Gaming system, gaming device and method for draw poker game (dream card)
AssigneeIgt
InventorsErnest W. Moody, Michael W. Wood
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Abstract
A gaming system, a gaming machine and a method is provided having a Five Card Video Draw poker game with a single hand or multiple hands. The gaming system or gaming machine first determines whether a dream card is going to be used in a particular round of play or a dream card is used on every hand. If the dream card is going to be used, then the last card of the initial hand is chosen so that, when the last card is combined with the other randomly selected cards of the initial hand, the initial starting hand will have the highest possible expected value.
Claims20
A gaming system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory device that stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- for a play of a game for which a dream-card feature is activated:
- determine a first hand of cards comprising a randomly determined first card of a set of multiple cards and a second card of the set of cards, the second card having a suit and a value determined based at least in part on the first card;
- cause a display device to display the first hand of cards face up;
- finalize the first hand of cards and cause the display device to display the finalized first hand of cards face up;
- determine any awards based on the finalized first hand of cards;
- and
- cause the display device to display any awards.
A method of operating a gaming system, the method comprising:
- for a play of a game for which a dream-card feature is activated:
- determining, by a processor, a first hand of cards comprising a randomly determined first card of a set of multiple cards and a second card of the set of cards, the second card having a suit and a value determined based at least in part on the first card;
- causing, by the processor, a display device to display the first hand of cards face up;
- finalizing, by the processor, the first hand of cards and causing, by the processor, the display device to display the finalized first hand of cards face up;
- determining, by the processor, any awards based on the finalized first hand of cards;
- and
- causing, by the processor, the display device to display any awards.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.