Amusement devices: games – Including means for processing electronic data – In a game requiring strategy or problem solving by a...
Reexamination Certificate
2011-01-11
2011-01-11
Suhol, Dmitry (Department: 3714)
Amusement devices: games
Including means for processing electronic data
In a game requiring strategy or problem solving by a...
C273S292000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07867073
ABSTRACT:
A method is provided for facilitating a game of video poker, where a payout may be determined based on aspects of both an initial hand, and a final hand. In one or more embodiments, a payout is determined based on a ranking of an initial hand and a ranking of a final hand. In one or more embodiments, a payout is determined based on cards present in an initial hand and absent from a final hand. In one or more embodiments, a payout is determined based on cards present in a final hand and absent from an initial hand. In one or more embodiments, a payout is determined based on cards present in an initial hand and present in a final hand. In one or more embodiments, a payout is determined based on a probability of generating a final hand from an initial hand. In one or more embodiments, a payout is determined based on an order of cards within an initial hand, final hand, and/or within a set of replacement cards drawn to complete a final hand.
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Fincham Magdalena M.
Gelman Geoffrey M.
Jorasch James A.
Tulley Stephen C.
Walker Jay S.
IGT
K&L Gates LLP
Kim Andrew
Suhol Dmitry
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