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Attorney: Roethel; John Edward

Number of patents: 129
Last date: April 10, 2012

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8152616	Casino game with pay line multipliers A pay line multiplier is randomly selected for each active pay line. The pay line multiplier varies for each round of play. An extra wager may be required from the player to activate this feature during the play of a casino game. A player makes a wager to activate a...	04/10/2012
8113934	Gaming system, gaming device and method for draw poker game A gaming system, a gaming machine and a method is provided having a Five Card Video Draw poker game with multiple hands. An initial five card hand is displayed to the player face-up. The player then chooses which of the initial five cards to discard. Each card that ...	02/14/2012
8021224	Slot machine game having a plurality of ways for a user to obtain enhanced payouts based on consecutive winning combinations A slot machine that provides enhanced awards for consecutive spins with winning symbol combinations of any type (“Consecutive Wins”). Enhanced may be defined as any award in addition to the award indicated by the game's base level award schedule. Enhanced awards...	09/20/2011
7963837	Stud poker games A stud poker game in which a partial hand of cards are dealt as the player's hand. The player is then permitted to choose one of the undealt cards to be added to the player's hand. The remaining cards needed to complete the player's final hand are dealt. If the play...	06/21/2011
7926813	Poker game A conventional deck of fifty-two playing cards is modified by the addition of at least one extra card which can be of any of the conventional card ranks, which can be of a fifth suit or a duplicate of one of the conventional cards and which is preferably an Ace. Thi...	04/19/2011
7690655	Hold 'em poker with multiple opponents hands The player is dealt two hole cards. Each opponent is dealt two hole cards. The player has the option to raise or check. If the player raises, all opponents must raise. If the player checks, all opponents must check. Then three community cards are dealt. If the playe...	04/06/2010
7581731	Thirty-one/forty card game Each bettor wagers on a first hand (the RED hand) or a second hand (the BLACK hand). The first hand is dealt until the count value is at least 31 and not more than 40. The second hand is dealt until the count value is at least 31 and not more than 40. The higher han...	09/01/2009
7581730	Video poker games One or more additional “bonus hand” cards that have no playing value are added to the deck of playing cards that is used in a video poker. When a “bonus hand” card appears in the player's initially dealt hand of cards, the player receives a second bonus hand...	09/01/2009
7316608	Video poker games with extra hands on next round for certain starting hands The game begins with a player playing a conventional hand of video poker. Whenever the player achieves one of the predetermined types of starting hand combinations on the original round of play of the hand of video poker, then the player is awarded one or more addit...	01/08/2008
7275989	Slot machine method with individual symbol respin A slot machine is provided with a plurality of slot symbols which results in a display matrix having a plurality of reel stop locations. A player makes a wager for each pay line on the slot machine that the player wishes to be active. Prior to the reels being spun, ...	10/02/2007
7247091	Video poker games Whenever the player achieves one of the predetermined types of winning hand combinations on the original round of play of the hand of video poker, then the player is awarded one or more additional hands of video poker on the next round of play. The player may also r...	07/24/2007
7070503	Slot machine method with symbol replacement A slot machine is provided with a plurality of slot symbols which results in a display matrix having a plurality of reel stop locations. A player makes a wager for each pay line on the slot machine that the player wishes to be active. Prior to the reels being spun, ...	07/04/2006
7037190	Electronic multi-hand stud poker games with payout multipliers A player makes a wager to play multiple hands of a stud poker game. A plurality of initial partial hands are displayed to the player. Each initial partial hand has the same cards with the cards displayed face up to the player. Each hand is then completed as a stud p...	05/02/2006
7022016	Video poker game with bonus award for matching designated hands During the play of a session of video poker, one or more playing cards, either as simply a group of cards or as recognizable poker hands, are designated and shown to the player on the video screen of the gaming machine. As the playing cards are dealt to the player d...	04/04/2006
6910962	Electronic game and method for playing a game based upon removal and replacing symbols in the game matrix Payout methods in a mechanical, an electro-mechanical and/or computer-based slot machine-like games-of-chance enable a series of awards based upon: appearance of predetermined symbol combinations in the symbol matrix; issuance of awards for the predetermined combina...	06/28/2005
6884168	Method of tracking and using player error during the play of a casino game A player makes a wager and a starting video poker hand is displayed to the player. The gaming machine calculates the highest expected value for the five card hand displayed. The gaming machine then calculates the expected value of the hand as played by the player. T...	04/26/2005
6877747	Video poker game A player makes a wager to play a draw poker game a wager to play a stud poker game which is allocated over one or more stud poker hands. The player is dealt a draw poker hand. The player is then dealt one or more stud poker hands depending on the number of stud poke...	04/12/2005
6878060	Poker game with multiple hands having similar expected value A player makes a wager, determines the number of hands the player wishes to play and a first starting five card video poker hand is displayed. The computer controls of the gaming machine calculate the Expected Value (EV) for the five card hand displayed based on the...	04/12/2005
6857957	Poker game with 2 reward cards that adjust paytable A video poker game that uses additional cards to enhance the value of some or all winning card combinations (“Reward Cards”). In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, two Reward Cards are added the traditional fifty-two card deck of playing cards. T...	02/22/2005
6854732	Six dice game A dice game uses six dice. Each player makes a wager on the sum total of the six dice which would result from a single roll. A plurality of sum total groups are pre-established and a player makes a wager on one more of the sum total groups that can be achieved from ...	02/15/2005
6802508	Hard way true odds craps The game of craps is modified to allow a player to make an HARD WAY CRAPS bet instead of the standard ODDS bet. The HARD WAY CRAPS bet is available whenever a point number of 4, 6, 8, or 10 has been rolled and the player has a PASS line or COME line wager. If the po...	10/12/2004
6802773	Bad beat video poker game feature A method for conducting a multiple hand video poker game incorporating a bad beat feature begins with a player making a wager to receive a first hand of cards. The player holds zero or more cards and the held cards are reproduced into additional poker hands. Replace...	10/12/2004
6729621	Video poker games Whenever the player achieves one of the predetermined types of starting hand combinations on the initial deal of a hand of video poker, then the player is provided with the opportunity to split his starting hand into two or more hands without having to make an addit...	05/04/2004
6702669	Numerical total keno game A game of chance is based on a keno-type game which uses one or more groups of number ranges, such as a HI group of number ranges, a LO group of number ranges and a HI/LO group of number ranges. A player makes a wager on one or more of the groups of numbe...	03/09/2004
6672959	Bonus feature on starting hands A starting hand of five cards is dealt and the player then plays this hand with a first pay table. If the player's starting hand of cards has a poker hand ranking of any preselected combination of cards, such as a Pair of Jacks, a Pair of Queens, a Pair o...	01/06/2004
6652377	Electronic video slot and poker games A card game in which the player makes a wager to play one or more poker hands which are displayed as pay lines in a display that looks like a multi-line slot reel machine. Three adjoining horizontal rows, each having five card locations, are displayed to ...	11/25/2003
6648756	High/low number game In connection with a game of chance in which numbers are selected, a player may wager that the lowest of the selected numbers may be a "high" number or the highest of the selected numbers may be a "low" number. If the player has correctly wagered on the "...	11/18/2003
6638163	Stud poker games The player makes a wager and is dealt a five card poker hand. The player wins or loses depending on the poker hand ranking of the hand. If the player has achieved a winning poker hand combination, the player is paid according to the pay table and the play...	10/28/2003
6635143	Product and process for tokens A token is manufactured using a combination of minting or casting operations and printing operations. The token comprises a metal base material that is minted or cast to the size and shape desired including embossed or debossed areas at selected locations...	10/21/2003
6602134	Draw poker game in which player makes additional wagers for replacement cards A card game in which the player makes a wager, preferably a five credit wager, and the player is then dealt an initial five card hand. The player may then stand on his initial five cards or the player may discard unwanted cards and receive a replacement c...	08/05/2003
6568680	Electronic video poker games A card game is described in which a player makes a total wager prior to the initial starting hand being dealt. One hand of five cards is displayed to the player with all of the initial cards being dealt face up. The player then determines how many times t...	05/27/2003
6565432	Auto hold video poker A video poker machine is provided with an auto hold feature that can be selectively turned on or off by the player. When the player uses the auto hold feature, the player plays against a first pay table which has a first theoretical game return. If the pl...	05/20/2003
6561898	Electronic multi-hand stud poker games A player makes a wager to play multiple hands of a stud poker game which is allocated among the number of hands that the player selects to play. Once the player has made his wager, a plurality of initial partial hands are displayed to the player. Each ini...	05/13/2003
6533279	Three card draw poker games An initial hand of three cards is dealt to the player and three community cards are dealt face down. The player decides which cards to hold and which cards to discard. For each card that is discarded, the player uses one of the community cards as the repl...	03/18/2003
6517074	Electronic video poker games A card game is described in which the player plays multiple hands of cards. At the beginning of each round of the game, the player determines how many times the player wishes to play the initial deal of the cards and makes an appropriate wager to cover th...	02/11/2003
6514374	Product and process for tokens A token is manufactured using a combination of minting or casting operations and printing operations. The token comprises a metal base material that is minted or cast to the size and shape desired including embossed or debossed areas at selected locations...	02/04/2003
6478677	Numerical total keno game A game of chance is based on a keno-type game which uses one or more groups of number ranges, such as a HI group of number ranges, a LO group of number ranges and a HI/LO group of number ranges. A player makes a wager on one or more of the groups of numbe...	11/12/2002
6475085	Numerical total high/low lottery game A player selects whether the numerical total of the numbers selected during a lottery game will be high or low, or either high or low. When the winning lottery numbers are selected, they are also totaled and a numerical sum of the selected lottery numbers...	11/05/2002
6471587	Game method and device therefor A game method and device are set forth wherein pairs of hands are exposed to the player. If one of the pairs has a qualifying holding, the game method provides for the exchange of indicia between the hands to increase the reward to be received by the play...	10/29/2002
6419578	Bonus feature on starting hands A starting hand of five cards is dealt and the player then plays this hand with a first pay table. If the player's starting hand of cards has a poker hand ranking of any preselected combination of cards, such as a Three-of-a-Kind, the player is given the ...	07/16/2002

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