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US 2008/0258389 A1Published application
Poker game with variable payouts based on probabilities of winning
AssigneeOlympian Gaming LLC
InventorStacy Friedman
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Abstract
A poker game wherein conditions for a player's hand(s) and a dealer's hand(s) are different such that the player may have different probabilities of winning than the dealer. Payouts are adjusted such that the player's hands are disadvantaged compared to the dealer (e.g., the dealer can have more cards in the dealer's hand) so that the player's payouts may be more than even money to compensate for long odds.
Claims20
A method to play a wagering game, the method comprising:
- providing a player with an opportunity to wager on at least one hand out of a first hand and a second hand, wherein the second hand has a characteristic which gives the second hand a higher probability of outranking a third hand upon revealing of all cards in the first hand and the second hand and the third hand than a probability of the first hand outranking the third hand;
- receiving at least one wager from the player;
- determining if the first hand is wagered on by the player, and if so, then revealing the first hand;
- determining if the second hand is wagered on by the player, and if so, then revealing the second hand;
- revealing the third hand;
- determining if the first hand is wagered on by the player, and if so, then evaluating if the first hand outranks the third hand, and if so, then paying any wagers on the first hand at a first payout rate;
- and
- determining if the second hand is wagered on by the player, and if so, then evaluating if the second hand outranks the third hand, and if so, then paying any wagers on the second hand at a second payout rate,
- wherein the first payout rate is higher than the second payout rate.
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A method to play a wagering game, the method comprising:
- receiving a wager from a player;
- revealing a player's hand and a dealer's hand;
- continuing to add revealed cards to the dealer's hand until the dealer's outranks the player's hand;
- and
- resolving the wager based on a number of cards in the dealer's hand.
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An apparatus to play a wagering game, the apparatus comprising:
- a) a processing unit performing:
- providing a player with an opportunity to wager on at least one hand out of a first hand and a second hand, wherein the second hand has a characteristic which gives the second hand a higher probability of outranking a third hand upon revealing of all cards in the first hand and the second hand and the third hand than a probability of the first hand outranking the third hand;
- receiving at least one wager from the player;
- determining if the first hand is wagered on by the player, and if so, then revealing the first hand;
- determining if the second hand is wagered on by the player, and if so, then revealing the second hand;
- revealing the third hand;
- determining if the first hand is wagered on by the player, and if so, then evaluating if the first hand outranks the third hand, and if so, then paying any wagers on the first hand at a first payout rate;
- determining if the second hand is wagered on by the player, and if so, then evaluating if the second hand outranks the third hand, and if so, then paying any wagers on the second hand at a second payout rate,
- wherein the first payout rate is higher than the second payout rate;
- and
- b) an output unit outputting results of the processing unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.