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US 12,236,752 B2Granted
Card picks for progressive prize
AssigneeCfph, LLC
InventorsHoward W. Lutnick, Dean P. Alderucci, Geoffrey M. Gelman, Kevin Burman
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Abstract
In various embodiments, players around the casino may predict cards to be dealt in a game of blackjack.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- controlling, by at least one processor:
- designating a first game being played by a primary player as a featured game in which participation of secondary players is allowed;
- displaying, over a communication network, simultaneously in real-time at a plurality of displays of a plurality of computing devices of a first plurality of secondary players, respectively, a progression of the first game as being played by the primary player;
- receiving from a first secondary player a first bet based on the progression of the featured game, in which the first bet speculates that a particular event to occur in the featured game will have a first characteristic;
- providing a payout to the first secondary player based on a determination that the first characteristic matches the particular event that occurred in the first game, in which the payout is unaffected by whether the primary player wins the first game;
- designating a second game being played by another primary player to be the featured game, instead of the first game;
- and
- offering to the first plurality of secondary players an opportunity to bet on the second game.
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An apparatus comprising:
- at least one processor configured to control:
- designating a first game being played by a primary player as a featured game in which participation of secondary players is allowed;
- displaying, over a communication network, simultaneously in real-time at a plurality of displays of a plurality of computing devices of a first plurality of secondary players, respectively, a progression of the first game as being played by the primary player;
- receiving from a first secondary player a first bet based on the progression of the featured game, in which the first bet speculates that a particular event to occur in the featured game will have a first characteristic;
- providing a payout to the first secondary player based on a determination that the first characteristic matches the particular event that occurred in the first game, in which the payout is unaffected by whether the primary player wins the first game;
- designating a second game being played by another primary player to be the featured game, instead of the first game;
- and
- offering to the first plurality of secondary players an opportunity to bet on the second game.
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