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| 8430733 | Skill based games of chance Described are casino games that incorporate a player's physical dexterity into gameplay, thus adding a physical skill component to a game, beyond any mental skill components the underlying games already posses. Similarly to the manner in which a player's knowledge o... | 04/30/2013 |
| 8419518 | Gaming device having multiplier poker game A video poker gaming device, a method of operating a gaming device and a method of playing a poker game including a plurality of cards displayed to a player where the cards are drawn from a deck of fifty-two cards including at least one modifier card. The gaming dev... | 04/16/2013 |
| 8398471 | Method and system for providing a feature game using spatial relationship between objects Embodiments and methods for conducting a game are herein provided. The method comprises providing a representation of a plurality of game indicia having spatial relationship with each other, one of the game indicia being designated as a reference game indicium. It f... | 03/19/2013 |
| 8353751 | Gaming device and method for providing multiple-hand poker game A gaming device having a multi-player poker game includes a plurality of two-card hands dealt to a player and to a virtual opponent. First, the player has an option to place a wager on or fold each of the player hands. Then, the gaming device folds a number of deale... | 01/15/2013 |
| 8348738 | Computer-based, interactive, multiplayer card selection game using a randomly generated limited deck for card selection The present invention relates to computer-based multiplayer games that follow the scoring rules of poker in which players select cards from a second deck of playing cards that is composed of cards randomly selected by the software from a first deck of playing cards ... | 01/08/2013 |
| 8342931 | Games of chance based on event databases A system and method for implementing a game of chance based on historical events. The method consists of randomly selecting a set of competitors from an event database. The competitors are presented to a player. A set of criteria comprising a subset of the competito... | 01/01/2013 |
| 8333645 | System and method of gaming on a computer system The present invention relates to a new system and method of gaming on a computer system. In particular, the invention relates to a novel method of playing games such as poker (and variations thereof) and other games where the player is provided with the opportunity ... | 12/18/2012 |
| 8333644 | Method of gaming and gaming system A method of gaming comprising: selecting a plurality of groups of at least two symbols for a play line played by a player; displaying the selected groups at respective ones of a plurality of display positions on the play line; linking groups of symbols based on at l... | 12/18/2012 |
| 8328614 | Gaming system, gaming device and method for providing a wagering solitaire game The present disclosure provides a method of determining suitable paytables for wagering Solitaire games or type games and a gaming system, gaming device and method for providing such wagering games with such paytables. In one embodiment, the paytable includes the ou... | 12/11/2012 |
| 8317583 | Card game A card game is played between a dealer and at least one player. Each player is required to ante a bet before receiving a hand of cards. Cards are dealt to the dealer and each player so that the dealer and each player each receive two cards with at least one of the f... | 11/27/2012 |
| 8313365 | Detecting duplicate collections of virtual playing instruments Aspects of the present invention provide systems and methods relating to online gaming utilizing virtual playing instruments. The virtual playing instruments may be generated from physical playing instruments. In certain embodiments, the playing instruments include ... | 11/20/2012 |
| 8308538 | Methods and devices for card games with card replacement A player of a card game, such as poker, is presented with opportunities to replace one or more of the cards in his or her hand. The first such replacement may be free, but the player may incur a cost for each subsequent replacement. This cost may be based on how muc... | 11/13/2012 |
| 8308539 | Letter placement game A letter placement game based on solving for missing characters in empty cells in a grid of characters. The grid includes horizontal rows, vertical rows, and subgrids. Each solution character must be singular in its horizontal row, vertical row, and subgrid. Simulta... | 11/13/2012 |
| 8303389 | Arrangement for electronically carrying out board role-play and card games An assembly for electronically performing card games through data transmission between a game console and RFID elements, for reading out and/or changing game status or game course representing data and data characterizing player features. A game pad is provided with... | 11/06/2012 |
| 8303390 | Methods and devices for multi-state card games with card replacement Players in a multi-state card game, such as blackjack or baccarat, are presented with opportunities to exchange their cards for new cards when the card game is in one or more particular states. These opportunities may include offers to redeal the player's hand of ca... | 11/06/2012 |
| 8287344 | Multi session gaming Example methods and devices are set forth for playing a game. In some embodiments, an inventory of game indicia is arranged in a random but established, serial order. In some embodiments, for each hand of play the player makes a wager and game indicia are displayed ... | 10/16/2012 |
| 8282459 | Computer-based, interactive, real-time card selection game The invention is a method of playing computerized card games against real or virtual players. The cards games are usually variations of poker, where the quality of the players' hands is due to skill and strategy rather than the luck of the draw. Players request desi... | 10/09/2012 |
| 8235780 | Card game system and device having supplemental awards based on consecutive non-terminating outcomes A card game includes a plurality of rounds playable upon at least one base wager and at least one supplemental wager. Each one of the rounds results in an outcome, where a base award is associated with at least one of the outcomes. A pattern condition is fulfillable... | 08/07/2012 |
| 8221205 | Gaming machine and card game machine A gaming machine lets a player who has satisfied a predetermined condition select one dealer image among six dealer images. The gaming machine subsequently displays the selected image in a front display and executes a game. As a bet-accepting period started, the gam... | 07/17/2012 |
| 8216039 | Gaming system and method for providing improved element setting options A gaming system having a game with game elements is provided. The game includes a number of game elements provided to the player and the dealer, where the game elements are subsequently divided into two or more groups or hands. The gaming system sets the dealer game... | 07/10/2012 |
| 8216040 | Wagering game A method for implementing a casino wagering game to be implemented with physical cards or electronically using an electronic gaming machine. The player can split his or her hand into two smaller hands and a dealer can split his or her hand into two smaller hands. Th... | 07/10/2012 |
| 8210919 | Card game with a non-integer numerical target There is disclosed a method of playing a numerical target card game. After bets are accepted from at least one player, one card may be dealt to the player and a banker. The player may elect to receive one or more hit cards. The banker may receive one or more hit car... | 07/03/2012 |
| 8192265 | Game system The game system comprises a code reading means for reading a code recorded in a card, a computer program executing means for executing a game in which characters compute, and a display screen for displaying an image generated by the computer program. The game system... | 06/05/2012 |
| 8192266 | Multi-stage card select Embodiments related to conducting a wagering game according to the rules of a base game includes defining a finite set of game indicia. In some embodiments the player plays multiple sequential game hand by placing a wager, receiving game indicia from the finite set ... | 06/05/2012 |
| 8187070 | Games of chance based on event databases A system and method for implementing a game of chance based on historical events. The method consists of randomly selecting a set of competitors from an event database. The competitors are presented to a player. A set of criteria comprising a subset of the competito... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8187069 | Online gaming system for simulating a soccer game using an electronic deck of playing cards An online gaming system for simulating a soccer game comprising a server with a processor, a network in communication with the server, at least one client device in communication with the network, wherein the at least one client device has an input device, a display... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8162734 | Card gaming machine A card gaming machine including: an extraction unit for extracting at least a card from among a plurality of the cards with a predetermined kinds of symbols drawn thereon; a display unit for displaying an image of the cards extracted by the extraction unit and dealt... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8147307 | Display in change game series Embodiments related to conducting a wagering game according to the rules of a base game includes defining a finite set of game indicia. In some embodiments the player plays multiple sequential game hand by placing a wager, receiving game indicia from the finite set ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8137173 | Multi session gaming Example methods and devices are set forth for playing a game. In some embodiments, an inventory of game indicia is arranged in a random but established, serial order. In some embodiments, for each hand of play the player makes a wager and game indicia are displayed ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8123603 | Gaming machine allowing player to select dealer and control method thereof A gaming machine of the present invention displays a dealer image selected from a plurality of types of dealer images to a display, and offers a profit (e.g. a game support advantageous for the player) in accordance with the dealer image to a station where an additi... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8113932 | Method and computer readable medium relating to creating child virtual decks from a parent virtual deck Methods and systems relating to virtual playing instruments generated from physical playing instruments are provided. In one embodiment, a child deck may be created using one or more rules to resequence a parent virtual deck created from physical playing instruments... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8092289 | Techniques for use with computerized games having cards Techniques are described for determining card movement in a computerized game. A representation of one or more cards to be played in a simulated environment is provided. A movement of at least one of said cards is determined in accordance with one or more of an attr... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8087984 | Baccarat game system, method of using baccarat game system, baccarat game program and recording medium It is an object of the present invention is to provide an epoch-making baccarat game system, a method of using such a baccarat game system, a baccarat game program and a recording medium, in which a great number of players can simultaneously participate in the game ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8070574 | Apparatus, system, method, and computer-readable medium for casino card handling with multiple hand recall feature Apparatuses, systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for detecting, storing, and retrieving information about the composition of present and past hands of cards in a casino table game. The method includes causing a card-handling device to substan... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8043151 | Trading game simulation method A trading simulation game that emulates the roles of market makers and traders involved in the securities market. The simulation allows for random market activity by specifying a starting market price and employing a subset of a pool of market-affecting items to mod... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8016655 | Card gaming machine comprising a plurality of terminals at which single player can execute card game and card game playing method In a liquid crystal display 201, when a sub player touches a select button area 1206 arranged under a main game display area 2001 through a transparent touch panel 202 covering the liquid crystal display 201, the sub player can sel... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8012008 | Card gaming machine having a plurality of card decks and card game playing method Two card decks A and B are allocated to and shared by a dealer and each of “main players 1 to 5”. Two cards to be dealt respectively to the dealer and each of the main players are determined from the two card decks A and B. On the other hand, two c... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7985127 | Golf solitaire video game A Golf Solitaire Video Game is described in which a user plays a video playing card game. Playing cards are positioned in piles where one pile initially contains only a home playing card. The playing cards on top of the piles and the home playing card reveal their f... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7980932 | Amusement devices and games including means for processing electronic data where ultimate outcome of the game is dependent on relative odds of a card combination and/or where chance is a factor: wagering on hands of cards Games related to the provision of information are described. Games may be formulated to exploit biases such as long shot bias and favorite bias. Games related to the provision of information are described. Games may be formulated to exploit biases relating to the Mo... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7785182 | Wagering game having selectable array for creating multiple hands A method of playing a card-based wagering game. The method comprises conducting the card-based wagering game at a gaming terminal and displaying a plurality of cards arranged in an array. The plurality of cards includes a first set of selectable cards and a first se... | 08/31/2010 |
