Gaming machine with randomly variable pay table
OwnerDesmond C. Ladnerinventor
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Abstract
An electronic gaming device and method are set forth which provides for dynamically selected pay tables. For each hand or series of hands the device selects a prevailing pay table or a prevailing pay for one or more outcomes. The prevailing pay table can be randomly selected from a plurality of pay tables, pseudo-randomly selected or can be selected based upon the player's strategy of play.
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An electronic device for playing a wagering game of the type where a player makes a wager, game play indicia are selected by a data processor to result in either a winning or a losing outcome combination of indicia and, if the player obtains a winning outcome, the player is issued an award according to the winning outcome combination obtained and a pay table which defines the award to be paid, the device comprising:
- a processor to control the play of the game;
- a display to display the game play indicia, said display controlled by the processor;
- means for the player to input a wager and prompt play of the game;
- a data structure storing data corresponding to a plurality of pay tables, each pay table presenting a differing award schedule for at least some game-winning outcomes;
- the processor configured to randomly select from the first data structure a pay table for the game and to control the display to display the selected pay table;
- the processor configured to, upon prompting of play of the game, select and display an outcome for the game and compare the outcome to the selected pay table award schedule and if a game winning outcome has been selected, for issuing the reward corresponding to said selected pay table schedule.
An electronic device for playing a wagering game of the type where a player makes a wager, game play indicia are selected by a data processor to result in either a winning or a losing outcome combination of indicia and, if the player obtains a winning outcome, the player is issued an award according to the winning outcome combination obtained and a pay table which defines each award to be paid, the device comprising:
- a processor to control the play of the game;
- a display to display the game play indicia and a pay table, said display controlled by the processor;
- means for the player to input a wager and prompt play of the game;
- a data structure storing data corresponding to a plurality of pay tables, each pay table presenting a different schedule of game-winning outcomes and a corresponding rewards;
- said processor configured to randomly-select from the first data structure a pay table for the game and display the same at said display;
- said processor configured to, upon input of a wager and prompting of play of the game, select and display an outcome for the game and compare the outcome to the selected pay table and, if a game winning outcome has been selected, issue the corresponding reward.
A method for playing an electronic wagering game of the type including the player making a wager to play a hand, a processor selecting and displaying an outcome, designating certain outcomes as winning outcomes and rewarding the player for obtaining a winning outcome, the improvement comprising:
- providing a memory storing a plurality of pay table data sets, each pay table data set including a different schedule of designated winning outcomes and corresponding rewards;
- said processor randomly selecting from said pay table data sets a pay table to apply the game hand;
- displaying the selectee pay table;
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- for any winning outcome issuing a reward corresponding to said selected pay table.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.