Card game with travelling wild card
AssigneeD.D. Stud, Inc.
InventorWilliam R. Adams
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Abstract
The various embodiments of the present invention are directed to card-type games which provide a player who has received a wild card during one hand, with the opportunity to reserve that wild card for use in a subsequent hand. Therefore, the present invention provides a player with an opportunity to utilize a wild card when it is most advantageous for him to do so, i.e. when he will maximize his winning payout. One embodiment comprises a gaming device having an electronic touch-sensitive screen, another embodiment comprises a gaming device, while a still further embodiment comprises a game table.
Claims11
A method of playing a card game comprising the steps of:
- designating at least one card as a travelling wild card;
- displaying a plurality of indicia of playing cards to at least one player which indicia form at least a partial card hand;
- during the play of said at least partial card hand, providing said at least one player with the option of reserving said travelling wild card for use in a subsequent hand if said at least one player has been displayed a travelling wild card for use in said at least partial card hand.
A method of playing a card game comprising the steps of:
- designating at least one card as a wild card;
- displaying a plurality of indicia of playing cards to at least one player which indicia form at least a partial card hand and which are randomly selected from a first collection of cards which do not comprise said wild card;
- displaying at least one additional indicia of playing cards to said at least one player, which additional indicia of playing cards are randomly selected from a second collection of cards which comprise at least one of said wild cards;
- during the play of said at least partial card hand, providing said at least one player with the option of reserving said wild card for use in a subsequent hand if said at least one player has been displayed a travelling wild card for use in said at least partial card hand.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.