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• Original Release Date : 2018
• Manufacturer : Ruby Seven Studios
• ASIN : B0791ZRLXY
• Item part number : com.rubyseven.multistrikepoker
• Manufacturer : Ruby Seven Studios

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Product description

The present invention relates generally to video poker and, more particularly, to a video poker game that triggers a special game feature if any of the face-up cards is a predefined special card. The special feature allows the player to draw a replacement card to replace the special card.

Video draw poker has been played in gaming establishments for many years. In conventional video draw poker, a single player does not play against a dealer or other players, but rather attempts to achieve a highest possible poker hand ranking. After a player makes an initial wager and is dealt five face-up cards from a standard 52-card deck, the player is allowed to discard and replace unwanted cards with replacement cards from the deck, resulting in a final card hand. The game then determines a poker hand ranking of the final card hand and provides an award based on a pay table. The pay table includes a list of winning poker hand rankings and the award for each ranking. The winning poker hand rankings for a standard Jacks or Better video poker game include in order from highest to lowest: Royal Flush, Straight Flush, Four of a Kind, Full House, Flush, Straight, Three of a Kind, Two Pair and a Pair of Jacks or Better. Any poker hand having a ranking less than a Pair of Jacks or Better is a losing hand.

Variations to conventional video draw poker have been developed. Some variations add one or more wild Jokers to the standard 52-card deck or consider certain cards (e.g., deuces, sevens, etc.) in the standard 52-card deck to be wild. Other variations modify the pay table to award premiums for certain poker hand rankings. These variations, however, still use the standard video draw poker methodology of dealing five cards, discarding the unwanted cards, and drawing replacement cards to replace the discarded cards. As casino patrons become bored with these nominal variations of conventional video draw poker, gaming establishments are continually looking for new video poker games that will attract frequent play and hence increase profitability to the gaming establishment.

A method of conducting a video poker game is disclosed. After a player makes a wager, a plurality of face-up cards are dealt from a deck into a card hand. If any of the face-up cards is a predefined special card, the game proceeds with a special feature that allows the player to draw a replacement card to replace the special card. In one embodiment, the replacement card is drawn from a plurality of possible face-down cards. In another embodiment, the replacement card is drawn from a plurality of possible face-up cards. The game may include a standard draw option that allows a player to select and replace none or more of the face-up cards. The special card may trigger the special feature at any time, whether it appears before or after the draw. The game determines a poker hand ranking of the final card hand and provides an award based on that ranking.

Additional aspects of the invention will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art in view of the detailed description of various embodiments, which is made with reference to the drawings, a brief description of which is provided below.

While the invention is susceptible to various modifications and alternative forms, specific embodiments have been shown by way of example in the drawings and will be described in detail herein. It should be understood, however, that the invention is not intended to be limited to the particular forms disclosed. Rather, the invention is to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

Turning now to the drawings, is an isometric view of a gaming machine 10 embodying the present invention. The gaming machine 10 is operable to conduct a video draw poker game having a special feature. The gaming machine 10 includes a pair of video displays 12 and 13. Each display is preferably a cathode ray tube, liquid crystal display, plasma or other type of video display known in the art. The lower display 12 is preferably outfitted with a touch screen to facilitate interaction with the player. In the illustrated embodiment, the gaming machine 10 is an “upright” version in which the display 12 is oriented vertically relative to the player. Alternatively, the gaming machine may be a “slant-top” version in which the display 12 is slanted at about a thirty-degree angle toward the player of the gaming machine 10.

is a block diagram of a control system suitable for operating the gaming machine. Money/credit detector 16 signals a central processing unit (CPU) 18 when a player has inserted money or played a number of credits. The money may be provided by coins, bills, tickets, coupons, cards, etc. Using a button panel 14 (see ) or a touch screen 20, the player may select various options associated with the video poker game, including a wager amount. For each play of the game, the CPU 18 generates at least one random event using a random number generator (RNG) and provides an award to the player for a winning outcome of the random event. The CPU 18 operates the display 12 to represent the random event(s) and outcome(s) in a visual form that can be understood by the player. In addition to the CPU 18, the control system may include one or more additional slave control units for operating one or more of the displays 12 and 13.

A system memory 22 stores control software, operational instructions and data associated with the gaming machine 10. In one embodiment, the system memory 22 comprises read-only memory (ROM), high capacity storage memory (e.g., Compact Flash), serial read-write memory, and battery-backed random-access memory (RAM). However, it will be appreciated that the system memory 22 may be implemented on any of several alternative types of memory structures or may be implemented on a single memory structure. A payoff mechanism 24 is operable in response to instructions from the CPU 18 to award a payoff to the player in response to any outcomes that include a payoff. The payoff may, for example, be in the form of a number of credits. The number of credits are determined by one or more math tables stored in the system memory 22.

illustrate a poker game entitled “Reel 'Em In Poker” in accordance with a first embodiment of the present invention. This video poker game is preferably played with a single standard 52-card deck (i.e., Ace through King of four different suits) plus at least one predefined special card (e.g., a “Go Fish!” card) for triggering a special “Go Fish!” feature. In some embodiments, the number of predefined special cards may exceed one. During a particular poker hand, all dealt and drawn cards come from the same deck. After a card is dealt or drawn from the deck into the poker hand, the card is “used up” and cannot appear again until the next poker hand. The deck is preferably replenished and randomly shuffled prior to every poker hand. The system memory 22 includes a data structure for storing data representing each card of the deck. The CPU 18 selects cards for each poker hand from the data structure and controls the lower video display 12 to display the cards.

is an image of a main poker game screen prior to dealing a poker hand. The main poker game screen is preferably shown on the lower video display 12. The main poker game screen is used to display playing cards 50, game session meters, and various buttons selectable by a player. The game session meters include a “credits” meter 52 for displaying a number of credits available for play on the machine; “bet” meter 54 for displaying a number of credits wagered (e.g., from 1 to 5 credits); and a “win” meter 56 for displaying a number of credits won as a result of the most recent play. The player-selectable buttons include a “deal/draw” button 60 for causing the game to initially deal cards from a deck into a hand and for later causing the game to draw cards from a deck to replace any non-held cards in the hand; a “max bet” button 62 for wagering a maximum number of credits (e.g., 5 credits); a “see pays” button 64 for viewing a pay table; a “Go Fish!” button 66 for use during a special “Go Fish!” feature that may be triggered during play of the video poker game; a “speed” button 68 for changing the speed at which cards are dealt from the deck (e.g., slow, medium, or fast); a “help” button 70 for viewing instructions on how to play the video poker game; and a “cash out” button 72 for collecting any credits remaining on the credits meter 52 at the end of a game session.

is an image of a pay table, which is preferably shown on the upper video display 13. The pay table includes a list of winning poker hand rankings 80 and the number of credits won 82 for each ranking. The number of credits won is linearly proportional to the number of credits wagered, except that a royal flush yields a bonus when achieved on a maximum wager. Alongside the image of the pay table is an explanation 84 of the special “Go Fish!” feature.

are images representing three different basic scenarios that can occur during play of the video poker game.

In a first scenario illustrated in , the video poker game does not trigger the special “Go Fish!” feature. is an image of a main poker game screen after a player (i) makes a wager of 1 credit ($1 dollar), (ii) is initially dealt five face-up cards from a shuffled deck into a poker hand, and (iii) selects which of the face-up cards to replace. The player indirectly selects which cards to replace by touching those cards that the player desires to hold. In an alternative embodiment, the player directly selects which cards to replace by touching those cards that the player desires to discard. In the illustrated example, the player is initially dealt a hand including A

In a second scenario illustrated in , the video poker game triggers the special “Go Fish!” feature prior to the draw. is an image of a main poker game screen after a player (i) makes a wager of 1 credit ($1 dollar) and (ii) is initially dealt five face-up cards from a shuffled deck into a poker hand, wherein one of the dealt cards is a predefined special card (e.g., “Go Fish!” card) that triggers the special “Go Fish!” feature. In the illustrated example, the player is initially dealt a hand including K♥, J

In a third scenario illustrated in , the video poker game triggers the special “Go Fish!” feature after the draw. is an image of a main poker game screen after a player (i) makes a wager of 1 credit ($1 dollar) and (ii) is initially dealt five face-up cards from a shuffled deck into a poker hand. In the illustrated example, the player is initially dealt a hand including Q♥, 5

illustrate a video poker game entitled “Wild Wizard Poker” in accordance with a second embodiment of the present invention. This video poker game is preferably played with a single standard 52-card deck (i.e., Ace through King of four different suits) plus at least two predefined special cards (e.g., a “Black Wizard” wild card and a “Red Wizard” wild card) for triggering a special “Wild Wizard” feature. In some embodiments, the number of predefined special cards may exceed two. During a particular poker hand, all dealt and drawn cards come from the same deck. After a card is dealt or drawn from the deck into the poker hand, the card is “used up” and cannot appear again until the next poker hand. The deck is preferably replenished and randomly shuffled prior to every poker hand. The system memory 22 includes a data structure for storing data representing each card of the deck. The CPU 18 selects cards for each poker hand from the data structure and controls the lower video display 12 to display the cards.

is an image of a main poker game screen prior to dealing a poker hand. The main poker game screen is preferably shown on the lower video display 12. The main poker game screen is used to display playing cards 100, game session meters, and various buttons selectable by a player. The game session meters include a “credits” meter 102 for displaying a number of credits available for play on the machine; “bet” meter 104 for displaying a number of credits wagered (e.g., from 1 to 5 credits); and a “win” meter 106 for displaying a number of credits won as a result of the most recent play. The player-selectable buttons include a “deal/draw” button 110 for causing the game to initially deal cards from a deck into a hand and for later causing the game to draw cards from a deck to replace any non-held cards in the hand; a “max bet” button 112 for wagering a maximum number of credits (e.g., 5 credits); a “see pays” button 114 for viewing a pay table; a “speed” button 118 for changing the speed at which cards are dealt from the deck (e.g., slow, medium, or fast); a “help” button 120 for viewing instructions on how to play the video poker game; and a “cash out” button 122 for collecting any credits remaining on the credits meter 102 at the end of a game session.

is an image of a pay table, which is preferably shown on the upper video display 13. The pay table includes a list of winning poker hand rankings 130 and the number of credits won 132 for each ranking. The number of credits won is linearly proportional to the number of credits wagered, except that a royal flush yields a bonus when achieved on a maximum wager. Alongside the image of the pay table is an explanation 134 of the special “Wild Wizard” feature.

is an image of a main poker game screen after a player (i) makes a wager of 2 credits and (ii) is initially dealt five face-up cards from a shuffled deck into a poker hand. In the illustrated example, the player is initially dealt a hand including 6

are images of the main poker game screen after the selected cards are held and the non-held card is replaced with a new card drawn from the deck, wherein the drawn card is a “Black Wizard” card 140 that triggers the special “Wild Wizard” feature. In the illustrated example, the poker hand now includes a “Black Wizard” card 140, 6

Referring to , the player touches 9

While the present invention has been described with reference to one or more particular embodiments, those skilled in the art will recognize that many changes may be made thereto without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.

Each poker hand may use more than one deck of cards. The deck(s) of cards need not be replenished and shuffled prior to every poker hand.

If the “Go Fish!” card in the “Reel 'Em In” poker game triggers the “Go Fish!” feature prior to the draw, the six unselected cards in the stack 92 of seven additional cards may be treated in different ways. In a preferred embodiment discussed above, the six unselected cards are not returned to the deck until the next poker hand. In an alternative embodiment, all six unselected cards (e.g., all cards behind the “Go Fish!” card in except for the selected K♦ in ) are returned to the deck so that they can be drawn to replace any non-held cards. In another alternative embodiment, only unselected face-down cards (e.g., four face-down cards in ) may be returned to the deck so that they can be drawn to replace any non-held cards.

The stack 92 of seven additional cards behind a “Go Fish!” card in the “Reel 'Em In” poker game may come from a different deck, such as another standard 52-card deck, so that a possible poker hand is Five of a Kind.

The stack 92 of seven additional cards behind a “Go Fish!” card in the “Reel 'Em In” poker game may initially be presented face-up instead of face-down so that the player initially knows which cards are available for selection.

In the upper portion 142 (see ) of the main poker game screen for the “Wild Wizard” poker game, the black-suited cards for replacing a “Black Wizard” card 140, or the red-suited cards for replacing a “Red Wizard” card, may initially be randomized and presented face-down, instead of face-up, so that the player's selection is random. As in the “Reel 'Em In” poker game, the player may allowed to draw more than once from such face-down cards.

Each of these embodiments and obvious variations thereof is contemplated as falling within the spirit and scope of the claimed invention, which is set forth in the following claims.