Secondary game

• US 8,764,541 B2
• Filed: 09/19/2006
• Issued: 07/01/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/19/2006
• 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.
• Primary Examiner(s): Coburn, Corbett B
• Application Number:
  US11/533,300
• Publication Number:
  US 20080070667A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,842 Days
• Field of Search: 463/17, 463/25
• US Class Current: 463/17
• 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 17/3258 Cumulative reward schemes, e.g. jackpots
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3272 Games involving multiple players
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3288 Betting, e.g. on live events, bookmaking
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/329 Regular and instant lottery, e.g. electronic scratch cards
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3293 Card games, e.g. poker, canasta, black jack
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/34 depending on the stopping of moving members in a mechanical slot machine, e.g. "fruit" machines

Abstract

In various embodiments, a secondary player may make a bet that pays based on aggregate data from multiple games of primary players.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

non-transitory machine readable media having stored thereon a plurality of instructions that when executed by a computing device cause the computing device to;

record data describing multiple plays of one or more games played by respective primary players;

receive a designation of a risk proposition and risk amount from a secondary player after recording the primary player data, the secondary player being a player that did not participate in the recorded plays, the risk proposition specifying a statistic over a plurality of plays;

compute a value of the secondary player'"'"'s specified statistic over a randomly-selected plurality of the recorded plays and compute a payout for the secondary player based on the risk proposition, the computed value of the statistic, and risk amount.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, the instructions being further programmed to cause the one or more computing devices to:

receive selection criteria from a secondary player, the secondary player'"'"'s risk proposition specifying an outcome of the game;

select one of the plays that match the secondary player'"'"'s selection criteria; and

after playing out the selected play, compute the payout amount to the secondary player based at least in part on the selected play and on the risk amount.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 in which:

the statistic describes a total number of games won by any primary player out of a set of games.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 in which:

the statistic describes an outcome specified by the risk proposition to occur out of a set of games of roulette.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 in which:

the statistic describes a total amount of money won by any primary player specified by the risk proposition.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, in which the statistic computes at least one of a state of cards that occurred in the plays of the game, cards played in the plays of the game, an outcome of the plays of the game, a die roll in the plays of the game, a trend associated with the plays of the game, and an occurrence of a symbol in the plays of the game.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, in which:

the primary players are human players.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, in which the primary players are simulated players.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, in which some of the primary players are human players and some of the primary players are simulated players.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, in which:

the selection criteria include a trend of play by one or more of the primary players, the trend including a result streak of the recorded games.

11. The apparatus of claim 1, in which:

the selection criteria include a trend of play by one or more of the primary players, the trend including a winning amount of the recorded games.

12. A method comprising the steps of:

recording in a non-transitory machine readable memory of a computer betting system data describing multiple plays of one or more games played by respective primary players;

after recording the primary player data, receiving at a computer of the computer betting system a designation of a risk proposition and a designation of a risk amount from a secondary player, the secondary player being a player that did not participate in the recorded plays, the risk proposition specifying a statistic over a plurality of plays;

computing at a computer of the computer betting system values of the secondary player'"'"'s specified statistic over a randomly-selected plurality of the recorded plays, and computing a payout for the secondary player based on the risk proposition, the value of the computed statistic, and the risk amount.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising the steps of:

receiving selection criteria from the secondary player, the secondary player'"'"'s risk proposition specifying an outcome of the game;

selecting one or more of the recorded plays that match the secondary player'"'"'s selection criteria; and

after playing out the selected plays, computing a payout amount to the secondary player based at least in part on the play and on the risk amount.

14. The method of claim 13, in which:

the selection criteria include a state of play of a partially-completed play of the game.

15. The method of claim 13, in which:

the selection criteria include a trend of play by one or more of the primary players.

16. The method of claim 15, in which the trend includes a result streak of the recorded games.

17. The method of claim 16, in which the trend includes a winning amount of the recorded games.

18. The method of claim 12, in which:

the multiple plays are simulated plays simulated after receipt of the selection criteria.

19. The method of claim 12, further comprising the step of:

adjusting at least one of the payout, rules, or required risk amount on the game based at least in part on the secondary player'"'"'s selection criteria.

20. The method of claim 12 in which:

the statistic describes a total number of games won by any primary player out of a set of games.

21. The method of claim 12 in which:

the statistic describes an outcome specified by the risk proposition to occur out of a set of games of roulette.

22. The method of claim 12 in which:

the statistic describes a total amount of money won by any primary player specified by the risk proposition.

23. The method of claim 12, in which:

the primary players are human players.

24. The method of claim 12, in which the primary players are simulated players.

25. The method of claim 12, in which some of the primary players are human players and some of the primary players are simulated players.

26. The method of claim 12, in which

the selection criteria include a trend of play by one or more of the primary players, the trend including a result streak of the recorded games.

27. The method of claim 12, in which:

the selection criteria include a trend of play by one or more of the primary players, the trend including a winning amount of the recorded games.

28. A method comprising the steps of:

recording in a non-transitory machine readable memory of a computer betting system data describing multiple plays of one or more games played by respective primary players;

after recording the primary player data, receiving at a computer of the computer betting system a designation of a risk proposition and a designation of a risk amount from a secondary player, the secondary player being a player that did not participate in the recorded plays, the risk proposition specifying selection criteria for plays of the game(s), a statistic over a plurality of plays, an outcome of the game(s), and a risk amount;

selecting one or more recorded plays that match the secondary player'"'"'s selection criteria; and

after playing out the selected play(s), computing at a computer of the computer betting system values of the secondary player'"'"'s specified statistic over a randomly-selected plurality of the recorded plays, and computing a payout for the secondary player based on the risk proposition, the result of the selected play(s), the value of the computed statistic, and the risk amount.

29. The method of claim 28:

in which the selection criteria include a state of play of a partially-completed play of the game, a trend of play by one or more of the primary players, and a winning amount streak of the recorded games;

in which some of the primary players are human players and some of the primary players are simulated players; and

and further comprising the step of adjusting at least one of the payout, rules, or required risk amount on the game based at least in part on the secondary player'"'"'s selection criteria.

30. A method, comprising the steps of:

recording in a nontransitory machine-readable memory of a computer betting system data describing multiple plays of one or more games played by respective primary players;

receiving selection criteria, a designation of a risk proposition, and a designation of a risk amount from a secondary player, the secondary player being a player that did not participate in the recorded plays, the selection criteria specifying plays of the game(s) on which to bet, the risk proposition specifying an outcome of plays the meet the selection criteria;

selecting one or more plays that match the secondary player'"'"'s selection criteria; and

after playing out the selected play(s), computing a payout amount to the secondary player based at least in part on the result(s) of the elected play(s), the risk proposition, and the risk amount.

31. The method of claim 30, further comprising the steps of:

after recording the primary player data, receiving at a computer of the computer betting system a risk proposition from a secondary player, the secondary player'"'"'s risk proposition specifying a statistic over a plurality of plays;

computing at a computer of the computer betting system values of the statistic over a randomly-selected plurality of the recorded plays, and computing a payout for the secondary player based on the risk proposition and the value of the computed statistic.

32. The method of claim 31 in which:

the statistic describes a total number of games won by any primary player out of a set of games.

33. The method of claim 31 in which:

the statistic describes an outcome specified by the risk proposition to occur out of a set of games of roulette.

34. The method of claim 31 in which:

the statistic describes a total amount of money won by any primary player specified by the risk proposition bet.

35. The method of claim 30, further comprising the step of:

adjusting at least one of the payout, rules, or required risk amount on the game based at least in part on the secondary player'"'"'s selection criteria.

36. The method of claim 30, in which:

the primary players are human players.

37. The method of claim 30, in which the primary players are simulated players.

38. The method of claim 37, in which:

the multiple plays are simulated plays simulated after receipt of the selection criteria.

39. The method of claim 30, in which some of the primary players are human players and some of the primary players are simulated players.

40. The method of claim 30, in which:

the selection criteria include a trend of play by one or more of the primary players.

41. The method of claim 40, in which the trend includes a result streak of the recorded games.

42. The method of claim 40, in which the trend includes a winning amount of the recorded games.

43. The method of claim 30, in which:

the selection criteria include a state of play of a partially-completed play of the game.

44. The method of claim 30, in which:

the state of play is specified by one or more disclosed cards of a play of the game.

45. The method of claim 30, further comprising the step of:

adjusting at least one of the payout, rules, or required risk amount on the game based at least in part on the secondary player'"'"'s selection criteria.

46. One or more nontransitory computer-readable media having stored thereon one or more programs programmed to cause computers of a computer betting system to:

recording in a nontransitory machine-readable memory of a computer betting system data describing multiple plays of one or more games played by respective primary players;

receiving selection criteria, a designation of a risk proposition, and a designation of a risk amount from a secondary player, the secondary player being a player that did not participate in the recorded plays, the selection criteria specifying plays of the game(s) on which to bet, the risk proposition specifying an outcome of plays the meet the selection criteria, and a risk amount;

selecting one or more plays that match the secondary player'"'"'s selection criteria; and

after playing out the selected play(s), computing a payout amount to the secondary player based at least in part on the outcome of the selected play(s), the risk proposition, and the risk amount.

47. The media of claim 46, the program(s) being further programmed to cause the computer(s) to:

after recording the primary player data, receive at a computer of the computer betting system a risk proposition from a secondary player, the secondary player'"'"'s risk proposition to specify a statistic over a plurality of plays;

compute at a computer of the computer betting system values of the statistic over a randomly-selected plurality of the recorded plays, and compute a payout for the secondary player based on the risk proposition, the value of the computed statistic, and the risk amount.

48. The media of claim 47 in which:

the statistic describes a total number of games won by any primary player out of a set of games.

49. The media of claim 47 in which:

the statistic describes a total amount of money won by any primary player specified by the risk proposition.

50. The media of claim 46, in which:

the multiple plays are simulated plays simulated after receipt of the selection criteria.

51. The media of claim 46, in which:

the selection criteria include a trend of play by one or more of the primary players.

52. The media of claim 46, in which:

the selection criteria include a state of play of a partially-completed play of the game.

53. The media of claim 46, the program(s) being further programmed to cause the computer(s) to:

adjust at least one of the payout, rules, or required risk amount on the game based at least in part on the secondary player'"'"'s selection criteria.