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US 9,870,677 B1Granted
Lightning video poker
OwnerTimothy G. Nottkeinventor
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Abstract
A video poker game wherein an additional virtual bonus card, called a lightning bonus card, is added to a virtual deck of cards and is randomly dealt into the opening hand of a video poker game. Upon receiving a randomly dealt lightning bonus card in the opening deal of a video poker game, the player is awarded the opportunity to play as many virtual hands n of video poker during a specific amount of time t without wagering additional credits for each subsequent hand following the receiving of the lightning bonus card.
Claims4
An electronic gaming machine console comprising:
- a. a computer;
- b. a random number generator;
- c. a video display device;
- d. a deck of cards containing at least one additional lightning bonus card;
- e. a button panel for control of the operations of the gaming machine, said operations including:
- i. the placing of a wager;
- ii. the generating of cards including a lightning bonus card in a poker hand randomly generated from the deck of cards by the random number generator, said poker hand being dealt and displayed by the computer on the video display device;
- iii. the holding and discarding of cards in the poker hand and displayed on the video display device by the computer;
- f. said lightning bonus card providing for n additional poker hands to be generated within a time period t, each winning poker hand generated within the time period t receiving a payout based on the wager.
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