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US 2006/0217167 A1Published application
Computer-implemented simulated card game
AssigneeScientific Games International, Inc.
InventorsChantal Jubinville, Stephen Penrice, Alan Bozeman
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Abstract
A monitor-based Texas Hold'em Poker game, where a plurality of game entries are displayed to a player and each game entry is associated with a winning odds and potential payout. After the player places a wager on one of the game entries, the system generates a set of community cards and determines a winning hand according to a set of predefined rules.
Claims20
A method for playing a virtual game on a computing device, comprising the steps of:
- displaying a plurality of entries to a virtual game to a player, each entry including at least two game elements, each game element associated with an game value according to a game rule for the virtual game;
- displaying winning odds associated with each entry to the player;
- receiving a wager from the player, the wager associated with at least one of the plurality of entries;
- displaying a set of five game elements to the player;
- determining a winning entry from the plurality of entries according to a predefined rule;
- and
- determining a payout for the winning entry.
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An apparatus for playing a virtual game, comprising:
- a controller;
- a display device in communication with the controller, the display device capable of displaying a plurality of entries to a player, each entry including at least two game elements, each game element associated with an game value according to a game rule for the virtual game, each entry being associated with winning odds;
- a player input device in communication with the controller, the player input device capable of receiving a player bet from the player and communicating the player bet to the controller, the player bet being associated with an entry;
- and
- a ticket issuing device in communication with the controller, the ticket issuing device capable of receiving ticket information from the controller and issuing a ticket to the player,
- wherein the display device capable of receiving play information from the controller and displaying the play information to the player and the controller determining a winning entry from the plurality of entries according to a predefined rule.
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A system for playing a virtual game, comprising:
- a communication network;
- at least one gaming machine in communication with the communication network;
- and
- a server in communication with the at least one gaming machine through the communication network, server hosting a virtual game,
- wherein the at least one gaming machine being capable of
- receiving game information from the server and displaying a plurality of game entries to a player, each game entry including at least two game elements, each game element associated with an game value according to a game rule for the virtual game, each game entry being associated with winning odds,
- receiving a player bet from the player and communicating the player bet to the server, the player bet being associated with an entry,
- receiving ticket information from the server and issuing a ticket to the player,
- receiving a plurality of game elements from the server and displaying the play information to the player, and
- receiving winning information from the server, wherein the winning information being determined according to a predefined rule.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.