring from a point after the first set of cards are dealt;

and resolving the second bet based on a determination of whether the outcome occurred.

36. The method of claim 24, in which the first bet is received from a slot machine and in which the method further includes displaying an indication of the first game and the second game though a display screen of the slot machine.

37. The method of claim 24, further including facilitating a jackpot payout in response to at least a determination that the first characteristic matches each of a plurality of respective sets of cards in a plurality of respective games, in which the plurality of sets of cards includes the first and second sets.

38. The method of claim 24, in which the first game is the same as the second game.