Gaming method and a gaming system
AssigneeAristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
InventorChi We Chim
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Abstract
An electronic gaming machine includes a game controller configured to select a first plurality of card symbols to form a player hand for a player, wherein the first plurality of card symbols include a plurality of hole cards dealt only to the player and at least one community card. The game controller is also configured to select a second plurality of card symbols to form a jackpot hand, and determine whether at least one card symbol of the first plurality of card symbols matches at least one card symbol of the second plurality of card symbols. The game controller is also configured to adjust, based on the determining, a credit balance of the player by a value associated with a jackpot award based upon a number of hole cards in the player hand that match card symbols in the jackpot hand.
Claims20
An electronic gaming device comprising:
- a player interface comprising a display device;
- and
- at least one processor configured to execute instructions stored in at least one memory, which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
- in response to an input from the player at the player interface, cause display,. by a display controller, of a first plurality of card symbols at a first set of display positions of the display device, the first plurality of card symbols including a plurality of hole cards dealt to the player and at least one community card from a set of community cards;
- cause display, by the display controller, of a second plurality of card symbols at a second set of display positions of the display device, the second plurality of card symbols forming a jackpot hand associated with the player;
- increase, by an outcome evaluator module and based at least in part upon jackpot data stored in the at least one memory, a value associated with an output by a first amount in response to each of a number of hole cards that match at least one card symbol in the jackpot hand;
- increase, by the outcome evaluator module and based least in part upon the jackpot data stored in the at least one memory, the value associated with the output by a second amount in response to each of a number of community cards that match at least one card symbol in the jackpot hand, wherein the first amount is greater than the second amount;
- adjust display, by the display controller, of a credit balance displayed on the display device and associated with the player by the value associated with the output;
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- update, by the outcome evaluator module, the jackpot data stored in the at least one memory based at least in part upon the value associated with the output.
At least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
- in response to an input from a player at a player interface, cause display, by a display controller, of a first plurality of card symbols at a first set of display positions of a display device, the first plurality of card symbols including a plurality of hole cards dealt to the player and at least one community card from a set of community cards;
- cause display, by the display controller, of a second plurality of card symbols at a second set of display positions of the display device, the second plurality of card symbols forming a jackpot hand associated with the player;
- increase, by an outcome evaluator module and based at least in part upon jackpot data stored in the at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, a value associated with an output by a first amount in response to each of a number of hole cards that match at least one card symbol in the jackpot hand;
- increase, by the outcome evaluator module and based least in part upon the jackpot data stored in the at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, the value associated with the output by a second amount in response to each of a number of community cards that match at least one card symbol in the jackpot hand, wherein the first amount is greater than the second amount;
- adjust display, by the display controller, of a credit balance displayed on the display device and associated with the player by the value associated with the output;
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- update, by the outcome evaluator module, the jackpot data stored in the at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium based at least in part upon the value associated with the output.
A method of electronic gaming implemented by at least one processor configured to execute instructions stored in at least one memory, the method comprising:
- in response to an input from a player at a player interface, causing display, by a display controller, of a first plurality of card symbols at a first set of display positions of a display device, the first plurality of card symbols including a plurality of hole cards dealt to the player and at least one community card from a set of community cards;
- causing display, by the display controller, of a second plurality of card symbols at a second set of display positions of the display device, the second plurality of card symbols forming a jackpot hand associated with the player;
- increasing, by an outcome evaluator module and based at least in part upon jackpot data stored in the at least one memory, a value associated with an output by a first amount in response to each of a number of hole cards that match at least one card symbol in the jackpot hand;
- increasing, by the outcome evaluator module and based least in part upon the jackpot data stored in the at least one memory, the value associated with the output by a second amount in response to each of a number of community cards that match at least one card symbol in the jackpot hand, wherein the first amount is greater than the second amount;
- adjusting display, by the display controller, of a credit balance displayed on the display device and associated with the player by the value associated with the output;
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- updating, by the outcome evaluator module, the jackpot data stored in the at least one memory based at least in part upon the value associated with the output.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.