Card picks for progressive prize

• US 10,777,041 B2
• Filed: 12/11/2017
• Issued: 09/15/2020
• 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:
  US15/836,979
• Publication Number:
  US 20180108219A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,009 Days
• 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:

controlling, by at least one processor;

designating a first game being played by a primary player as a featured game in which participation of secondary players is allowed;

offering to a first plurality of secondary players an opportunity to bet on the first game;

displaying, over a communication network, simultaneously in real-time at a plurality of displays of a plurality computing devices of the first plurality of secondary players, respectively, a progression of the first game as being played by the primary player;

receiving from a first secondary player a first bet based on the progression of the featured game, in which the first bet speculates that a plurality of cards dealt in the featured game will have a first characteristic related to suits and ranks of the cards;

determining that the plurality of cards have been dealt in the first game;

providing a payout to the first secondary player based on a determination that the first characteristic matches the plurality of cards, in which the payout is unaffected by whether the primary player wins the first game;

designating a second game being played by another primary player to be the featured game, instead of the first game; and

offering to the first plurality of secondary players an opportunity to bet on the second 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 plurality of cards is dealt to the primary player and the second set of cards is 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 primary 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 plurality of cards.

7. The method of claim 5, in which providing the payout includes facilitating the payout based on the first bet in response to a determination that each of the plurality of cards includes one of respective ranks and respective suits.

8. The method of claim 5, in which the first game includes a game of blackjack.

9. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

controlling, by the at least one processor;

receiving, from a different second player of the first plurality of secondary players, a second bet that the 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 the first bet includes a bet on at least one of cards dealt to the primary player and cards dealt to a first dealer in the first game.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

controlling, by the at least one processor;

receiving a second bet from a different secondary player of the first plurality of secondary players, in which the second bet includes an indication that a second plurality of cards having a second characteristic chosen by the different secondary 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, further comprising:

controlling, by the at least one processor;

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

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

13. The method of claim 1, in which the first secondary player is a player at a same gaming table as the primary player.

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

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising controlling, by the at least one processor, determining an increase in the payout based on a set of suits of the plurality of cards matching a set of suits of the first characteristic.

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

17. The method of claim 1, further comprising controlling, by the at least one processor, determining the first game to be the featured game based on the first game being recorded.

18. The method of claim 17, in which determining the second game to be the featured game includes determining that a threshold number of games have been played by the primary player as the featured game and switching the featured game to games played by the another primary player in response to determining that the threshold number of games have been played.

19. The method of claim 1, further comprising controlling, by the at least one processor:

receiving a second bet from the first secondary player that an outcome will result from play of the first game, in which the second bet includes odds based on a probability of an event occurring given 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.

20. The method of claim 1, further comprising controlling, by the at least one processor, 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.

21. An apparatus comprising:

at least one processor configured to control;

designating a first game being played by a primary player as a featured game in which participation of secondary players is allowed;

offering to a first plurality of secondary players an opportunity to bet on the first game;

displaying, over a communication network, simultaneously in real-time at a plurality of displays of a plurality computing devices of the first plurality of secondary players, respectively, a progression of the first game as being played by the primary player;

receiving from a first secondary player a first bet based on the progression of the featured game, in which the first bet speculates that a plurality of cards dealt in the featured game will have a first characteristic related to suits and ranks of the cards;

determining that the plurality of cards have been dealt in the first game;

providing a payout to the first secondary player based on a determination that the first characteristic matches the plurality of cards, in which the payout is unaffected by whether the primary player wins the first game;

designating a second game being played by another primary player to be the featured game, instead of the first game; and

offering to the first plurality of secondary players an opportunity to bet on the second game.