US 12,236,752 B2
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Howard W. Lutnick, New York, NY (US); Dean P. Alderucci, Westport, CT (US); Geoffrey M. Gelman, Brooklyn, NY (US); and Kevin Burman, Sydney (AU)
Assigned to CFPH, LLC, New York, NY (US)
Filed by CFPH, LLC, New York, NY (US)
Filed on Nov. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/985,967.
Application 17/985,967 is a continuation of application No. 17/020,735, filed on Sep. 14, 2020, granted, now 11,501,609.
Application 17/020,735 is a continuation of application No. 15/836,979, filed on Dec. 11, 2017, granted, now 10,777,041, issued on Sep. 15, 2020.
Application 15/836,979 is a continuation of application No. 14/499,739, filed on Sep. 29, 2014, granted, now 9,842,467, issued on Dec. 12, 2017.
Application 14/499,739 is a continuation of application No. 13/542,945, filed on Jul. 6, 2012, granted, now 8,845,415, issued on Sep. 30, 2014.
Application 13/542,945 is a continuation of application No. 11/674,232, filed on Feb. 13, 2007, granted, now 8,216,056, issued on Jul. 10, 2012.
Application 13/542,945 is a continuation of application No. 11/618,426, filed on Dec. 29, 2006, granted, now 8,393,954, issued on Mar. 12, 2013.
Application 13/542,945 is a continuation of application No. 11/539,518, filed on Oct. 6, 2006, granted, now 8,323,102, issued on Dec. 4, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2023/0112585 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A63F 9/24 (2006.01); A63F 1/00 (2006.01); G07F 17/32 (2006.01)
CPC G07F 17/3258 (2013.01) [A63F 1/00 (2013.01); G07F 17/3276 (2013.01); G07F 17/3288 (2013.01); G07F 17/3293 (2013.01); A63F 2001/003 (2013.01); Y10T 436/103332 (2015.01); Y10T 436/104165 (2015.01); Y10T 436/106664 (2015.01); Y10T 436/107497 (2015.01); Y10T 436/108331 (2015.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. 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.