Multi-spin poker gaming system with predetermined game outcomes
First Claim
1. A gaming device operable under control of at least one processor, said gaming device comprising:
- at least one display device configured to display a multi-hand spin poker game, said multi-hand spin poker game including;
(i) a plurality of playing cards, wherein different pluralities of said playing cards form a plurality of different poker hands that are each associated with a payout;
(ii) a plurality of playing card positions; and
(iii) a plurality of paylines;
at least one memory device operable to store data representing a predefined table which includes a plurality of poker hand seeds, wherein each poker hand seed is associated with a payout, each poker hand seed is associated with zero, one or more predefined solutions and at least one poker hand seed is associated with at least one predefined solution,at least one input device; and
said at least one processor programmed to operate with said at least one display device, said at least one memory device and said at least one input device to control a play of the multi-hand spin poker game by;
(a) determining a predetermined game outcome value;
(b) accessing the predefined table of poker hand seeds to select one of the poker hand seeds based on the predetermined game outcome value, wherein the payout associated with the selected poker hand seed is equal to or substantially equal to the predetermined game outcome value;
(c) generating and displaying a plurality of playing cards in a plurality of said playing card positions to form a primary poker hand along one of the paylines, wherein said generated playing cards are based on said selected poker hand seed;
(d) enabling the player to select at least one of said generated and displayed playing cards in the primary poker hand to hold or to discard, wherein said selected playing cards are respectively held or discarded in each of the secondary poker hands;
(e) determining if, based on the held playing cards, a plurality of said playing cards can be generated in a plurality of said non-held playing card positions to cause said primary poker hand and each of said secondary poker hands to be associated with payouts which form a total payout equal to the predetermined game outcome value;
(f) if the plurality of playing cards can be generated in the plurality of non-held playing card positions to cause the primary poker hand and each of said secondary poker hands to be associated with payouts which form the total payout equal to the predetermined game outcome value;
(i) for each non-held playing card position, generating and displaying said determined playing card in said determined playing card position, and(ii) providing the predetermined game outcome value to the player; and
(g) if the plurality of playing cards cannot be generated in the plurality of non-held playing card positions to cause the primary poker hand and each of said secondary poker hands to be associated with payouts which form the total payout equal to the predetermined game outcome value;
(i) selecting one of the solutions associated with the poker hand seed of the predetermined game outcome value, wherein said solution is based on the held playing cards,(ii) generating and displaying a plurality of the playing cards in the plurality of playing card positions, wherein which of said playing cards are generated in which of said playing card positions is based on the selected solution, and(iii) providing the predetermined game outcome value to the player.
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Abstract
A gaming system which provides a predetermined outcome to a player. The gaming device a plurality of playing cards in a plurality of playing card positions to form an initial primary poker hand. The gaming device enables the player to select one or more of the initially dealt playing cards in the primary poker hand to hold or to discard, wherein the held playing cards in the primary hand are also held in one, more or each of a plurality of simultaneously played poker hands. The gaming device evaluates the set of held playing cards and determines, possibly utilizing at least one stored table of solutions, the appropriate playing cards to generate in the appropriate playing card positions to form a plurality of poker hands with a total combined payout equal to the selected predetermined game outcome value.
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49 Claims
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1. A gaming device operable under control of at least one processor, said gaming device comprising:
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at least one display device configured to display a multi-hand spin poker game, said multi-hand spin poker game including; (i) a plurality of playing cards, wherein different pluralities of said playing cards form a plurality of different poker hands that are each associated with a payout; (ii) a plurality of playing card positions; and (iii) a plurality of paylines; at least one memory device operable to store data representing a predefined table which includes a plurality of poker hand seeds, wherein each poker hand seed is associated with a payout, each poker hand seed is associated with zero, one or more predefined solutions and at least one poker hand seed is associated with at least one predefined solution, at least one input device; and said at least one processor programmed to operate with said at least one display device, said at least one memory device and said at least one input device to control a play of the multi-hand spin poker game by; (a) determining a predetermined game outcome value; (b) accessing the predefined table of poker hand seeds to select one of the poker hand seeds based on the predetermined game outcome value, wherein the payout associated with the selected poker hand seed is equal to or substantially equal to the predetermined game outcome value; (c) generating and displaying a plurality of playing cards in a plurality of said playing card positions to form a primary poker hand along one of the paylines, wherein said generated playing cards are based on said selected poker hand seed; (d) enabling the player to select at least one of said generated and displayed playing cards in the primary poker hand to hold or to discard, wherein said selected playing cards are respectively held or discarded in each of the secondary poker hands; (e) determining if, based on the held playing cards, a plurality of said playing cards can be generated in a plurality of said non-held playing card positions to cause said primary poker hand and each of said secondary poker hands to be associated with payouts which form a total payout equal to the predetermined game outcome value; (f) if the plurality of playing cards can be generated in the plurality of non-held playing card positions to cause the primary poker hand and each of said secondary poker hands to be associated with payouts which form the total payout equal to the predetermined game outcome value; (i) for each non-held playing card position, generating and displaying said determined playing card in said determined playing card position, and (ii) providing the predetermined game outcome value to the player; and (g) if the plurality of playing cards cannot be generated in the plurality of non-held playing card positions to cause the primary poker hand and each of said secondary poker hands to be associated with payouts which form the total payout equal to the predetermined game outcome value; (i) selecting one of the solutions associated with the poker hand seed of the predetermined game outcome value, wherein said solution is based on the held playing cards, (ii) generating and displaying a plurality of the playing cards in the plurality of playing card positions, wherein which of said playing cards are generated in which of said playing card positions is based on the selected solution, and (iii) providing the predetermined game outcome value to the player. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A gaming system comprising:
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at least one database including; (i) data representing a plurality of different poker hand seeds, wherein each poker hand seed is associated with a payout, each poker hand seed is associated with zero, one or more predefined solutions and at least one poker hand seed is associated with at least one predefined solution, (ii) data representing a plurality of payout amounts and at least one distribution of poker game outcomes, if any, which would result in each of said payout amounts, and (iii) data representing a set of predetermined game outcome values; at least one central controller programmed to select at least one of said predetermined game outcome values from the set of predetermined game outcome values; and a plurality of gaming machines, each gaming machine operable under control of at least one gaming machine processor and configured to communicate with the at least one central controller, each gaming machine including; at least one display device configured to display a multi-hand spin poker game operable upon a wager, said multi-hand spin poker game including; (i) a plurality of playing cards, wherein different pluralities of said playing cards form a plurality of different poker hands that are each associated with a payout, (ii) a plurality of playing card positions in said multi-hand spin poker game, and (iii) a plurality of paylines; at least one memory device; and at least one input device; said at least one gaming machine processor programmed to operate with said at least one input device, said at least one display device and said at least one memory device to control a play of the multi-hand spin poker game by; (a) accessing the at least one database to select one of the poker hand seeds based on the central controller selected predetermined game outcome value; (b) generating and displaying a plurality of playing cards in a plurality of said playing card positions to form a primary poker hand along one of the paylines, wherein said generated playing cards are based on said selected poker hand seed; (c) enabling the player to select at least one of said generated and displayed playing cards in the primary poker hand to hold or to discard, wherein said selected playing cards are respectively held or discarded in each of the secondary poker hands; (d) determining if, based on the held playing cards, a plurality of said playing cards can be generated in a plurality of said non-held playing card positions to cause said primary poker hand and each of said secondary poker hands to be associated with payouts which form a total payout equal to the predetermined game outcome value, wherein said determination is based, at least in part, on the data of said at least one database; (e) if the plurality of playing cards can be generated in the plurality of non-held playing card positions to cause the primary poker hand and each of said secondary poker hands to be associated with payouts which form the total payout equal to the predetermined game outcome value; (i) for each non-held playing card position, generating and displaying said determined playing card in said determined playing card position, and (ii) providing the predetermined game outcome value to the player; and (f) if the plurality of playing cards cannot be generated in the plurality of non-held playing card positions to cause the primary poker hand and each of said secondary poker hands to be associated with payouts which form the total payout equal to the predetermined game outcome value; (i) selecting one of the solutions associated with the poker hand seed of the predetermined game outcome value, wherein said solution is based on the held playing cards, (ii) generating and displaying a plurality of the playing cards in the plurality of playing card positions, wherein which of said playing cards are generated in which of said playing card positions is based on the selected solution, and (iii) providing the predetermined game outcome value to the player. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method of operating a gaming device, said method causing the gaming device to:
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(a) determine a predetermined game outcome value; (b) access a predefined table of poker hand seeds to select one of a plurality of poker hand seeds based on the predetermined game outcome value, wherein each poker hand seed is associated with a payout, each poker hand seed is associated with zero, one or more predefined solutions, at least one poker hand seed is associated with at least one predefined solution and the payout associated with the selected poker hand seed is equal to or substantially equal to the predetermined game outcome value; (c) generate and display a plurality of playing cards in a plurality of playing card positions to form a primary poker hand along one of a plurality of paylines, wherein different pluralities of said playing cards form a plurality of different poker hands that are each associated with a payout and said generated playing cards are based on said selected poker hand seed; (d) enable the player to select at least one of said generated and displayed playing cards in the primary poker hand to hold or to discard, wherein said selected playing cards are respectively held or discarded in each of the secondary poker hands; (e) determine if, based on the held playing cards, a plurality of said playing cards can be generated in a plurality of said non-held playing card positions to cause said primary poker hand and each of said secondary poker hands to be associated with payouts which form a total payout equal to the predetermined game outcome value; (f) if the plurality of playing cards can be generated in the plurality of non-held playing card positions to cause the primary poker hand and each of said secondary poker hands to be associated with payouts which form the total payout equal to the predetermined game outcome value; (i) for each non-held playing card position, generate and display said determined playing card in said determined playing card position, and (ii) provide the predetermined game outcome value to the player; and (g) if the plurality of playing cards cannot be generated in the plurality of non-held playing card positions to cause the primary poker hand and each of said secondary poker hands to be associated with payouts which form the total payout equal to the predetermined game outcome value; (i) select one of the solutions associated with the poker hand seed of the predetermined game outcome value, wherein said i solution is based on the held playing cards, (ii) generate and display a plurality of the playing cards in the plurality of playing card positions, wherein which of said playing cards are generated in which of said playing card positions is based on the selected solution, and (iii) provide the predetermined game outcome value to the player. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A method of operating a gaming system, said method comprising:
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(a) maintaining at least one database including; (i) data representing a plurality of different poker hand seeds, wherein each poker hand seed is associated with a payout, each poker hand seed is associated with zero, one or more predefined solutions and at least one poker hand seed is associated with at least one predefined solution, (ii) data representing a plurality of payout amounts and at least one distribution of poker game outcomes, if any, which would result in each of said payout amounts, and (iii) data representing a set of predetermined game outcome values; (b) causing at least one central controller to select at least one of said predetermined game outcome values from the set of predetermined game outcome values; and (c) causing at least one gaming machine to; (i) access the at least one database to select one of the poker hand seeds based on the central controller selected predetermined game outcome value; (ii) generate and display a plurality of playing cards in a plurality of playing card positions to form a primary poker hand along one of a plurality of paylines, wherein different pluralities of said playing cards form a plurality of different poker hands that are each associated with a payout and said generated playing cards are based on said selected poker hand seed; (iii) enable the player to select at least one of said generated and displayed playing cards in the primary poker hand to hold or to discard, wherein said selected playing cards are respectively held or discarded in each of the secondary poker hands; (iv) determine if, based on the held playing cards, a plurality of said playing cards can be generated in a plurality of said non-held playing card positions to cause said primary poker hand and each of said secondary poker hands to be associated with payouts which form a total payout equal to the predetermined game outcome value, wherein said determination is based, at least in part, on the data of said at least one database; (v) if the plurality of playing cards can be generated in the plurality of non-held playing card positions to cause the primary poker hand and each of said secondary poker hands to be associated with payouts which form the total payout equal to the predetermined game outcome value; (A) for each non-held playing card position, generate and display said determined playing card in said determined playing card position, and (B) provide the predetermined game outcome value to the player; and (vi) if the plurality of playing cards cannot be generated in the plurality of non-held playing card positions to cause the primary poker hand and each of said secondary poker hands to be associated with payouts which form the total payout equal to the predetermined game outcome value; (A) select one of the solutions associated with the poker hand seed of the predetermined game outcome value, wherein said solution is based on the held playing cards, (B) generate and display a plurality of the playing cards in the plurality of playing card positions, wherein which of said playing cards are generated in which of said playing card positions is based on the selected solution, and (C) provide the predetermined game outcome value to the player. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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