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Gaming system, gaming device, and method providing poker game with awards based on odds of winning

  • US 9,773,375 B2
  • Filed: 12/09/2015
  • Issued: 09/26/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/08/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
First Claim
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1. A gaming system comprising:

  • a housing;

    a plurality of input devices supported by the housing and including an acceptor and a wager-input device;

    at least one display device supported by the housing;

    at least one processor; and

    at least one memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to;

    (a) establish a credit balance for a first player based at least in part on a monetary value associated with a physical item received by the acceptor;

    (b) place an ante wager for the first player for a play of a game following receipt of an ante wager input via the wager-input device, the credit balance being decreasable by the ante wager;

    (c) for the play of the game, cause the at least one display device to display a two-element first player hand, a two-element dealer hand, and at least one other two-element player hand;

    (d) determine a probability of a final first player hand associated with the two-element first player hand winning against all other final player hands associated with the at least one other two-element player hand, the probability based on the two-element first player hand, the two-element dealer hand, the at least one other two-element player hand, any community elements previously dealt, and at least one of any community elements to be dealt;

    (e) determine a payout ratio based on the determined probability of the final first player hand winning against all of the other final player hands and cause the at least one display device to display the payout ratio;

    (f) enable, via the wager-input device, receipt of an optional play wager input associated with the displayed payout ratio;

    (g) responsive to receiving the optional play wager input via the wager-input device, place a play wager for the first player, the play wager associated with the displayed payout ratio;

    (h) cause the at least one display device to display at least one additional community element;

    (i) repeat (d) to (h) at least once;

    (j) determine whether the final first player hand wins against a final dealer hand associated with the two-element dealer hand;

    (k) determine whether the final first player hand wins against all of the other final player hands for the play of the game;

    (l) cause the at least one display device to display an ante award responsive to determining that the final first player hand wins against the final dealer hand regardless of whether the final first player hand wins against any of the other final, player hands, the credit balance increasable by the ante award;

    (m) cause the at least one display device to display a play award responsive to determining that the final first player hand wins against all of the other final, player hands, the play award including a sum of each of any play wagers placed multiplied by the payout ratio associated with that play wager, the credit balance increasable by the play award; and

    (n) initiate a payout associated with the credit balance following receipt of a cashout input via one of the input devices.

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