Abstract: Provided in embodiments of the present invention is a method of wagering on a plurality of events. In one embodiment, the method includes accepting a plurality of participants to wager on the events and providing each participant with a fantasy bankroll of money to wager on the events. After the participants have been provided with their respective fantasy bankrolls, wagers from the participants on a first event are received. After the event has been completed, a finishing order of the participants is determined. Next, a portion of the participants is cut based on the finishing order to form a group of finalists. The finalist wager on a second event and a finishing order of the finalists is determined from the outcome of the second event. Prizes are then awarded based on the finishing order of the finalists.
Type:
Application
Filed:
February 27, 2008
Publication date:
August 27, 2009
Applicant:
WPT ENTERPRISES, INC.
Inventors:
Steven Lipscomb, Laurence Kalinsky, Jon Kaplowitz, Adam Strohl, Mandy Glogow, Bill Olson, Drew Couto, William Koch, Gary Fenton
Abstract: The present invention relates to a game table with a plurality of player stations with an integral lighting system. The game table, for example, a poker table, includes a light window adjacent all of the player stations. An illumination device is fixedly disposed beneath the light window. With such a configuration, lighting is provided from beneath the table, which minimizes shadows during television taping.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 12, 2004
Date of Patent:
June 26, 2007
Assignee:
WPT Enterprises, Inc.
Inventors:
Steven Roy Lipscomb, John Michael Conti, James Joseph Cuomo