Card picks for progressive prize

• US 9,842,467 B2
• Filed: 09/29/2014
• Issued: 12/12/2017
• 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:
  US14/499,739
• Publication Number:
  US 20150243135A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,170 Days
• Field of Search: None
• 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 for allowing participation of secondary players in a featured game, the method comprising:

designating, via a computing device, a first game being played by a primary player as the featured game;

in response to the first game being designated as the featured game, offering to a plurality of secondary players, via the computing device, an opportunity to bet on the first game;

transmitting simultaneously in real-time, via the computing device, to a plurality of monitors of the second players a progression of the first game as being played by the primary player;

receiving from a secondary player, via the computing device, 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 specific suit and a specific rank;

determining, via the computing device, that the plurality of cards have been dealt in the first game;

providing, via the computing device, a payout to the secondary player based on a determination that an actual suit and an actual rank of the plurality of match the specific suit and the specific rank indicated by the first bet, in which the payout is unaffected by whether the first player wins the first game;

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

in response to the second game being designated as the featured game, offering to the plurality of secondary players, via the computing device, 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 first plurality of cards are dealt to the first player and the second set of cards are 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 first 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 first plurality of cards.

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

8. The method of claim 1 in which the first game includes a game of blackjack.

9. The method of claim 1, comprising:

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

11. The method of claim 1 comprising:

receiving a second bet from a different second player of the plurality of players;

in which receiving the second bet includes receiving an indication that a second plurality of cards having a second characteristic chosen by the different second 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 in which the first bet, and the first characteristic, are all received from the second player, and in which facilitating includes:

providing the payout to the second player.

13. The method of claim 1, in which the first bet is defined by the first characteristic.

14. The method of claim 1, comprising:

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

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

15. The method of claim 1, in which the second player is a player at a same gaming table as the first player.

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

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising determining an increase in the payout based on a set of suits of the first plurality of cards matching a set of suits of the first characteristic.

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

19. The method of claim 1, comprising:

determining the first game to be the featured game based on the first game being filmed.

20. The method of claim 19, in which determining the second game to be the featured game includes determining that a threshold number of games have been played by the first player as the featured game and switching the featured game to games played by the third player in response to said determination.

21. The method of claim 1, comprising:

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

22. The method of claim 1, in which the first bet is received from a slot machine and in which the method further includes displaying an indication of the first game though a display screen of the slot machine.

23. The method of claim 1, further including:

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.

24. An article of manufacture for allowing participation of secondary players in a featured game, the article manufacturing comprising:

a computer-readable medium that is non-transitory, in which the computer-readable medium stores instructions which, when executed by a processor, direct the processor to;

designate a first game being played by a primary player as the featured game;

in response to the first game being designated as the featured game, offer to a plurality of secondary players an opportunity to bet on the first game;

transmit simultaneously in real-time to a plurality of monitors of the second players a progression of the first game as being played by the primary player;

receive from a 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 specific suit and a specific rank;

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

provide a payout to the secondary player based on a determination that an actual suit and an actual rank of the plurality of match the specific suit and the specific rank indicated by the first bet, in which the payout is unaffected by whether the first player wins the first game;

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

in response to the second game being designated as the featured game, offer to the plurality of secondary players, via the computing device, an opportunity to bet on the second game.