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Multi-player games with individual player decks

US8475252B2 · kind B2 · utility

66Cited by

143References

19Claims

0Family size

Assignee

SHFL ENTERTAINMENT, INC. · US

Inventors

Daymon B. Savage · Las Vegas, US
Roger M. Snow · Las Vegas, US

Key dates

Filing date	May 30, 2007
Grant date	Jul 2, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 1, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG07F17/3293
WIPO fieldControl
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An automatic multiple player gaming machine includes a central game processor and multiple player terminals, wherein each player terminal includes a player input and a player display. The gaming machine also includes a common game display and a game program residing in the processor, wherein the game program executes an interactive multiple player game. The processor further displays individual hands of cards on each player display, wherein each hand of cards is randomly selected from its own set of cards. The operation of such a machine may be effected in a computer-based method as well.

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