Gaming devices and methods of playing card games with indicator of cards played from previous hands

• US 7,374,172 B2
• Filed: 03/18/2005
• Issued: 05/20/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Randy Miller
• Original Assignee: Randy Miller
• Inventors: Miller, Randy
• Primary Examiner(s): LAYNO, BENJAMIN
• Application Number:
  US11/083,377
• Publication Number:
  US 20050269776A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,159 Days
• Field of Search: 273/148.R, 273/274, 273/138.1, 273/138.2, 273/143.R, 273/269, 463/18, 463/17, 463/19, 463/20, 463/22
• US Class Current: 273/269
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 3/00157 Casino or betting games horse races A63F3/00082

Abstract

Gaming devices and methods of playing games wherein an indication of the cards which have already been discarded or dealt is displayed for a player to view prior to making a decision. One embodiment is directed to a gaming device comprising a video display which is designed for the play of Blackjack. Other embodiments are directed to table versions of the present invention wherein physical playing cards are actually dealt to one or more players. At the conclusion of each hand, an indication of the cards dealt is displayed for viewing by all of the players.

Claims

1. A method of playing a game of keno comprising the steps of:

providing a player with an opportunity to make a wager;

providing a player with information corresponding to winning numbers from at least one previous game, wherein the availability of at least some of the information is dependent on some predetermined criteria, and wherein said predetermined criteria comprises a predetermined successful outcome in at least one previous game played by the player;

after viewing the information corresponding to the winning numbers from at least one previous game, the player playing a subsequent keno game by selecting a plurality of numbers;

randomly selecting a plurality of winning numbers;

and providing a payout to the player if a predetermined number of player selected numbers match at least some predetermined number of the randomly selected winning numbers.

2. A method of playing a game of keno according to claim 1 wherein a player is provided with said information prior to making a wager.

3. A method of playing a game of keno according to claim 1 wherein a player is provided with said information after making a wager.

4. A method of playing a game of keno according to claim 1 wherein said predetermined criteria comprises an amount to be wagered by a player.

5. A method of playing a game of keno according to claim 1 wherein said predetermined criteria comprises an additional payment by at least one player.

6. A method of playing a game of keno according to claim 1 wherein said information corresponds to numbers selected by at least one player during at least one previous game.

7. A method of playing a game of keno according to claim 1 wherein the numbers randomly selected during one game are selected from the same set of numbers from which numbers in previous games had been selected.

8. A method of playing a game of keno according to claim 1 wherein the numbers randomly selected during one game are selected from a remaining subset of previously non-winning numbers.

9. A method of playing a game of keno comprising the steps of:

providing a player with an opportunity to make a wager;

providing a player with information corresponding to non-winning numbers from at least one previous game wherein the availability of at least some of the information is dependent on some predetermined criteria, and wherein said predetermined criteria comprises a predetermined successful outcome in at least one previous game played by the player;

after viewing the information corresponding to the winning numbers from at least one previous game, the player playing a subsequent keno game by selecting a plurality of numbers;

and providing a payout to the player if a predetermined number of player selected numbers match at least some predetermined number of the randomly selected winning numbers;

randomly selecting a plurality of winning numbers.

10. A method of playing a game of keno according to claim 9 wherein a player is provided with said information prior to making a wager.

11. A method of playing a game of keno according to claim 9 wherein a player is provided with said information after making a wager.

12. A method of playing a game of keno according to claim 9 wherein said predetermined criteria comprises the amount wagered by a player.

13. A method of playing a game of keno according to claim 9 wherein said predetermined criteria comprises an additional payment by at least one player.

14. A method of playing a game of keno according to claim 9 wherein said information corresponds to numbers randomly selected during at least one previous game.

15. A method of playing a game of keno according to claim 9 wherein said information corresponds to numbers selected by at least one player during at least one previous game.

16. A method of playing a game of keno according to claim 9 wherein the numbers randomly selected during one game are selected from the same set of numbers from which numbers in previous games had been selected.

17. A method of playing a game of keno according to claim 9 wherein the numbers randomly selected during one game are selected from a remaining, subset of previously non-winning numbers.

18. A method of playing a game of keno comprising the steps of:

providing a player with an opportunity to make a wager;

providing a player with information corresponding to winning numbers from at least one previous game, wherein the availability of at least some of the information is dependent on some predetermined criteria, and wherein said predetermined criteria comprises a predetermined unsuccessful outcome in at least one previous game played by the player; and

after viewing the information corresponding to the winning numbers from at least one previous game, the player playing a subsequent keno game by selecting a plurality of numbers;

randomly selecting a plurality of winning numbers;

and providing a payout to the player if a predetermined number of player selected numbers match at least some predetermined number of the randomly selected winning numbers.

19. A method of playing a keno game according to claim 18 wherein the numbers randomly selected during one game are selected from the same set of numbers from which numbers in previous game has been selected.

20. A method of playing a game of keno according to claim 18 wherein the numbers randomly selected during one game are selected from a remaining subset of previously non-winning numbers.

21. A method of playing a game of keno comprising the steps of:

providing a player with an opportunity to make a wager;

providing a player with information corresponding to non-winning numbers from at least one previous game wherein the availability of at least some of the information is dependent on some predetermined criteria, and wherein said predetermined criteria comprises a predetermined unsuccessful outcome in at least one previous game played by the player;

after viewing the information corresponding to the winning numbers from at least one previous game, the player playing a subsequent keno game by selecting a plurality of numbers;

randomly selecting a plurality of winning numbers;

and providing a payout to the player if a predetermined number of player selected numbers match at least some predetermined number of the randomly selected winning numbers.

22. A method of playing a game of keno according to claim 21 wherein the numbers randomly selected during one game are selected from the same set of numbers from which numbers in previous games had been selected.

23. A method of playing a game of keno according to claim 21 wherein the numbers randomly selected during one game are selected from a remaining subset of previously non-winning numbers.

24. A method of playing a game of keno comprising the steps of:

providing one or more players with an opportunity to wager on the outcomes of randomly selected numbers;

randomly selecting a first subset of numbers;

providing a player with an opportunity to make a wager on the outcome of at least one randomly selected number not randomly selected in said first subset while;

providing a player with information corresponding to winning numbers from said first subset wherein the availability of at least some of the information is dependent on some predetermined criteria, and wherein said predetermined criteria comprises a predetermined successful outcome in at least one previous game played by the player;

after viewing the information corresponding to the winning numbers from at least one previous game, the player playing a subsequent keno game by selecting a plurality of numbers;

and providing a payout to the player if a predetermined number of player selected numbers match at least some predetermined number of the randomly selected winning numbers;

randomly selecting a plurality of winning numbers from remaining numbers.

25. A method of playing a game of keno according to claim 24 wherein the numbers randomly selected during one game are selected from the same set of numbers from which numbers in previous games hand been selected.

26. A method of playing a game of keno according to claim 24 wherein the numbers randomly selected during one game are selected from a remaining subset of previously non-winning numbers.