US 7,740,533 B2Granted

Method and apparatus for playing video poker with a redraw function

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InventorsJay S. Walker, James A. Jorasch, Robert C. Tedesco, Magdalena M. Fincham

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Abstract

According to some embodiments of a video poker game of the present invention, a gaming device and/or controller may be configured to (i) output a pay table, (ii) deal an intermediate outcome, (iii) receive a request from a player to retain/discard a number of identified cards of the intermediate outcome, (iv) replace the discarded cards to create a primary game outcome, (v) determine a payout amount associated with the primary game outcome based on the pay table, (vi) determine one or more strategy options based on the primary game outcome to determine a secondary game outcome (e.g., holding selected cards from any in the final poker hand) (vii) determine a payout amount associated with one or more secondary game outcomes, (viii) receive a player selection to receive a strategy option, (ix) deal cards to a selected strategy, (x) determine whether or not the player achieves a winning secondary game outcome, and if so, (xi) output the payout amount associated with the winning secondary game outcome. Thus, in some embodiments, a video poker game of the present invention may allow a player to retain one or more cards of a primary video poker game, select a strategy based on the primary game outcome, and receive a payout if the player achieves a winning game outcome in the secondary game.

Claims26

Dependent claims

A gaming device comprising:

at least one display device;
at least one input device;
at least one processor;
and
at least one memory device which includes a plurality of instructions which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the at least one display device and the at least one input device, for a play of a wagering game, to:
(a) receive a first wager from a player for the play of the wagering game, the wagering game having a predetermined average expected value;
(b) generate an intermediate game outcome based on the first wager, the generated intermediate game outcome comprising a first set of symbols;
(c) generate one of a plurality of first game outcomes based on the generated intermediate game outcome, the generated first game outcome comprising a second set of symbols and being associated with a first paytable having a plurality of winning outcomes;
(d) determine whether a second wager was received from the player for the play of the wagering game;
(e) if the second wager was received:
(i) generate one of a plurality of second game outcomes based on the generated first game outcome and the second wager, the generated second game outcome comprising a third set of symbols;
and
(ii) select one of a plurality of different second paytables based, at least in part, on the generated first game outcome, the selected second paytable having at least one of but less than all of the plurality of winning outcomes of the first paytable, wherein the predetermined average expected value of the wagering game remains unchanged regardless of which of the plurality of different second paytables is selected;
(f) if the generated second game outcome corresponds to one of the winning outcomes of the selected second paytable, provide a first award based on the second wager;
and
(g) if the generated second game outcome does not correspond to one of the winning outcomes of the selected second paytable and the generated first game outcome corresponds to one of the winning outcomes of the first paytable, provide a second, different award based on the first wager.

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A gaming device comprising:

at least one display device;
at least one input device;
at least one processor;
and
at least one memory device which includes a plurality of instructions which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the at least one display device and the at least one input device, for a play of a wagering game, to:
(a) receive a wager from a player for the play of the wagering game, the wagering game having a predetermined average expected value;
(b) generate an intermediate game outcome, the generated intermediate game outcome comprising a first set of symbols;
(c) generate one of a plurality of first game outcomes based on the generated intermediate game outcome according to either a first strategy or a second strategy, the generated first game outcome comprising a second set of symbols, wherein for the first strategy, the generated first game outcome is associated with a first paytable having a plurality of winning outcomes;
(d) for the second strategy, select one of a plurality of different second paytables based on the generated intermediate game outcome and the second strategy, the selected second paytable having at least one of but less than all of the plurality of winning outcomes of the first paytable, the predetermined average expected value of the wagering game remaining unchanged regardless of which of the plurality of different second paytables is selected;
(e) generate one of a plurality of second game outcomes based on the generated first game outcome according to a third strategy, the generated second game outcome comprising a third set of symbols;
(f) for the third strategy, select one of a plurality of different third paytables based on the generated first game outcome and the third strategy, the selected third paytable having at least one of but less than all of the plurality of winning outcomes of the first paytable, the predetermined average expected value of the wagering game remaining unchanged regardless of which of the plurality of different third paytables is selected;
(g) if the generated second game outcome corresponds to one of the winning outcomes of the selected third paytable, provide a first award;
and
(h) if the generated second game outcome does not correspond to one of the winning outcomes of the selected third paytable and the generated first game outcome corresponds to one of the winning game outcomes of either the first paytable or the selected second paytable, provide a second, different award.

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A gaming device comprising:

at least one display device;
at least one input device;
at least one processor;
and
at least one memory device which includes a plurality of instructions which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the at least one display device and the at least one input device, for a play of a wagering game, to:
(a) receive a wager from a player for the play of the wagering game, the wagering game having a predetermined average expected value;
(b) generate an intermediate game outcome, the intermediate game outcome comprising a first set of symbols;
(c) generate one of a plurality of first game outcomes based on the generated intermediate game outcome according to a first strategy, the first game outcome comprising a second set of symbols and being associated with a first paytable having a plurality of winning outcomes;
(d) generate one of a plurality of second game outcomes based on the first game outcome according to a second strategy or a third strategy, the second game outcome comprising a third set of symbols;
(e) for the second strategy, select one of a plurality of different second paytables based on the generated first game outcome and the second strategy, the selected second paytable having at least one of but less than all of the plurality of winning outcomes of the first paytable, the predetermined average expected value of the wagering game remaining unchanged regardless of which of the plurality of different second paytables is selected;
(f) for the third strategy, select one of a plurality of different third paytables based on the generated first game outcome and the third strategy, the selected third paytable having at least one of but less than all of the plurality of winning outcomes of the first paytable, the predetermined average expected value of the wagering game remaining unchanged regardless of which of the plurality of different third paytables is selected;
(g) if the generated second game outcome corresponds to one of the winning outcomes of the selected second paytable or the selected third paytable, provide a first;
and
(h) if the generated second game outcome does not correspond to one of the winning outcomes of the selected second paytable or the selected third paytable, and the generated first game outcome corresponds to one of the winning game outcomes of the first paytable, provide a second, different award.

11 more elements

A gaming device comprising:

at least one display device;
at least one input device;
at least one processor;
and
at least one memory device which includes a plurality of instructions which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the at least one display device and the at least one input device, for a play of a wagering game, to:
(a) receive a wager from a player for the play of the wagering game, the wagering game having a predetermined average expected value;
(b) generate a first intermediate game outcome, the generated first intermediate game outcome comprising a first set of symbols;
(c) generate a first game outcome based on the generated first intermediate game outcome, the generated first game outcome comprising a second set of symbols and being associated with a first paytable having a plurality of winning outcomes;
(d) generate a second intermediate game outcome from at least one of:
(i) a subset of the first set of symbols, and (ii) a subset of the second set of symbols;
(e) select one of a plurality of different second paytables based on the generated second intermediate game outcome, the selected second paytable having at least one of but less than all of the plurality of winning outcomes of the first paytable, the predetermined average expected value of the wagering game remaining unchanged regardless of which of the plurality of different second paytables is selected;
(f) generate a second game outcome based on the generated second intermediate game outcome, the generated second game outcome comprising a third set of symbols and being associated with the selected second paytable;
(g) if the generated second game outcome corresponds to one of the winning outcomes of the selected second paytable, provide a first award based on the wager;
and
(h) if the generated second game outcome does not correspond to one of the winning outcomes of the selected second paytable, and the generated first game outcome corresponds to one of the winning game outcomes of the first paytable, provide a second, different award based on the wager.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 11/258,508Filed 25 Oct 2005 · us provisional application
Priority: 25 Oct 2004
Published: US 2006/0046816 A12 Mar 2006
Granted: 22 Jun 2010
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

G07F 17/3293
Type of games: card games, e.g. poker, canasta, black jack
A63F 3/00157
Types of board games: casino or betting games
G07F 17/32
Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services: for games, toys, sports, or amusements
G07F
Coin-freed or like apparatus