Casino poker game with progressive jackpot
US6536768B2 · kind B2 · utility
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 13, 2001 |
| Grant date | Mar 25, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 13, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA63F2003/0017
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A variation on casino poker requires each player to place a multi-part bet on the table at the outside of a round. At that point, each player can elect to qualify for a progressive jackpot and special prizes by making a further qualifying wager. Three cards are dealt out to each player and to the dealer, whose gives each player the choice of withdrawing or leaving successive parts of the bet as the cards before the dealer are turned over. Only those players who have participated in jackpot betting have the option of using the third card dealt to the dealer as the “sixth card” of their overall holding, from which they build their possible five-card poker hand. The combined use of a progressive jackpot and a “sixth” card to determine winning jackpot combinations affords a dimension of play to heighten interest in participating.
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