SYSTEMS, METHODS AND ARTICLES TO FACILITATE PLAYING CARD GAMES WITH SELECTABLE ODDS
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1. A gaming system, comprising:
- an input device operable to receive selections indicative of at least one of a set of odds or a house advantage for at least one hand to be played by at least one player of a card game;
a playing card handling system responsive to the selections received at the input device to provide the at least one hand of playing cards, where the playing cards forming the at least one hand correspond to at least one set of virtual playing card values pseudo-randomly generated based at least in part on the received selections indicative of the at least one of the set of odds or the house advantage; and
at least a first display operable to display a set of odds for at least one player based on at least one of the received selections.
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Abstract
A system and method may provide playing cards which are selected based on a desired set of payout or house odds and/or house advantage. The system and method may display payout odds for respective player positions. The system and method may operate a playing card handling device to provide the playing cards in a random or pseudo-random fashion, based at least in part on the selected payout or house odds and/or house advantage.
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37 Claims
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1. A gaming system, comprising:
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an input device operable to receive selections indicative of at least one of a set of odds or a house advantage for at least one hand to be played by at least one player of a card game; a playing card handling system responsive to the selections received at the input device to provide the at least one hand of playing cards, where the playing cards forming the at least one hand correspond to at least one set of virtual playing card values pseudo-randomly generated based at least in part on the received selections indicative of the at least one of the set of odds or the house advantage; and at least a first display operable to display a set of odds for at least one player based on at least one of the received selections. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of operating a gaming system, the method comprising:
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receiving selections indicative of at least one of a set of odds or a house advantage for at least one hand to be played by at least one player of a card game; providing the at least one hand of playing cards, where the playing cards forming the at least one hand correspond to a set of virtual playing card values pseudo-randomly generated at least in part based on the received selection indicative of at least one of the set of odds or the house advantage; and displaying the set of odds for at least one player based on at least one of the received selections. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A gaming system, comprising:
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at least one input device operable to receive selections indicative of respective sets of odds for each of a number of hands of cards to be played during of a card game; and at least one display responsive to the at least one input device to display respective house odds for each of the hands of playing cards to be played during a card game. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method of operating a gaming system, the method comprising:
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receiving selections indicative of respective sets of odds for each of a number of hands of cards to be played during of a card game; and displaying house odds for each of the hands of playing cards to be played during a card game based at least in part on the received selections. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A computer-readable medium storing instructions for causing a computer to operate a gaming system, by:
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receiving selections indicative of respective sets of odds for each of a number of hands of cards to be played during of a card game; and displaying house odds for each of the hands of playing cards to be played during a card game based at least in part on the received selections. - View Dependent Claims (37)
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