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US 2019/0139370 A1Published application
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 following receipt of a placement of a wager on a play of a game, cause the processor to:
- determine, via a feature indicator, whether to activate a feature for the play of the game, and
- responsive to the determination being to activate the feature for the play of the game:
- determine a first hand of cards by:
- randomly determining a first card from a set of cards;
- and
- selecting a second card having a suit and a value from cards remaining in the set of cards, wherein the suit and the value of the second card is predetermined prior to the play of the game, and the second card is selected based on a determination to maximize an expected value of the first hand of cards for the randomly determined first card and the cards remaining in the set of cards;
- cause a display device to display the first hand of cards;
- finalize the first hand of cards;
- cause the display device to display the finalized first hand of cards;
- determine any awards based on the finalized first hand of cards;
- and
- cause the display device to display any determined awards.
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A gaming system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory device that stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- following receipt of a placement of a wager on a play of a game in which a feature is activated:
- determine a first game outcome by:
- randomly determining a first element from a set of elements;
- and
- selecting a second element having a characteristic which is predetermined prior to the play of the game, wherein the second element is selected based on a determination to maximize an expected value of the first game outcome for the randomly determined first element and the elements remaining in the set of elements;
- cause a display device to display the first game outcome;
- finalize the first game outcome;
- cause the display device to display the finalized first game outcome;
- determine any awards based on the finalized first game outcome;
- and
- cause the display device to display any determined awards.
11 more elements
A gaming system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory device that stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- following receipt of a placement of a wager on a play of a game in which a feature is activated:
- determine a first game outcome by:
- randomly determining a first symbol of a first reel from a set of symbols of the first reel;
- and
- selecting a second symbol of a second reel from a set of symbols of the second reel, the second symbol having a characteristic which is predetermined prior to the play of the game, wherein the second symbol is selected based on a determination to maximize an expected value of the first game outcome for the randomly determined first symbol and the set of symbols of the second reel;
- cause a display device to display the first game outcome;
- determine any awards based on the first game outcome;
- and
- cause the display device to display any determined awards.
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