Game of chance systems and methods

• US 8,932,124 B2
• Filed: 12/08/2010
• Issued: 01/13/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CFPH LLC (Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P.)
• Original Assignee: CFPH LLC (Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P.)
• Inventors: Lutnick, Howard W., Amaitis, Lee, Alderucci, Dean P., Gelman, Geoffrey M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Pandya, Sunit
• Application Number:
  US12/962,828
• Publication Number:
  US 20110275432A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,497 Days
• Field of Search: 463 11- 13, 463 16- 20, 463/25, 463 39- 42
• US Class Current: 463/16
• 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 17/3232 wherein the operator is informed
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3241 Security aspects of a gaming system, e.g. detecting cheating, device integrity, surveillance computer security G06F21/00
• 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 17/3276 wherein the players compete, e.g. tournament

Abstract

In various embodiments, players may compete in a gaming context.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a non-transitory machine readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of instructions that when executed causes a computing device to;

receive a first wager by a first player on an outcome of a first poker game;

determine a first set of hole cards for the first poker game;

present the first set of hole cards to the first player;

determine an odds for a second wager based on a state of the deck;

receive the second wager by the first player on only the flop of the first poker game, in which the second wager may be won and lost independently of the first wager, in which the second wager includes a wager that the flop will include at least one characteristic;

determine the flop of the first poker game;

present the flop to the first player;

determine whether the second wager is a winning wager based on whether the flop includes the characteristic;

present an indication of whether the second wager is a winning wager;

determine whether the first wager is a winning wager; and

present an indication of whether the first wager is a winning wager.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, in which the state of the deck includes an initial state of the deck.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, in which the state of the deck includes a state of the deck without the first set of hole cards.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, in which the instructions cause the computing device to:

determine that the characteristic makes the first wager more likely to be won; and

in response to determining that the characteristic makes the first wager more likely to be won, offer the second wager to the first player.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, in which the instructions cause the computing device to:

determine that the characteristic makes the first wager less likely to be won; and

in response to determining that the characteristic makes the first wager less likely to be won, offer the second wager to the first player.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, in which determining that the characteristic makes the first wager less likely to be won includes determining that the first wager would be less likely to be won by a threshold percentage.

7. The apparatus of claim 5, in which the second wager is offered as a hedge for the first wager.

8. The apparatus of claim 5, in which the hole cards include cards of a same suit, and in which the characteristic includes at least one card of a different suit.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising the computing device.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, in which the computing device includes a processor.

11. The apparatus of claim 1, in which the computing device includes a client-server gaming system.

12. The apparatus of claim 1, in which the instructions cause the computing device to:

determine an enhancement to a payout based on a frequency of inclusion of the characteristic.

13. The apparatus of claim 1, in which the characteristic includes an ordered appearance of at least two cards.

14. An apparatus comprising:

A computing device; and

a non-transitory machine readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of instructions that when executed causes the apparatus to;

receive a first wager by a first player on an outcome of a first poker game;

determine a first set of hole cards for the first poker game;

present the first set of hole cards to the first player;

determine an odds for a second wager based on a state of the deck, in which the state of the deck includes a state of the deck without the first set of hole cards;

receive the second wager by the first player on only the flop of the first poker game, in which the second wager may be won and lost independently of the first wager, in which the second wager includes a wager that the flop will include at least one characteristic;

determine the flop of the first poker game;

present the flop to the first player;

determine whether the second wager is a winning wager based on whether the flop includes the characteristic;

present an indication of whether the second wager is a winning wager;

determine whether the first wager is a winning wager; and

present an indication of whether the first wager is a winning wager.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, in which the instructions cause the computing device to:

determine that the characteristic makes the first wager more likely to be won; and

in response to determining that the characteristic makes the first wager more likely to be won, offer the second wager to the first player.

16. The apparatus of claim 14, in which the instructions cause the computing device to:

determine that the characteristic makes the first wager less likely to be won; and

in response to determining that the characteristic makes the first wager less likely to be won, offer the second wager to the first player.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, in which determining that the characteristic makes the first wager less likely to be won includes determining that the first wager would be less likely to be won by a threshold percentage.

18. The apparatus of claim 16, in which the second wager is offered as a hedge for the first wager.

19. The apparatus of claim 16, in which the hole cards include cards of a same suit, and in which the characteristic includes at least one card of a different suit.

20. The apparatus of claim 14, in which the characteristic includes an ordered appearance of at least two cards.