Amusement devices: games – Including means for processing electronic data – In a game requiring strategy or problem solving by a...
Patent
1996-09-17
1998-12-22
Manuel, George
Amusement devices: games
Including means for processing electronic data
In a game requiring strategy or problem solving by a...
A63F 100
Patent
active
058511474
ABSTRACT:
An electronic gaming method and device in which the player is able to choose from among a variety of jackpots and associated pay-out schedules varying from low to high jackpot amounts. Best suited to video poker machines, the invention permits the player to choose between higher Royal Flush jackpots tied to lower pay-outs for lower-ranked hands, and lower Royal Flush jackpots tied to higher pay-outs for more frequently achieved lower-ranked hands. In this way, a quarter ($0.25) video poker machine may have a jackpot for a "Royal Flush" ranging up to $25,000 (on the basis of a $1.25 bet) without the need to accumulate funds in a "progressive" jackpot or to interconnect groups of machines. Special jackpots can also be awarded for "Sequential," "Pat" or "Pat Sequential" Royal Flushes allowing jackpots up to $1,000,000 on quarter ($0.25) video poker machines without the need for the player to choose between machines and/or locations to locate desired jackpot amounts.
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Sklansky David
Stupak Bob
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