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US 2024/0185681 A1Published application
Award modifiers that are player selectable for plays of poker games of a game play sequence
AssigneeIgt
InventorsErnest W. Moody, Yoohwan Hwang
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Abstract
Gaming systems and methods of operating such gaming systems that provide different award modifiers that are player selectable for a plurality of potential plays of a game of a game play sequence. Unless the game play sequence is ended, for each of the plays of the game in the game play sequence, the player can select the available award modifier for that game play; however, after one of the different award modifiers is employed by the player for a play of the game in the game play sequence, the gaming system ends the game play sequence and thus does not provide any further award modifiers or remaining potential plays of the game of that game play sequence.
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A gaming system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor, for a play of a poker game of a game play sequence comprising a plurality of potential plays of the poker game, to:
- cause a display, by a display device, of an initial hand of cards for the play of the poker game;
- cause a display, by the display device, of an award modifier available to be applied by a player to the play of the poker game;
- after a receipt of a player input, via an input device, to apply the award modifier to the play of the poker game:
- cause a display, by the display device, of a completed hand for the play of the poker game,
- cause a display, by the display device, of a total award for the play of the game, the total award based on the completed hand for the play of the poker game and the award modifier for that play of the poker game, and
- end the game play sequence without providing any remaining potential plays of the poker game of the game play sequence;
- and
- after no player input, via the input device, to apply the award modifier to the play of the poker game:
- cause a display, by the display device, of the completed hand for the play of the poker game,
- cause a display, by the display device, of a total award for the play of the game, the total award based on the completed hand for the play of the poker game without using the award modifier for that play of the poker game, and
- provide a next one of the plurality of potential plays of the poker game of the game play sequence with a different award modifier for that next play of the poker game of the game play sequence.
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A gaming system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor, for each of a plurality of plays of a poker game of a game play sequence, to:
- cause a display, by a display device, of an initial hand of cards for the play of the poker game;
- cause a display, by the display device, of an award multiplier available to be applied to the play of the poker game;
- responsive to either a determination based on a receipt of a player input, via an input device, to apply the award multiplier to the play of the poker game or to a determination that the play of the poker game is a last one of the plurality of plays of the poker game for the game play sequence:
- cause a display, by the display device, of a completed hand for the play of the poker game,
- cause a display, by the display device, of a total award for the play of the game, the total award based on the completed hand for the play of the poker game and the award modifier for that play of the poker game, and
- end the game play sequence without providing any remaining plays of the poker game of the game play sequence;
- and
- responsive to no determination to apply the award multiplier to the play of the poker game:
- cause a display, by the display device, of a completed hand for the play of the poker game,
- cause a display, by the display device, of a total award for the play of the game, the total award based on the completed hand for the play of the poker game without using the award modifier for that play of the poker game, and
- provide a remaining one of the plurality of plays of the poker game of the game play sequence with an increased award multiplier for the next play of the poker game of the game play sequence.
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A gaming system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor, to:
- cause a display, by a display device, of a first quantity of different award multipliers available to be respectively applied to a second quantity of plays of a poker game of a game play sequence;
- unless the game play sequence has ended and except for a last play of the quantity of play of the poker game of the game play sequence, for each play of the poker game of the game play sequence:
- cause a display, by a display device, of an initial hand of cards for the play of the poker game;
- thereafter, responsive to receiving, via an input device, a player input to apply the respective award multiplier to the play of the poker game;
- cause a display, by the display device, of a completed hand for the play of the poker game,
- cause a display, by the display device, of a total award for the play of the game, the total award based on the completed hand for the play of the poker game and the award modifier for that play of the poker game, and
- end the game play sequence without providing any of remaining plays of the poker game of the game play sequence;
- and
- unless the game play sequence has ended, for the last of the quantity of plays of the poker game of the game play sequence:
- cause a display, by a display device, of an initial hand of cards for the play of the poker game,
- cause a display, by the display device, of a completed hand for the play of the poker game, cause a display, by the display device, of a total award for the play of the game, the total award based on the completed hand for the play of the poker game and the award modifier for that last play of the poker game, and
- end the game play sequence.
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