Secondary game

• US 7,585,217 B2
• Filed: 09/05/2006
• Issued: 09/08/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/05/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CFPH LLC (Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P.)
• Original Assignee: CFPH LLC (Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P.)
• Inventors: Lutnick, Howard W., Gelman, Geoffrey M., Alderucci, Dean P.
• Primary Examiner(s): Laneau; Ronald
• Application Number:
  US11/470,250
• Publication Number:
  US 20080058049A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,099 Days
• Field of Search: 463 16- 25, 273/274, 273/292
• US Class Current: 463/16
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3267 Game outcomes which determine the course of the subsequent game, e.g. double or quits, free games, higher payouts, different new games
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3293 Card games, e.g. poker, canasta, black jack

Abstract

In various embodiments, a secondary player may replay a game of a primary player, but take the game in a different direction.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving a first bet from a first player;

receiving a second bet from a second player;

shuffling at least one deck of cards, in which the deck consists of 52 cards;

dealing from the deck an initial five-card hand, thereby yielding the initial five-card hand and a first set of 47 unused cards prior to receiving the second bet;

determining, for a given outcome, a first payout ratio for the first player;

determining, for the given outcome, a second payout ratio for the second player, in which the first payout ratio is different from the second payout ratio;

presenting an indication of the first payout ratio to the first player;

presenting an indication of the second payout ratio to the second player;

duplicating, by a processor, the first set of 47 unused cards to create a second set of 47 unused cards, the second set of 47 unused cards maintaining the same ordering as does the first set of 47 unused cards;

receiving from the first player a first indication of which cards from the initial five-card hand to discard, the quantity of such cards indicated being equal to a first number;

dealing the first number of cards from the first set of 47 unused cards, thereby dealing a first set of replacement cards;

receiving from the second player a second indication of which cards from the initial five-card hand to discard, the quantity of such cards indicated being equal to a second number;

dealing the second number of cards from the second set of 47 unused cards, thereby dealing a second set of replacement cards;

determining a first payment based on the first bet, the initial five-card hand less the cards described by the first indication, and the first set of replacement cards;

determining a second payment based on the second bet, the initial five-card hand less the cards described by the second indication, and the second set of replacement cards;

providing the first payment to the first player; and

providing the second payment to the second player.

2. The method of claim 1 in which the cards described by the first indication are different from the cards described by the second indication.

3. The method of claim 1 further including:

shuffling, prior to dealing the second number of cards, the second set of 47 unused cards.

4. The method of claim 1 in which the first number is different from the second number.

5. The method of claim 1, in which determining the first payment includes determining the first payment based on the first payout ratio, and in which determining the second payment includes determining the second payment based on the second payout ratio.

6. The method of claim 1, in which the given outcome includes the initial five-card hand less the cards described by the first indication, and the first set of replacement cards and the initial five-card hand less the cards described by the second indication, and the second set of replacement cards.

7. The method of claim 1, in which presenting the indication of the second payout ratio to the second player includes transmitting an indication from the processor to a mobile device.

8. The method of claim 1, in which presenting the indication of the first payout ratio to the first player includes presenting the indication of the first payout ratio prior to receiving the first bet.

9. The method of claim 1, in which presenting the indication of the second payout ratio to the second player includes presenting the indication of the second payout ratio prior to receiving the second bet.

10. The method of claim 1, in which dealing the second number of cards includes the processor causing a mobile device to display the second number of cards.