Amusement devices: games – Including means for processing electronic data – In a chance application
Reexamination Certificate
2005-07-15
2010-10-12
Vo, Peter D. (Department: 3714)
Amusement devices: games
Including means for processing electronic data
In a chance application
C463S020000, C463S025000, C273S146000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07811165
ABSTRACT:
A game is comprised of a plurality of stages. Each operation of the game begins with the operation of a first stage. Depending on the outcome of the first stage the game may be over, or there may be an operation of a second stage. Depending on the outcome of the second stage, the game may be over or there may be an operation of another stage. This sequence continues until the game ends or until the final (nth) stage has been operated, at which time the game ends. Wagers are made on successive stages of the multi-stage game. Each stage of the game may typically have its own paytable or payout scheme, and its own expected return. A bet made on a stage of the game which is not played is lost in the preferred form of the invention. One embodiment is a three stage, multi-line, multi-coin video slot machine. The same game format (slots) with the same paytable is operated on three stages, with increasing payout multipliers at each stage providing an increasing amount to win at the higher stages. The “spin” at each stage is independent of the previous stages. The second embodiment is a multi-stage Five-Card Stud poker game. Each stage is again independent of the previous stage. A variation of this game is also shown which uses the same paytable on each stage, but combined with a mechanism to increase the “hit” rate. A third embodiment is a Draw poker game that combines the concepts of the Stud poker embodiment with the decisions and optimal play analysis that are integral to Draw poker. The fourth embodiment is a dice game which has been adapted to provide a high dependency between the first stage and the next stages.
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Brown Duncan F.
DeMar Lawrence E.
Slomiany Scott D.
Case Venture Management LLC
McDonnell Boehnen & Hulbert & Berghoff LLP
Shah Milap
Vo Peter D.
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