Amusement devices: games – Including means for processing electronic data – In a chance application
Reexamination Certificate
2005-08-30
2005-08-30
Mendiratta, Vishu K (Department: 3711)
Amusement devices: games
Including means for processing electronic data
In a chance application
C273S274000, C273S292000, C273S138100
Reexamination Certificate
active
06935950
ABSTRACT:
A gaming apparatus and a method of playing a game are disclosed. One embodiment of the invention comprises a method including the steps of providing at least sixty-five cards, or card symbols, the cards comprising the standard 52 cards comprising 13 cards of a first, a second, a third and a fourth suit, and 13 additional cards of a fifth suit; presenting at least five of the cards to a player, the cards comprising a hand; and determining if the hand comprises a winning combination of cards. In one embodiment, the method includes the step of presenting the cards on five reels of a gaming machine, each reel containing 13 cards from the five suits. In one embodiment, the cards or other indicia are arranged so that normal poker hand combinations can be received, with each card value (of any suit) appearing only once on a reel.
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Mendiratta Vishu K
Weide & Miller Ltd.
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