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US 2016/0078728 A1Published application
Gaming methods, systems, and devices for implementing dice game having re-roll feature
AssigneeKing Show Games, Inc.
InventorBradley BERMAN
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention set forth systems, apparatuses and methods for implementing a dice game having a re-roll feature on a gaming device. Accordingly, a gaming device can be configured to roll multiple virtual dice on a game display and determine if the result of the dice roll satisfies a predefined criterion. When the result of the initial dice roll satisfies the predefined criterion, one or more of the multiple virtual dice is re-rolled. The gaming device then evaluates a game result after the re-roll, where the combination of the displayed faces from any initially rolled dice that were not re-rolled and the displayed faces from the re-rolled dice are used in the evaluation.
Claims20
A method of operating a gaming device having a game display, a game processor, and a player input device, the method comprising:
- receiving a signal to initiate a base game event on the gaming device;
- displaying the base game event on the game display of the gaming device;
- activating a bonus game event when a bonus triggering condition is present;
- when the bonus game event is activated:
- providing a plurality of six-sided virtual dice,
- selecting a number of cards in a deck of cards for use in the bonus game event, the number of selected cards corresponding to six times the number of virtual dice provided,
- assigning each selected card to one of the six sides of the virtual dice so that each side of each die is associated with a card,
- randomizing the virtual dice to display one side of each of the virtual dice on the game display,
- evaluating an initial poker hand created by the displayed cards on the displayed sides of the virtual dice, where the initial poker had is evaluated by comparing the displayed cards to a poker paytable,
- determining if the initial poker hand satisfies a re-roll criterion, where the re-roll criterion is satisfied when the displayed cards on a first portion of the virtual dice correspond to an award in the poker paytable, and
- when the re-roll criterion is satisfied:
- determining a side wager amount to activate a re-roll feature;
- presenting an option to re-roll a second portion of the virtual dice in exchange for the determined side wager amount, where the second portion of the virtual dice are the remaining dice in the plurality virtual dice that are not in the first portion of virtual dice;
- randomizing the second portion of virtual dice to display one side of each of the second portion of virtual dice on the game display when a signal is received indicating acceptance of the option to re-roll the second portion of virtual dice in exchange for the side wager amount;
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- evaluating a secondary poker hand created by the displayed cards on the displayed sides of the first portion of virtual dice and the displayed cards on the displayed sides of the second portion of virtual dice after randomizing the second portion of virtual dice in response to receiving a signal indicating acceptance of the option to re-roll the second portion of virtual dice, where the secondary poker had is evaluated by comparing the displayed cards to the poker paytable;
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- provide awards associated with the primary game event and bonus game event.
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A gaming device comprising:
- a game display for displaying game events;
- a player interface device for receiving inputs related to the game events;
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- a processor configured to:
- provide a plurality of multi-positional game elements;
- select a portion of cards in a deck of cards, the portion of cards corresponding to a total number of positions in the plurality of multi-positional game elements;
- assign the selected portion of cards respectively to positions on each of the multi-positional game elements;
- randomize the multi-positional game elements to display at least one position of each of the multi-positional game elements, each displayed position associated with a card;
- evaluate an initial poker hand created by the displayed cards on the displayed positions of the multi-positional game elements;
- determine whether the initial poker hand satisfies a predefined criterion, where the predefined criterion is satisfied when the displayed cards on a first portion of the multi-positional game elements correspond to a poker hand associated with an award in a poker paytable;
- re-randomize a second portion of the multi-positional game elements when the predefined criterion is satisfied to generate a final poker hand, where the second portion of the multi-positional game elements are the remaining multi-positional game elements not in the first portion of the multi-positional game elements;
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- provide awards associated with the final poker hand.
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A method of implementing a gaming event on a gaming device having a game display and a processor, the method comprising:
- providing a first game element having a plurality of positions;
- providing a second game element having a plurality of positions;
- selecting symbols from a plurality of eligible symbols to map to the positions of the first game element and the positions of the second game element;
- randomizing the first game element and the second game element to display at least one position of the first game element and display at least one position of the second game element to form a first event outcome;
- evaluating the one or more symbols associated with the displayed position of the first game element;
- re-randomizing the second game element to display at least one position of the second game element to form a second event outcome when the one or more symbols on the evaluated displayed position of the first game element satisfies a predefined condition;
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- evaluating the one or more symbols respectively associated with the displayed positions of the first game element and the second game element in the second event outcome to determine awards.
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