“Buy a peek” gaming methods and devices
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1. A gaming method, comprising:
- providing an initial hand of a card game to a player;
making an offer to provide the player with an amount of the game information for a price, the game information comprising draw card information about a plurality of cards available to be drawn to replace cards of the initial hand, the offer not requiring the player to draw any card in order to accept the offer;
determining whether the player has accepted the offer; and
reducing the player'"'"'s odds of winning the wagering game when the player accepts the offer.
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Abstract
The present invention provides methods and devices for providing wagering games. A player pays an initial price to play a wagering game according to normal game rules. Game information that would normally be concealed from the player is offered for an additional price. In some implementations, the wagering game is a poker game and the game information is draw card information. The additional price may increase according to the amount of game information provided. In some implementations, a paytable percentage for the wagering game decreases according to the amount of game information provided.
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22 Claims
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1. A gaming method, comprising:
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providing an initial hand of a card game to a player; making an offer to provide the player with an amount of the game information for a price, the game information comprising draw card information about a plurality of cards available to be drawn to replace cards of the initial hand, the offer not requiring the player to draw any card in order to accept the offer; determining whether the player has accepted the offer; and reducing the player'"'"'s odds of winning the wagering game when the player accepts the offer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. Computer software embodied in a machine-readable medium, the computer software containing instructions for controlling at least one device in a gaming network to perform the following steps:
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providing an initial hand of a card game to a player; making an offer to provide the player with an amount of the game information for a price, the game information comprising draw card information about a plurality of cards available to be drawn to replace cards of the initial hand, the offer not requiring the player to draw any card in order to accept the offer; determining whether the player has accepted the offer; and reducing the player'"'"'s odds of winning the wagering game when the player accepts the offer. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A gaming network, comprising:
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means for providing an initial hand of a card game to a player; means for making an offer to provide the player with an amount of the game information for a price, the game information comprising draw card information about a plurality of cards available to be drawn to replace cards of the initial hand, the offer not requiring the player to draw any card in order to accept the offer; means for determining whether the player has accepted the offer; and means for reducing the player'"'"'s odds of winning the wagering game when the player accepts the offer.
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20. A gaming machine, comprising:
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means for providing an initial hand of a card game to a player; means for making an offer to provide the player with an amount of the game information for a price, the game information comprising draw card information about a plurality of cards available to be drawn to replace cards of the initial hand, the offer not requiring the player to draw any card in order to accept the offer; means for determining whether the player has accepted the offer; and means for reducing the player'"'"'s odds of winning the wagering game when the player accepts the offer.
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21. A gaming network, comprising:
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a game server, comprising; a first network interface for communication with gaming machines on a gaming network; and a logic device for controlling the gaming machines, via the gaming network;
a plurality of gaming machines, comprising;a second network interface for communication with the game server; and means for providing an initial hand of a card game to a player; means for making an offer to provide the player with an amount of the game information for a price, the game information comprising draw card information about a plurality of cards available to be drawn to replace cards of the initial hand, the offer not requiring the player to draw any card in order to accept the offer; means for determining whether the player has accepted the offer; and means for informing the game server whether the player accepts an offer; wherein the logic device is configured to reduce the player'"'"'s odds of winning the wagering game when the player accepts the offer.
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22. A gaming machine, comprising:
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apparatus for presenting a wagering game, the apparatus including at least one video monitor; at least one player input device; a master gaming controller configured to control the apparatus for presenting the wagering game to perform the following steps; providing an initial hand of a card game to a player; and offer, for a price, to provide the player with an amount of the game information, the game information comprising draw card information about plurality of cards available to be drawn to replace cards of the initial hand, the offer not requiring the player to draw any card in order to accept the offer; wherein the master gaming controller is further configured to determine, according to information from at least one player input device, when the player has accepted the offer; and wherein the master gaming controller is further configured to reduce the player'"'"'s odds of winning the wagering game when the master gaming controller determines that the player has accepted the offer.
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