GAME OF CHANCE PROCESSING APPARATUS

• US 20090093300A1
• Filed: 10/05/2007
• Published: 04/09/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/05/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: CFPH LLC (Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P.)
• Original Assignee: CFPH LLC (Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P.)
• Inventors: Alserucci, Dean P., Lutnick, Howard W., Gelman, Geoffrey M., Burman, Kevin
• Application Number:
  US11/868,013
• Publication Number:
  US 20090093300A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/26
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• 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 17/3293 Card games, e.g. poker, canasta, black jack

Abstract

In various embodiments players may compete with one another in a gaming context.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising a computing device operable to:

determine a first amount of consideration bet by a first player on a first game;

determine a second amount of consideration won by the first player from the first game;

determine a third amount of consideration bet by a second player on a second game;

determine a fourth amount of consideration won by the second player from the second game;

determine a first performance metric for the first player based on at least one of (a) the first amount of consideration and (b) the second amount of consideration;

determine a second performance metric for the second player based on at least one of (a) the third amount of consideration and (b) the fourth amount of consideration;

determine whether the first performance metric is superior to the second performance metric; and

award a prize to the first player based on whether the first performance metric is superior to the second performance metric.

2. The apparatus of 1 in which to determine a first amount of consideration includes to determine a first amount of dollars bet by a first player on a first game.

3. The apparatus of 1 in which to determine a first performance metric includes to determine a net amount of money won by the by first player based on at least one of (a) the first amount of consideration and (b) the second amount of consideration.

4. The apparatus of 1 in which to determine a first performance metric includes to determine a difference between the second amount of consideration and the first amount of consideration.

5. The apparatus of 1 in which to determine a first performance metric includes to determine a total amount of consideration won by the first player during a particular time period, in which the total amount of consideration includes the second amount of consideration.

6. The apparatus of 1 in which to determine a first performance metric includes to determine a highest amount of consideration won by the first player in an individual game during a particular time period, in which the highest amount of consideration takes into account the second amount of consideration.

7. The apparatus of 1 in which to determine whether the first performance metric is superior to the second performance metric includes to determine whether a numerical value of the first performance metric exceeds a numerical value of the second performance metric.

8. The apparatus of 1 in which to award a prize includes to award a monetary prize to the first player if the first performance metric is superior to the second performance metric.

9. The apparatus of 1 in which to determine a first amount of consideration bet by a first player on a first game includes to:

receive a numerical identifier from a tracking card that has been inserted into a gaming device;

associate the numerical identifier with a name of the first player; and

receive from the gaming device an indication of the first amount of consideration.

10. The apparatus of 1 in which the computing device is further operable to:

cause to be displayed a first identifier of the first player; and

cause to be displayed a second identifier of the second player.

11. The apparatus of 10 in which to cause to be displayed a first identifier of the first player includes to cause to be displayed a first identifier of the first player in conjunction with the first performance metric for the first player.

12. The apparatus of 10 in which the first identifier is caused to be displayed before the second identifier if the first performance metric is superior to the second performance metric.

13. The apparatus of 10 in which to cause to be displayed a first identifier includes to instruct a public signboard to display the first identifier of the first player.

14. An apparatus comprising a computing device operable to:

determine a first bet made by a first player;

receive from the first player a designation of a second player;

receive from the first player a designation of a third player;

receive from the first player an indication of which of the second and third players that the first bet is made on;

determine a second bet made by the second player;

determine a first outcome stemming from the second bet;

determine a third bet made by the third player;

determine a second outcome stemming from the third bet;

determine a first performance metric for the second player based on at least one of (a) the second bet and (b) the first outcome;

determine a second performance metric for the third player based on at least one of (a) the third bet and (b) the second outcome;

determine whether the first performance metric is superior to the second performance metric; and

provide to the first player a payment based on the first bet, the indication of which of the second and third players that the first bet is made on, and whether the first performance metric is superior to the second performance metric.

15. The apparatus of 14 in which to provide to the first player a payment includes to provide to the first player a payment of twice the amount of the first bet if the indication is that the first bet is made on the second player and if the first performance metric is superior to the second performance metric.

16. The apparatus of 14 in which to determine a first performance metric for the second player includes to:

determine a first payout associated with the first outcome; and

determine a difference between the first payout and the second bet.

17. The apparatus of 14 in which to determine a first performance metric for the second player includes to:

determine an amount won by the second player over a time period during which the second player made the second bet.

18. The apparatus of 14 in which to determine a first performance metric for the second player includes to:

determine a number of outcomes of a particular type that the second player receives during a time period which includes the time period during which the second player receives the first outcome.

19. An apparatus comprising a computing device operable to:

receive from a second player a designation of a first player;

receive a bet from the second player;

receive an indication of a first outcome received by the first player in a game;

provide to the second player a second outcome that is equivalent to the first outcome;

receive an indication of a decision made by the first player in the game;

determine whether the second player wishes to automatically copy the decision;

cause to be displayed, if the second player does wish to automatically copy the decision, a first background color;

cause to be displayed, if the second player does not wish to automatically copy the decision, a second background color;

provide a third outcome for the second player; and

determine a payment for the second player based on an amount of the bet and based on the third outcome.

20. The apparatus of 19 in which the computing device is further operable to:

receive, if the second player does wish to automatically copy the decision, an indication of a fourth outcome received by the first player in the game, in which to provide a third outcome includes to provide a third outcome for the second player that is equivalent to the fourth outcome.