Electronic poker game

• US 5,022,653 A
• Filed: 07/13/1988
• Issued: 06/11/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 04/18/1988
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: IGT (International Game Technology)
• Original Assignee: Caribbean Stud Enterprises, Inc.
• Inventors: Jones, Daniel A., Suttle, James P.
• Primary Examiner(s): HOWELL, KYLE
• Assistant Examiner(s): HOWELL, KYLE
• Application Number:
  US07/218,152
• Time in Patent Office: 1,063 Days
• Field of Search: 273/274, 273/292, 273/237, 273/85 CP
• US Class Current: 463/13
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 1/00 Card games aspects of games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions showing representations related to the game A63F13/00; card games played on a gaming machine G07F17/32
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2003/0017 progressive jackpot
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2250/142 with pay-out or rewarding with a prize
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 3/00157 Casino or betting games horse races A63F3/00082
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3293 Card games, e.g. poker, canasta, black jack

Abstract

An electronic device is used to play a card game in which a player and a dealer are each dealt five cards. If the dealer has a poker hand having a value less than an Ace-King combination or better, the player automatically wins. If the dealer has a poker hand having a value of an Ace-king combination or better, than the higher of the player'"'"'s or the dealer'"'"'s hand wins. If the player winds, he receives a bonus payment depending on the poker rank of his hand. By making an additional wager, a player can also participate in a progressive jackpot component of the card game.

Claims

1. A method of playing a poker game displayed on an electronic device comprising the steps of:

a) a player inserting a second token into the electronic device to be eligible to play the poker game displayed on the electronic device,

b) a player inserting a second token to be eligible to participate in a progressive jackpot, the second token being inserted prior to beginning the pay of a hand of the poker game, which second token is allocated to a progressive jackpot separate from an allocation of the first token,

c) electronically displaying to the player a poker hand comprising a predetermined number of cards, and

d) the player winning a predetermined amount of the progressive jackpot if the player'"'"'s hand comprises a predetermined poker hand combination.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the predetermined number of cards is five.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the predetermined amount is a percentage of the progressive jackpot.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein the percentage is computed as follows:

space="preserve" listing-type="tabular">______________________________________ Royal Flush 100% Straight Flush 10% Four of a Kind 1% ______________________________________

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the predetermined amount is a fixed number of tokens.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein the fixed number of tokens is computed as follows:

space="preserve" listing-type="tabular">______________________________________ Full House 50 Tokens Flush 25 Tokens ______________________________________

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the predetermined amount is a combination of a percentage of the progressive jackpot and a fixed amount of tokens.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein the combination of percentages and fixed amount is computed as follows:

space="preserve" listing-type="tabular">______________________________________ Royal Flush 100% Straight Flush 10% Four of a Kind 1% Full House 50 Tokens Flush 25 Tokens ______________________________________

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the progressive jackpot is progressive in that any amount of the jackpot remaining unwon is carried over to the next hand.

10. The method claim 1 wherein the house collects a percentage of each second token bet as the house'"'"'s fee for providing the progressive jackpot.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein the percentage is between 3% and 5%.