US 2013/0260855 A1Published application

Gaming system and method for providing automatic wild card assignment in video poker games

AssigneeIgt

InventorKathleen Nylund Jackson

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Abstract

A video poker game including a wild card feature is provided. For a play of the video poker game, a predetermined number of cards are randomly dealt from a players standard deck of 52 cards to form an initial player hand. If the player made a side bet, at least one up to the predetermined number of cards are simultaneously dealt from a separate deck to form a house hand. Any cards in the initial player hand that match any cards in the house hand are automatically changed into a wild card. The player chooses which cards to hold and which cards to discard from the initial player hand. Replacement cards for the discarded cards are dealt from the remainder of cards in the players deck to form a final player hand. The final player hand is evaluated according to a predetermined paytable and any awards are provided.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A gaming system comprising:

at least one input device;
at least one display 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 input device and the at least one display device to, for a play of a poker game:
(a) receive a wager from a player;
(b) generate and display an initial hand of a plurality of playing cards from a set of playing cards;
(c) for each of the displayed playing cards of the initial hand:
(i) generate one of a plurality of different suit and value combinations;
(ii) display the generated suit and value combination in association with said displayed playing card;
(iii) determine whether the displayed suit and value combination matches a suit and value combination of said displayed playing card;
and
(iv) if the displayed suit and value combination matches the suit and value combination of said displayed playing card, change said displayed playing card into a wild playing card;
(d) after changing any displayed playing cards in the initial hand into the wild playing card, enable the player to select zero, one, or a plurality of the displayed playing cards in the initial hand to discard;
(e) discard any selected playing cards from the initial hand;
(f) replace any discarded playing cards with replacement playing cards from the playing cards remaining in the set of playing cards to form a final hand of playing cards and display the final hand;
and
(g) display any award associated with the final hand.

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A method of operating a gaming system, said method comprising:

for a play of a poker game:
(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 wager from a player;
(b) causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to generate and operate with at least one display device to display an initial hand of a plurality of playing cards from a set of playing cards;
(c) for each of the displayed playing cards of the initial hand:
(i) causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to generate one of a plurality of different suit and value combinations;
(ii) causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to operate with the at least one display device to display the generated suit and value combination in association with said displayed playing card;
(iii) causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to determine whether the displayed suit and value combination matches a suit and value combination of said displayed playing card;
and
(iv) if the displayed suit and value combination matches the suit and value combination of said displayed playing card, causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to operate with the at least one display device to change said displayed playing card into a wild playing card;
(d) after changing any displayed playing cards in the initial hand into the wild playing card, enabling the player to select zero, one, or a plurality of the displayed playing cards in the initial hand to discard;
(e) causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to operate with the at least one display device to discard any selected playing cards from the initial hand;
(f) causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to operate with the at least one display device to replace any discarded playing cards with replacement playing cards from the playing cards remaining in the set of playing cards to form a final hand of playing cards and display the final hand;
and
(g) causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to operate with the at least one display device to display any award associated with the final hand.

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A gaming system comprising:

at least one input device;
at least one display 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 input device and the at least one display device to, for a play of a poker game:
(a) receive a wager from a player;
(b) generate and display an initial hand of a plurality of playing cards from a set of playing cards;
(c) generate two or more of a plurality of different suit and value combinations;
(d) display the generated suit and value combinations;
(e) for each of the displayed playing cards of the initial hand:
(i) determine whether any of the displayed suit and value combinations match a suit and value combination of said displayed playing card;
and
(ii) if one of the displayed suit and value combinations matches the suit and value combination of said displayed playing card, change said displayed playing card into a wild playing card;
(f) after changing any displayed playing cards in the initial hand into the wild playing card, enable the player to select zero, one, or a plurality of the displayed playing cards in the initial hand to discard;
(g) discard any selected playing cards from the initial hand;
(h) replace any discarded playing cards with replacement playing cards from the playing cards remaining in the set of playing cards to form a final hand of playing cards and display the final hand;
and
(i) display any award associated with the final hand.

15 more elements

A method of operating a gaming system, said method comprising:

for a play of a poker game:
(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 wager from a player;
(b) causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to generate and operate with at least one display device to display an initial hand of a plurality of playing cards from a set of playing cards;
(c) causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to generate two or more of a plurality of different suit and value combinations;
(d) causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to operate with the at least one display device to display the generated suit and value combinations;
(e) for each of the displayed playing cards of the initial hand:
(i) causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to determine whether any of the displayed suit and value combinations match a suit and value combination of said displayed playing card;
and
(ii) if one of the displayed suit and value combinations matches the suit and value combination of said displayed playing card, causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to operate with the at least one display device to change said displayed playing card into a wild playing card;
(f) after changing any displayed playing cards in the initial hand into the wild playing card, enabling the player to select zero, one, or a plurality of the displayed playing cards in the initial hand to discard;
(g) causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to operate with the at least one display device to discard any selected playing cards from the initial hand;
(h) causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to operate with the at least one display device to replace any discarded playing cards with replacement playing cards from the playing cards remaining in the set of playing cards to form a final hand of playing cards and display the final hand;
and
(i) causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to operate with the at least one display device to display any award associated with the final hand.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 13/901,271Filed 23 May 2013
Priority: 30 Aug 2006
Published: 3 Oct 2013
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification4 codes

G07F 17/3293
Type of games: card games, e.g. poker, canasta, black jack
G07F 17/32
Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services: for games, toys, sports, or amusements
G07F 17/3262
Game play aspects of gaming systems: player actions which determine the course of the game, e.g. selecting a prize to be won, outcome to be…
G07F
Coin-freed or like apparatus

Family

Application60/840,993Us provisional application · filed 30 Aug 2006
Application11/897,922Continuation · filed 30 Aug 2007
Application13/901,271Continuation
US 2008/0113704 A1Published application
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