Multi-player games with individual player decks
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1. An automatic multiple player interactive gaming machine, comprising:
- a plurality of player terminals; and
a central game processor programmed to execute an interactive multiple player game that is configured to display a player set of cards on a display of the player terminal, each player set of cards being logically linked with a dealer set of cards such that cards are removed from each individual player set of cards when a corresponding card is dealt to the dealer from the dealer set of cards.
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Abstract
An automatic multiple player gaming machine includes a central game processor and multiple player terminals, wherein each player terminal includes a player input and a player display. The gaming machine also includes a common game display and a game program residing in the processor, wherein the game program executes an interactive multiple player game. The processor further displays individual hands of cards on each player display, wherein each hand of cards is randomly selected from its own set of cards. The operation of such a machine may be effected in a computer-based method as well.
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1. An automatic multiple player interactive gaming machine, comprising:
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a plurality of player terminals; and a central game processor programmed to execute an interactive multiple player game that is configured to display a player set of cards on a display of the player terminal, each player set of cards being logically linked with a dealer set of cards such that cards are removed from each individual player set of cards when a corresponding card is dealt to the dealer from the dealer set of cards. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An automatic multiple player interactive gaming machine comprising:
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a central game processor; multiple player terminals, each player terminal including at least one player input; a common game display; and a game program residing in the central game processor, wherein the game program is configured to cause the central game processor to execute an interactive multiple player game, wherein the central game processor is further programmed to display individual hands of cards, wherein each hand of cards is randomly selected from its own individual set of cards, wherein the game program is further configured to cause the central game processor to display a dealer hand of cards, wherein the dealer hand of cards is randomly selected from its own individual set of cards, wherein the game program is further configured to cause the central game processor to display common cards, and wherein each displayed common card is removed from each individual set of cards. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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11. A method of providing a card-wagering game using an interactive gaming machine, the method comprising:
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randomly dealing by the interactive gaming machine a respective plurality of player hands of cards to at least two players, wherein each respective plurality of player hands of cards is selected from a separate player set of cards associated with a separate player; dealing by the interactive gaming machine a dealer hand of cards randomly selected from a dealer set of cards associated with a dealer, the dealer set of cards being separate from, and logically linked to, the player sets of cards such that cards are removed from each of the player sets of cards when a corresponding card is dealt to the dealer from the dealer set of cards; receiving a respective wager from each of the at least two players; determining, by the interactive gaming machine according to rules of the card-wagering game, which player has a winning hand based at least in part on their respective player hand of cards; and providing a payout amount to each player holding a winning hand according to a payout schedule associated with the card-wagering game. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of dealing a plurality of hands of cards in a multiplayer card-wagering game using an interactive gaming machine, the method comprising:
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associating by the interactive gaming machine a respective player set of cards associated with each player in the multiplayer card-wagering game; dealing by the interactive gaming machine a respective player hand of cards to each of the players in the multiplayer card-wagering game, wherein each respective player hand is randomly selected from the player set of cards respectively associated with each player; and dealing by the interactive gaming machine a dealer hand of cards randomly selected from a dealer set of cards, the dealer set of cards being separate from, and logically linked with, the sets of cards respectively associated with each player, such that dealing a card from one of the dealer set of cards and the player set of cards causes removal of a corresponding card in the other of the dealer set of cards and the player set of cards. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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17. A method of dealing a plurality of hands of cards in a multiplayer card-wagering game using an interactive gaming machine, the method comprising:
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associating by the interactive gaming machine a respective set of cards with each player in the multiplayer card-wagering game; dealing by the interactive gaming machine a respective hand of cards to each of the players in the multiplayer card-wagering game, wherein each respective hand is randomly selected from the set of cards respectively associated with each player; dealing by the interactive gaming machine a dealer hand of cards randomly selected from a dealer set of cards, the dealer set of cards being separate from the sets of cards respectively associated with each player; and dealing a plurality of community cards randomly selected from the dealer set of cards, the dealer set of cards being separate from each of the sets of cards respectively associated with each player. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. A method of providing a card-wagering game, the method comprising:
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randomly dealing a respective plurality of physical cards to at least two players, wherein each respective plurality of physical cards is selected from a separate player set of physical cards associated with each player; dealing by an interactive gaming machine a dealer hand of cards randomly selected from a dealer set of cards, the dealer set of cards being separate from, and logically linked to, the separate player sets of physical cards such that physical cards in the separate player sets that correspond to dealt cards in the dealer hand are prohibited from being dealt to the at least two players; receiving a respective wager from each player; determining, according to rules of the card-wagering game, which player has winning hand based at least in part on their respective plurality of physical cards; and providing a payout amount to each player holding a winning hand according to a payout schedule associated with the card-wagering game.
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