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System for trade-in bonus

  • US 9,524,612 B2
  • Filed: 02/02/2016
  • Issued: 12/20/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A bonus controller coupled to an electronic poker gaming device, wherein the electronic poker gaming device comprises a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a paytable having winning outcomes and losing outcomes as a set of predefined cards shown on a display device of the electronic poker gaming device, an accepting device configured to accept a physical item associated with a monetary value, the monetary value establishing a credit balance, the credit balance being increasable and decreasable based at least on wagering activity, a cashout device configured to receive an input to cause an initiation of a payout associated with the credit balance, a first actuator configured to apply a wager amount placed for play of the electronic poker game, the wager amount decreasing the credit balance a second actuator configured to generate the input to cause initiation of the payout via the cashout device, and a third actuator configured to initiate a poker game played on the electronic poker device, the bonus controller comprising:

  • a bonus-controller input device coupled to the electronic poker gaming device and structured to receive information related to game play of the poker game played on the electronic poker gaming device; and

    a computing processor programmed to;

    determine, in the poker game, that a hand is dealt to a player of the electronic poker gaming device, wherein the poker game is configured to enable the player to trade in one or more cards of the dealt hand;

    track cards from the dealt hand traded in by the player of the electronic poker gaming device;

    determine when at least two cards from the dealt hand are traded in by the player;

    determine if the at least two cards traded in from the dealt hand comprise one of the winning outcomes in the paytable of the electronic poker gaming device;

    add bonus points to a bonus point total if it is determined that the at least two cards traded in from the dealt hand comprise one of the winning outcomes in the paytable; and

    grant a bonus to the player of the electronic poker gaming device when the bonus point total exceeds a threshold.

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