Video Poker System and Method
OwnerBrian Caseyinventor
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Abstract
An electronic gaming machine configured to allow play of at least two hands of video poker where the two hands intersect and share a common card between the hands. The electronic gaming machine comprises at least one display device, at least one input device, a memory and at least one computer processor configured to display at least a first hand and a second hand of at least three cards. After the at least two hands are displayed, the player is provided an opportunity to slide the cards in either or both hands to select the common card shared between the two hands to optimize the combination of cards in either or both hands.
Claims17
A method of playing a poker game on an electronic gaming machine (“EGM”) including a processor for controlling the EGM, a random number generator (“RNG”) program for supplying random numbers to the processor, a memory for storing a control program, and a display, comprising:
- generating random numbers on the RNG that are used by the processor to provide a first random set of at least three cards to be displayed on the display and representing a first dealt poker hand from a first deck of cards;
- generating random numbers on the RNG that are used by the processor to provide a second random set of at least three cards to be displayed on the display and representing a second dealt poker hand from a second deck, wherein the second dealt poker hand shares at least one common card with the first dealt poker hand;
- providing an opportunity to the player to change the common card shared between the first dealt poker hand and the second dealt poker hand displayed on the display;
- allowing a player to select which cards from the first dealt poker hand and the second dealt poker hand to hold or discard;
- discarding zero or more discard cards selected by the player from the first dealt poker hand and the second dealt poker hand;
- removing the discarded cards from the first dealt poker hand and the second dealt poker hand;
- generating random numbers on the RNG that are used by the processor to provide one or more draw cards from the first deck to be dealt into a first completed poker hand to replace the discarded cards on the display;
- generating random numbers on the RNG that are used by the processor to provide one or more draw cards from the second deck to be dealt into a second completed poker hand to replace the discarded cards on the display wherein the first and second completed poker hands share a common card;
- determining whether the first completed poker hand includes a winning combination;
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- determining whether the second completed poker hand includes a winning combination.
An apparatus for playing video poker comprising:
- at least one display;
- at least one input;
- a memory for storing a control program
- a random number generator (“RNG”) for selecting cards to be dealt and at least one virtual deck of cards;
- a processor connected to the display, the input and the memory wherein the processor runs the control program and receives random numbers from the RNG to conduct a session of video poker games to:
- show a first dealt poker hand on the display having at least three cards dealt from a first deck of cards;
- show a second dealt poker hand on the display having at least three cards dealt from a second deck of cards wherein the second dealt poker hand shares at least one common card with the first dealt poker hand;
- provide an opportunity to the player to change the common card shared between the first dealt poker hand and the second dealt poker hand displayed on the display;
- allow the player to select which cards from the first dealt poker hand and the second dealt poker hand to hold or discard;
- discard zero or more discard cards selected by the player from the first dealt poker hand and the second dealt poker hand;
- remove the discarded cards from the first dealt poker hand and the second dealt poker hand;
- generate random numbers on the RNG that are used by the processor to select one or more draw cards from the first deck to be dealt into a first completed poker hand to replace the discarded cards on the display;
- generate random numbers on the RNG that are used by the processor to select one or more draw cards from the second deck to be dealt into a second completed poker hand to replace the discarded cards on the display wherein the first and second completed poker hands share a common card;
- determine whether the first completed poker hand includes a winning combination;
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- determine whether the second completed poker hand includes a winning combination.
A method of playing a poker game on an electronic gaming machine (“EGM”) including a processor for controlling the EGM and generating random numbers with a random number generator (“RNG”), a memory for storing a control program and the RNG, and a display, comprising:
- generating random numbers on the RNG that are used by the processor to select a first random set of at least three cards to be displayed on the display and representing a first dealt poker hand from a first deck of cards;
- generating random numbers on the RNG that are used by the processor to select a second random set of at least three cards to be displayed on the display and representing a second dealt poker hand from a second deck wherein the second dealt poker hand shares at least one common card with the first dealt poker hand;
- providing an opportunity to the player to move the cards of the first dealt poker hand to line up with cards of the second dealt poker hand displayed on the display to form an incomplete grid of cards;
- allowing a player to select which cards from the first dealt poker hand and the second dealt poker hand to hold or discard;
- discarding zero or more discard cards selected by the player from the first dealt poker hand and the second dealt poker hand;
- removing the discarded cards from the first dealt poker hand and the second dealt poker hand;
- generating random numbers on the RNG that are used by the processor to select one or more draw cards from the first deck to be dealt into a first completed poker hand in a first line of the grid, and repeating this step by drawing cards from a separate deck to complete each line of cards in the grid;
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- determining whether any of the completed poker hand includes a winning combination.
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