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US 11,688,239 B2Granted
Gaming system and method providing enhanced award game
AssigneeIgt
InventorsErnest W. Moody, Yoohwan Hwang
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Abstract
Various embodiments of the gaming systems and methods provide plays of an enhanced award game, and in certain embodiments an enhanced award poker game.
Claims20
A gaming system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- responsive to receipt of a wager for a play of a game, the game associated with a paytable comprising:
- a first winning outcome category comprising a plurality of different winning outcomes comprising an enhanced winning outcome, a base award associated with each of the different winning outcomes, and an enhanced award associated with the enhanced winning outcome, the enhanced award being greater than the base award, and wherein the wager comprises either one of:
- a base wager and an additional wager, or the base wager without the additional wager:
- form a card hand comprising a plurality of randomly selected cards,
- communicate data that results in a display, by the display device, of the card hand,
- responsive to the card hand comprising any of the winning outcomes of the first winning outcome category, and responsive to the wager comprising the base wager without the additional wager, determine an award based on the base award,
- responsive to the card hand comprising any of the winning outcomes of the first winning outcome category except any of the enhanced winning outcomes of first winning outcome category, and responsive to the wager comprising the base wager with the additional wager, determine an award based on the base award,
- responsive to the card hand comprising the enhanced winning outcome of first winning outcome category, and responsive to the wager comprising the base wager and the additional wager, determine an award based on the enhanced award associated with that enhanced winning outcome, and
- communicate data that results in a display, by the display device, of any determined award.
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A gaming system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- responsive to receipt of a wager for a play of a multi-hand game comprising a plurality of card hands, wherein for each of the plurality of card hands the wager comprises either one of:
- a base wager and an additional wager, or the base wager without the additional wager:
- for a first card hand of the plurality of card hands:
- form the first card hand comprising a plurality of randomly selected cards,
- communicate data that results in a display, by a display device, of the first card hand,
- for each of the other card hands of the plurality of card hands:
- form a card hand based in part on the first card hand, and
- communicate data that results in a display, by the display device, of that card hand,
- for each of the plurality of card hands:
- responsive to the card hand thereof comprising any winning outcome from a plurality of different winning outcomes of a winning outcome category of a paytable for the play of the multi-hand game, and responsive to the wager on that card hand comprising the base wager without the additional wager, determine an award based on a base award associated with that winning outcome category,
- responsive to the card hand thereof comprising any of the winning outcomes from the plurality of different winning outcomes of that winning outcome category except any enhanced winning outcomes from the plurality of different winning outcomes of that winning outcome category, and responsive to the wager on that card hand comprising the base wager and the additional wager, determine an award based on the base award associated with that winning outcome category,
- responsive to the card hand thereof comprising an enhanced winning outcome from the plurality of different winning outcomes of that winning outcome category, and responsive to the wager for that card hand comprising the base wager and the additional wager, determine an award based on an enhanced award associated with that enhanced winning outcome, the enhanced award being greater than the base award associated with that winning outcome category,
- communicate data that results in a display, by the display device, of any determined awards.
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A gaming system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- responsive to receipt of a wager for a play of a game, the game associated with a paytable comprising:
- a first winning outcome category comprising a plurality of different winning outcomes comprising an enhanced winning outcome, a base award associated with each of the different winning outcomes, and an enhanced award associated with the enhanced winning outcome, the enhanced award being greater than the base award, and wherein the wager comprises either one of:
- a base wager and an additional wager, or the base wager without the additional wager:
- form a symbol set comprising a plurality of randomly selected symbols,
- communicate data that results in a display, by the display device, of the symbol set,
- responsive to the symbol set comprising any of the winning outcomes of the first winning outcome category, and responsive to the wager comprising the base wager without the additional wager, determine an award based on the base award,
- responsive to the symbol set comprising any of the winning outcomes of the first winning outcome category except any of the enhanced winning outcomes of first winning outcome category, and responsive to the wager comprising the base wager with the additional wager, determine an award based on the base award,
- responsive to the symbol set comprising the enhanced winning outcome of first winning outcome category, and responsive to the wager comprising the base wager and the additional wager, determine an award based on the enhanced award associated with that enhanced winning outcome, and
- communicate data that results in a display, by the display device, of any determined award.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.