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Multi-pay video poker machine

  • US 5,415,404 A
  • Filed: 11/19/1993
  • Issued: 05/16/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/19/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of calculating the payoff to be made for the final hand in a poker game played on a video poker game machine having a microprocessor and a read-only memory (ROM) containing a game program and a pay table containing predetermined payoff values for all winning poker hands, the method comprising the steps of:

  • (a) determining whether the final hand is a winner;

    (b) if the final hand is a winner, determining all of the winning sub-hands which are subsets of the winning final hand; and

    (c) calculating a payoff for both the winning final hand and the winning sub-hands by summing said predetermined payoff values for the winning final hand and said winning sub-hands.

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