Card game

• US 7,775,524 B2
• Filed: 07/21/2006
• Issued: 08/17/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/21/2006
• 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): Kim; Gene
• Assistant Examiner(s): COLLINS, DOLORES R
• Application Number:
  US11/459,199
• Publication Number:
  US 20080018050A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,488 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 273/292
• 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 3/00157 Casino or betting games horse races A63F3/00082
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements

Abstract

A card game includes a deck of cards used, for example, to play craps, poker, or any combination thereof.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving a first wager from a first player;

receiving a second wager from a second player, wherein the value of the second wager is the same as the value of the first wager;

generating, by a processor of a computing device, a first random number by;

determining a first card from an electronic deck, in which each card from the electronic deck includes respective indicia of an integer of the set {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6};

determining a second card from the electronic deck;

determining a first integer from indicia of the first card;

determining a second integer from indicia of the second card; and

determining the sum of the first and second integers, thereby determining the first random number;

generating, by the processor, a second random number by;

determining a third card from the electronic deck;

determining a fourth card from the electronic deck;

determining a third integer from indicia of the third card;

determining a fourth integer from indicia of the fourth card; and

determining the sum of the third and fourth integers, thereby determining the second random number;

generating, by the processor, a third random number by;

determining a fifth card from the electronic deck;

determining a sixth card from the electronic deck;

determining a fifth integer from indicia of the fifth card;

determining a sixth integer from indicia of the sixth card; and

determining the sum of the fifth and sixth integers, thereby determining the third random number;

determining, by the processor, a first output of an algorithm, the inputs to the algorithm comprising the first wager, the first random number, and the second random number;

setting, by the processor, a first payment for the first player to be the first output of the algorithm;

determining, by the processor, a second output of the algorithm, the inputs to the algorithm comprising the second wager, the first random number, and the third random number, wherein the second output is different from the first output; and

setting, by the processor, a second payment for the second player to be the second output of the algorithm.

2. The method of claim 1 in which determining the first output of the algorithm comprises:

determining, by the processor, an output of twice the first wager if the first random number is either a seven or an eleven.

3. The method of claim 1 in which determining the first output of the algorithm comprises:

determining, by the processor, an output equal to the first wager if the first random number is either a seven or an eleven.

4. The method of claim 1 in which:

the first random number is one of the set {4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10};

the second random number is seven;

the third random number is equal to the first random number;

the first payment is zero; and

the second payment is twice the second wager.

5. The method of claim 1 in which determining the first output of the algorithm comprises:

determining, by the processor, an output of zero if the first random number is a two, three, or twelve.

6. The method of claim 1 in which determining the first output of the algorithm comprises:

determining, by the processor, an output of twice the first wager if the second random number is equal to the first random number.

7. The method of claim 1 in which determining the first output of the algorithm comprises:

determining, by the processor, an output of zero if the second random number is seven.

8. The method of claim 1 in which determining the first output of the algorithm comprises:

determining, by the processor, an output equal to the first wager if the second random number is equal to the first random number.