Method and apparatus for increasing potential payout opportunities in card games
US9786131B2 · kind B2 · utility
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 8, 2016 |
| Grant date | Oct 10, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 8, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA63F2001/005
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Systems, apparatuses and methods for increasing potential payout opportunities using multiple card indicia representing multiple cards. One embodiment involves determining whether any one or more of a plurality of cards of a poker game having multiple poker hands are to be randomly provided with multiple card indicia representing multiple cards, presenting the plurality of cards of the poker hands, including the one or more of the plurality of cards determined to be randomly provided with multiple card indicia, and identifying a plurality of resulting hands for each of the multiple poker hands that include a multiple card indicia, where each of the plurality of resulting hands includes a different subset of a total of the indicia of the other cards in the respective poker hand and any cards provided with multiple card indicia.
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