US 2017/0287285 A1Published application

Seven-card gaming methods with flush ranking

AssigneeBally Gaming, Inc.

InventorsRyan Masao Yee, Elliot Frome

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Abstract

A seven-card wagering game includes a player and a dealer each receiving a seven-card hand after the player places an ante wager. A specialty deck may be used, which specialty deck may include five wild cards and twelve value cards (e.g., three through ace) in each of four suits. Each seven-card hand is formed into a two-card hand and a five-card hand that has a higher “flush ranking” than the two-card hand. A player's and dealer's respective five-card hands are compared while their respective two-card hands are compared to resolve at least the ante wager. The comparison also use “flush ranking.” By the flush ranking, rankings are determined and then compared based on the length of the longest flush; then the higher, non-matching, high-card value of the longest flush; then the length of the second-longest flush; then the higher, non-matching, high-card value of the second-longest flush; and so on.

Claims16

Dependent claims

A method of administering a wagering game, comprising:

providing a gaming table comprising a surface illustrated to define a plurality of player layouts, each player layout illustrated to define at least one distinct wager area comprising an Ante wager area;
providing a specialty deck of physical playing cards, the specialty deck comprising five wild cards and, in each of four suits, cards with the ranking three through ace;
receiving an ante wager, in the Ante wager area of a player layout, of the plurality of player layouts, associated with a player;
distributing, from the specialty deck and to the player layout associated with the player, a group of seven player cards;
distributing, from the specialty deck and to a dealer card position of the surface of the gaming table, a group of seven dealer cards;
after the player has separated the group of seven player cards into a player low hand and a player high hand, verifying that the player high hand has a higher flush ranking than the player low hand;
separating the group of seven dealer cards into a dealer low hand and a dealer high hand, the dealer high hand having a higher flush ranking than the dealer low hand;
revealing, to the player, the dealer low hand and the dealer high hand;
determining relative flush rankings between
the player high hand against the dealer high hand, and
the player low hand against the dealer low hand;
and
resolving all wagers still in play, comprising resolving at least the Ante wager based at least in part on the relative flush rankings.

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A gaming system, comprising:

a regulated gaming machine primarily dedicated to playing at least one casino wagering game, the gaming machine including an electronic display device and one or more electronic input devices;
and
game-logic circuitry configured to:
detect, via at least one of the one or more electronic input devices, a physical item associated with a monetary value that establishes a credit balance;
initiate the casino wagering game in response to an input indicative of an ante wager covered by the credit balance;
form, from an electronically stored specialty deck of playing cards, a seven-card dealer hand and a seven-card player hand, the specialty deck consisting of five wild cards and twelve ranked cards of each of four suits;
display, on the electronic display device, the seven-card player hand to a player associated with the credit balance;
receive an instruction, input by the player using at least one of the one or more electronic input devices, directing separation of the seven-card player hand into a two-card player low hand and a five-card player high hand;
access and apply predetermined house-way instructions to form, from the seven-card dealer hand, a two-card dealer low hand and a five-card dealer high hand, the predetermined house-way instructions directing the formation of the two-card dealer low hand and the five-card dealer high hand based on a number of cards forming one or more flushes in the seven-card dealer hand;
resolve at least the ante wager based at least in part on a comparison of the two-card player low hand to the two-card dealer low hand and a comparison of the five-card player high hand to the five-card dealer high hand and a flush ranking system defining, as higher ranking, a hand having a greater number of cards forming a flush and, absent the greater number of cards forming the flush, a hand having higher-ranking cards forming the flush;
receive a cashout instruction, input by the player using at least one of the one or more electronic input devices;
and
initiate, in response to the cashout instruction, a payout from the credit balance.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/479,127Filed 4 Apr 2017
Priority: 5 Apr 2016
Published: 5 Oct 2017
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification11 codes

G07F 17/3293
Type of games: card games, e.g. poker, canasta, black jack
A63F 1/00
Card games
A63F 1/067
Card game appurtenances: tables or similar supporting structures
A63F 3/00157
Types of board games: casino or betting games

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Application62/318,490Us provisional application · filed 5 Apr 2016
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