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US 2026/0100092 A1Published application
Average expected return adjustment device for gaming systems providing single-hand draw poker and/or multi-hand draw poker
AssigneeIgt
InventorsNicholas Jon Scheffel, Matthew Aaron Jeanos
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Abstract
Gaming systems and methods that provide a play of a single-hand draw poker game or a multi-hand draw poker game that includes an average expected return adjustment device activatable by an operator of the gaming system to either increase the average expected return for plays of a draw poker game provided by the gaming system or to decrease the average expected return of the plays of the draw poker game provided by the gaming system.
Claims20
A gaming system comprising:
- a housing;
- an average expected return adjustment device supported by the housing and activatable by an operator of the gaming system to either increase an average expected return for plays of a draw poker game provided by the gaming system or to decrease the average expected return of the plays of the draw poker game provided by the gaming system;
- a processor;
- and
- a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- randomly select one of a plurality of different groups of initial hands for the draw poker game, wherein the selection is weighted based on an operator activation of the average expected return adjustment device to increase or to decrease the average expected return of the plays of the draw poker game provided by the gaming system;
- randomly select an initial hand from the selected group of initial hands;
- cause a display, by a display device, of initial cards of the selected initial hand;
- for each of the initial cards in the initial hand:
- responsive to that initial card being held for the initial hand, continue to cause a display, by the display device, of that held initial card, and
- responsive to that initial card not being held, determine a replacement card for that non-held initial card, and cause a display, by the display device, of that replacement card in the initial hand;
- and
- cause a display, by the display device, of any determined amount for the initial hand with any of the replacement cards.
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A gaming system comprising:
- a housing;
- an average expected return adjustment device supported by the housing and activatable by an operator of the gaming system to either increase an average expected return for plays of a multi-hand draw poker game provided by the gaming system or to decrease the average expected return of the plays of the multi-hand draw poker game provided by the gaming system;
- a processor;
- and
- a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- randomly select one of a plurality of different groups of initial hands for the multi-hand draw poker game, wherein the selection is weighted based on an operator activation of the average expected return adjustment device to increase or to decrease the average expected return of the plays of the multi-hand draw poker game provided by the gaming system;
- randomly select an initial hand from the selected group of initial hands;
- cause a display, by a display device, of initial cards of the selected initial hand;
- for each of the initial cards of the selected initial hand:
- responsive to that initial card being held for the initial hand, cause a display, by the display device, of a duplicate of that initial card in each of a plurality of additional hands, and
- for each initial card in the initial hand that is not held, determine a replacement card for that non-held initial card, and cause a display, by the display device, of that replacement card in the initial hand;
- cause a display, by the display device, of a completion of each of the additional hands;
- and
- for each of the initial hand and the additional hands, cause a display, by the display device, of any determined amount for that hand.
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A gaming system comprising:
- a housing;
- a display device and an associated touch screen supported by the housing;
- 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 the display device, of an average expected return adjustment device activatable by an operator of the gaming system to either increase an average expected return for plays of a draw poker game provided by the gaming system or to decrease the average expected return of the plays of the draw poker game provided by the gaming system;
- cause a display, by the display device, of an average expected return adjustment indicator that displays indications of amounts of adjustments made by the operator using the average expected return adjustment device;
- randomly select one of a plurality of different groups of initial hands for the draw poker game, wherein the selection is weighted based on an operator activation of the average expected return adjustment device to increase or to decrease the average expected return of the plays of the draw poker game provided by the gaming system;
- randomly select an initial hand from the selected group of initial hands;
- cause a display, by a display device, of initial cards of the selected initial hand;
- for each of the initial cards in the initial hand:
- responsive to that initial card being held for the initial hand, continue to cause a display, by the display device, of that held initial card, and
- responsive to that initial card not being held, determine a replacement card for that non-held initial card, and cause a display, by the display device, of that replacement card in the initial hand;
- and
- cause a display, by the display device, of any determined amount for the initial hand with any of the replacement cards.
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