# US 2013/0157738 A1 · Gaming system, gaming device, and method providing a card game having a discarded card re-insertion feature > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2013/0157738 A1 - Document ID: US20130157738A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/327,191 - Filed: 2011-12-15 - Published: 2013-06-20 - Earliest claimed: 2011-12-15 - Assignees: Igt - Inventors: James Milton Cole - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130157738A1 ## CPC - A63F 1/00: Card games - G07F 17/3262: {Player actions which determine the course of the game, e.g. selecting a prize to be won, outcome to be achieved, game to be played} - G07F 17/3267: {Game outcomes which determine the course of the subsequent game, e.g. double or quits, free games, higher payouts, different new games} - G07F 17/3293: {Card games, e.g. poker, canasta, black jack} - A63F: CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G07F: COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS (coin sorting G07D3/00; coin testing G07D5/00; {handling coins or paper currencies apart from payment activated apparatus G07D; payment architectures, schemes or protocols G06Q20/00}) ## Abstract Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a gaming system, gaming device, and method providing a card game having a discarded card re-insertion feature. Upon receiving a primary wager, the gaming system provides a play of a card game in which the gaming system enables the player to select one or more cards in a player's hand to discard and in which, if the gaming system discards any of the cards in the player's hand, the gaming system replaces at least one of the discarded cards with a replacement card. The gaming system enables the player to place an optional secondary wager to cause the gaming system to activate the discarded card re-insertion feature. If the discarded card re-insertion feature is active, the gaming system enables the player to cause zero or at least one of any discarded cards to be re-inserted into the player's hand. ## Claims ### Claim at position 1 1: A gaming system comprising: at least one display device; at least one input device; at least one processor; and at least one memory device storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the at least one display device and the at least one input device to, for a play of a card game: (a) receive a primary wager and a secondary wager; (b) randomly select a first plurality of cards from a set of a plurality of cards to form a player's first hand, and display the player's first hand; (c) receive from the player a selection of one of: zero of the displayed cards, one of the displayed cards, and a plurality of the displayed cards in the player's first hand to discard, and discard any selected displayed cards; and (d) if any of the displayed cards in the player's first hand were discarded: (i) replace each discarded card with a replacement card from the set of cards to form a player's second hand, and display the player's second hand; (ii) receive from the player a selection of one of: zero of the replacement cards and at least one of the replacement cards in the player's second hand to replace; (iii) if at least one of the replacement cards was selected: (A) replace at least one of the selected replacement cards with one of the discarded cards to form a player's third hand, and display the player's third hand; and (B) determine and provide any awards associated with the player's third hand; and (iv) if zero of the replacement cards were selected, determine and provide any awards associated with the player's second hand. ### Claim at position 2 (depends on 1) 2: The gaming system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor, if at least one of the replacement cards was selected, for one of the selected replacement cards, to replace said selected replacement card with the discarded card that said selected replacement card replaced. ### Claim at position 3 (depends on 1) 3: The gaming system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to determine any awards associated with the player's third hand based on the primary wager and not based on the secondary wager. ### Claim at position 4 (depends on 1) 4: The gaming system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the at least one input device to receive the secondary wager before randomly selecting and displaying the player's first hand. ### Claim at position 5 (depends on 1) 5: The gaming system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the at least one input device to receive the secondary wager after displaying the player's second hand. ### Claim at position 6 (depends on 1) 6: The gaming system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor, if none of the cards in the player's first hand were discarded, to determine and provide any awards associated with the player's first hand. ### Claim at position 7 7: A method of operating a gaming system, said method comprising: (a) causing at least one processor to execute a plurality of instructions stored in at least one memory device to operate with at least one input device to receive a primary wager and a secondary wager; (b) causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to randomly select a first plurality of cards from a set of a plurality of cards to form a player's first hand, and operate with at least one display device to display the player's first hand; (c) causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to operate with the at least one input device to receive from the player a selection of one of: zero of the displayed cards, one of the displayed cards, and a plurality of the displayed cards in the player's first hand to discard, and discard any selected displayed cards; and (d) if any of the displayed cards in the player's first hand were discarded, causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to: (i) replace said discarded card with a replacement card from the set of cards to form a player's second hand, and operate with the at least one display device to display the player's second hand; (ii) operate with the at least one input device to receive from the player a selection of one of: zero of the replacement cards and at least one of the replacement cards in the player's second hand to replace; (iii) if at least one of the replacement cards was selected: (A) replace at least one of the selected replacement cards with one of the discarded cards to form a player's third hand, and operate with the at least one display device to display the player's third hand; and (B) determine and provide any awards associated with the player's third hand; and (iv) if zero of the replacement cards were selected, determine and provide any awards associated with the player's second hand. ### Claim at position 8 (depends on 1) 8: The method of claim 1, which includes causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions, if at least one of the replacement cards was selected, for one of the selected replacement cards, to replace said selected replacement card with the discarded card that said selected replacement card replaced. ### Claim at position 9 (depends on 1) 9: The method of claim 1, which includes causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to determine any awards associated with the player's third hand based on the primary wager and not based on the secondary wager. ### Claim at position 10 (depends on 1) 10: The method of claim 1, which includes causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions operate with the at least one input device to receive the secondary wager before randomly selecting and displaying the player's first hand. ### Claim at position 11 (depends on 1) 11: The method of claim 1, which includes causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to operate with the at least one input device to receive the secondary wager after displaying the player's second hand. ### Claim at position 12 (depends on 1) 12: The method of claim 1, which includes causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions, if none of the cards in the player's first hand were discarded, to determine and provide any awards associated with the player's first hand. ### Claim at position 13 (depends on 7) 13: The method of claim 7, which is provided through a data network. ### Claim at position 14 (depends on 13) 14: The method of claim 13, wherein the data network is an internet. ### Claim at position 15 15: A non-transitory computer readable medium including a plurality of instructions which, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to: (a) operate with an input device to receive a primary wager and a secondary wager; (b) randomly select a first plurality of cards from a set of a plurality of cards to form a player's first hand, and cause a display device to display the player's first hand; (c) operate with the input device to receive from the player a selection of one of: zero of the displayed cards, one of the displayed cards, and a plurality of the displayed cards in the player's first hand to discard, and discard any selected displayed cards; and (d) if any of the displayed cards in the player's first hand were discarded: (i) replace said discarded card with a replacement card from the set of cards to form a player's second hand, and cause the display device to display the player's second hand; (ii) operate with the input device to receive from the player a selection of one of: zero of the replacement cards and at least one of the replacement cards in the player's second hand to replace; (iii) if at least one of the replacement cards was selected: (A) replace at least one of the selected replacement cards with one of the discarded cards to form a player's third hand, and cause the display device to display the player's third hand; and (B) determine and provide any awards associated with the player's third hand; and (iv) if zero of the replacement cards were selected, determine and provide any awards associated with the player's second hand. ### Claim at position 16 (depends on 15) 16: The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the plurality of instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor, if at least one of the replacement cards was selected, for one of the selected replacement cards, to replace said selected replacement card with the discarded card that said selected replacement card replaced. ### Claim at position 17 (depends on 15) 17: The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the plurality of instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to determine any awards associated with the player's third hand based on the primary wager and not based on the secondary wager. ### Claim at position 18 (depends on 15) 18: The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the plurality of instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the at least one input device to receive the secondary wager before randomly selecting and displaying the player's first hand. ### Claim at position 19 (depends on 15) 19: The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the plurality of instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the at least one input device to receive the secondary wager after displaying the player's second hand. ### Claim at position 20 (depends on 15) 20: The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the plurality of instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor, if none of the cards in the player's first hand were discarded, to determine and provide any awards associated with the player's first hand.