Patent ID: 8845415
Filing Date: 2014-09-30
Classification: A63F,G07F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: determining, by a computing device, a first game played by a first player from a plurality of games played by a respective plurality of first players to be a featured game; offering, by the computing device, a plurality of second players an opportunity to bet on the first game in response to determining the featured game; receiving, by the computing device from a second player of the plurality of second players, a first bet that a first plurality of cards dealt in the first game will have a first characteristic chosen by the second player, in which the first characteristic relates to the suits and ranks of the first plurality of cards; determining, by the computing device, the first plurality of cards that are dealt in the first game; facilitating, by the computing device, a payout to the second player based on the first bet in response to a determination that the first characteristic matches the first plurality of cards, in which the payout is not based on whether the first player wins the first game; determining by the computing device, a second game played by a third player from a plurality of games played by a respective plurality of third players to be the featured game after the first game was the featured game; and offering the plurality of second players the opportunity to bet on the second game instead of the first game in response to the determination that the second game is the featured game.