Method of playing a bonus wager

• US 7,325,806 B1
• Filed: 08/06/2004
• Issued: 02/05/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/06/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: New Vision Gaming & Development Inc.
• Original Assignee: New Vision Gaming & Development Inc.
• Inventors: Feola, John
• Primary Examiner(s): Kim; Eugene
• Assistant Examiner(s): COLLINS, DOLORES R
• Application Number:
  US10/913,097
• Time in Patent Office: 1,278 Days
• Field of Search: 273/292
• US Class Current: 273/292
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 1/00 Card games aspects of games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions showing representations related to the game A63F13/00; card games played on a gaming machine G07F17/32
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/322 Casino tables, e.g. tables having integrated screens, chip detection means
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3293 Card games, e.g. poker, canasta, black jack

Abstract

A method of playing a game with at least one deck of cards where the game comprises the steps of affording a player the opportunity to place a bonus wager, dealing out the cards to each of a plurality of hands, forming a bonus hand from one card from each of more than one hand, and identifying the player as a winning player if the player placed the bonus wager and the bonus hand has a predetermined rank.

Claims

1. A method of playing a game with at least one deck of cards, said game comprising the steps of:

(a) affording a player the opportunity to place a bonus wager;

(b) dealing out said cards to each of a plurality of hands;

(c) forming only one bonus hand from one of said cards from each of a subset of said plurality of hands;

(d) identifying said player as a winning player if said player placed said bonus wager and said bonus hand has a predetermined rank; and

(e) paying said winning player a payout.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein said bonus hand is formed from cards that are dealt face up.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein said hands are player hands.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein said bonus hand is formed from one card from each of said player hands.

5. The method of claim 3 wherein said bonus hand is formed from cards that are dealt face up.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein said hands are player hands and at least one banker hand.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein said bonus hand is formed from one card from each of said player hands and one card from each of said at least one banker hand.

8. The method of claim 6 wherein said bonus hand is formed from cards that are dealt face up.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein said bonus hand is a poker hand.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein said payout is a multiple of said bonus wager.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein said payout is paid by a banker.

12. The method of claim 1 wherein said bonus wager is placed in a pot and said payout is paid from said pot.