Granted Patent B2

US 7,427,234 · App. 11/337,375 · Granted Sep 23, 2008

Abstract

Claims (26)

1. A method of facilitating gaming, the method comprising:

determining an outcome of a primary wager by a primary player based at least in part on an outcome of a gaming event; and

determining an outcome of a secondary wager by a secondary player based at least in part on the determined outcome of the primary wager and a set of odds associated with the primary player indicative of a success rate of the primary player's previous play.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining the set of odds associated with the primary player based at least in part on a number of outcomes of primary wagers previously placed by the primary player.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

displaying the set of odds for at least the primary player to at least the secondary player.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

paying out the secondary wager at the set of odds, if the secondary wager is successful.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

paying out the secondary wager at the set of odds, where the primary wager is successful and the secondary wager is that the primary wager will be successful.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

paying out the secondary wager at the set of odds, where the primary wager is unsuccessful and the secondary wager is that the primary wager will be unsuccessful.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein determining an outcome of a primary wager by a primary player based at least in part on an outcome of a gaming event comprises determining the outcome of a hand of blackjack played by the primary player.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining an outcome of a tertiary wager by a tertiary player based at least in part on the determined outcome of the secondary wager and a set of odds associated with a secondary player.

9. A system to facilitate gaming, the system comprising:

means for communicating a set of odds associated with a primary player to at least a secondary player, the set of odds indicative previous successes of the primary player at a type of wagering game; and

means for resolving a secondary wager placed by the secondary player based at least in part on an outcome of a primary wager by the primary player and the set of odds associated with the primary player.

10. The system of claim 9 , further comprising:

means for determining the outcome of the primary wager by the primary player.

11. The system of claim 9 wherein the means for communicating a set of odds associated with a primary player to at least a secondary player comprises a display located proximate a location where the primary player places the primary wager.

12. The system of claim 9 wherein the means for communicating a set of odds associated with a primary player to at least a secondary player comprises a display located remotely from a location where the primary player places the primary wager.

13. The system of claim 9 wherein the means for communicating a set of odds associated with a primary player to at least a secondary player comprises a network.

14. The system of claim 9 wherein means for resolving a secondary wager placed by the secondary player based at least in part on an outcome of a primary wager by the primary player and the set of odds associated with the primary player comprises a host computing system processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the host computing system processor and communicatively coupled to the host computing system processor.

15. The system of claim 14 wherein the memory further stores the set of odds associated with the primary player.

Assignments (9)