System and method for substantially removing chance from a word game comprising chance and skill
OwnerRobert G. Gingherinventor
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Abstract
The system and methods of the present application comprise one or more computers for substantially removing the element of chance in a contest that would normally be on whose outcome would be determined by a mixture of chance and skill. The system comprises one or more computers that interact with a user in order to reduce or eliminate the elements of chance, thereby forcing the contest to obey the law of averages within a finite number of iterations of the contest, thereby reducing variance and increasing the success of skillful players.
Claims14
A computer system enabling players to play a word game, comprising:
- a processor;
- a memory;
- a computerized gaming table interface comprising a display;
- and
- software stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium that, when loaded into the memory and run by the processor, causes the processor to perform the steps of:
- pseudo randomized mixing and dealing of representations of tiles from a plurality of tiles, each tile having a letter and a point value, to each player taking turns playing tiles on a representation of a game board for the word game, the board having multipliers for tiles or words played thereon, the placing of tiles resulting in a score;
- determining possible scores for each player's turn from tiles dealt to each player, available spaces for playing tiles on the board, and multipliers;
- tracking possible scores available to each player;
- and
- creating an ordered arrangement of tiles to provide to each player from tiles remaining in the plurality of tiles, such that each player is provided with an opportunity to score an equal amount of points when playing tiles.
A computerized method for players to play a word game, comprising:
- a computer pseudo randomized mixing and dealing of representations of tiles from a plurality of tiles, each tile having a letter and a point value, to each player taking turns playing tiles on a representation of a game board for the word game, the board having multipliers for tiles or words played thereon, the placing of tiles resulting in a score;
- the computer determining possible scores for each player's turn from tiles dealt to each player, available spaces for playing tiles on the board, and multipliers;
- the computer tracking possible scores available to each player;
- and
- the computer creating an ordered arrangement of tiles to provide to each player from tiles remaining in the plurality of tiles, such that each player is provided with an opportunity to score an equal amount of points when playing tiles.
A computer system for playing a skill-based Scrabble tournament on the Internet, the system comprising:
- a computer server comprising a processor and memory;
- at least one player's computer in communication with the computer server the computer server over the Internet, the computer comprising a display and a user interface;
- and
- software stored on one or more non-transitory computer-readable media, which when loaded into the computer server memory and player's computer and run by the processor and player's computer, causes the processor to perform the steps of:
- pseudo randomized mixing and dealing of representations of tiles from a plurality of tiles, each tile having a letter and a point value, to each player taking turns playing tiles on a representation of a game board for the word game, the board having multipliers for tiles or words played thereon, the placing of tiles resulting in a score;
- determining possible scores for each player's turn from tiles dealt to each player, available spaces for playing tiles on the board, and multipliers;
- tracking possible scores available to each player;
- and
- creating an ordered arrangement of tiles to provide to each player from tiles remaining in the plurality of tiles, such that each player is provided with an opportunity to score an equal amount of points when playing tiles.
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