Systems, apparatuses and methods for enhancing gaming experiences
AssigneeKing Show Games, Inc.
InventorBradley BERMAN
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Abstract
Systems, apparatuses and methods for enhancing winning result opportunities in poker gaming activities. Embodiments involve identifying award-enhancing opportunities using dice to determine award-enhancing opportunities based on the dice results for a poker game played on a gaming device. Award-enhancing opportunities can be accumulated during multiple bonus rounds, or single bonus rolls of dice may be used to determine multipliers or other modifiers to enhance awards received in the poker games.
Claims20
A gaming device comprising:
- a display configured to display a poker game having multiple cards and a bonus dice feature;
- a user interface configured to receive wagers on the poker game;
- a memory configured to store instructions for operating the gaming device to play the poker game and bonus dice game;
- and
- a processor configured execute the stored instructions to play the poker game and bonus dice game including:
- receiving a wager on a primary poker game;
- determining if a bonus dice feature is triggered;
- determining a dice value outcome when the bonus dice feature is triggered;
- associating the dice value outcome, if any, with a bonus multiplier;
- providing multiple cards to form a dealt poker hand;
- facilitating, using signals received from the user interface, cards to hold and a draw request;
- providing replacement cards for any cards not held at the time of the draw request to form a final poker hand;
- determining awards associated with the final poker hand;
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- multiplying any determined awards with the bonus multiplier, if any.
A method of operating a gaming device having a display, a user interface, and a processor, the method including:
- receiving signals from the user interface to place a wager on a primary poker game;
- determining with the processor if a bonus dice feature is triggered;
- determining a dice value outcome when the bonus dice feature is triggered using the processor;
- associating the dice value outcome, if any, with a bonus multiplier;
- displaying multiple cards to form a dealt poker hand on the display;
- facilitating, using signals received from the user interface, cards to hold and a draw request;
- providing replacement cards using the processor for any cards not held at the time of the draw request to form a final poker hand;
- displaying the final poker hand on the display;
- determining awards associated with the final poker hand with the processor;
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- multiplying any determined awards with the bonus multiplier, if any, with the processor.
A method of operating a gaming device having a display, a user interface, and a processor, the method including:
- receiving signals from the user interface to place a wager on a primary poker game;
- determining with the processor if a bonus dice feature is triggered;
- determining a dice value outcome in a first bonus round when the bonus dice feature is triggered using the processor;
- determining an award associated with the dice value;
- enabling repetition of bonus rounds where dice value outcomes and associated awards are determined until a terminating event occurs;
- aggregating awards received during the bonus rounds;
- displaying multiple cards to form a dealt poker hand on the display;
- facilitating, using signals received from the user interface, cards to hold and a draw request;
- providing replacement cards using the processor for any cards not held at the time of the draw request to form a final poker hand;
- displaying the final poker hand on the display;
- determining awards associated with the final poker hand with the processor;
- and
- modifying any determined awards with the aggregated awards from the bonus rounds, if any, with the processor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.